[CB-6696] Set flash mode for capture video plugin

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Component/s: cordova-plugin-media-capture
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Max Franz
• Created: 14/May/14 23:09
• Updated: 26/Apr/15 17:12

Description

The capture video plugin is great, but there are usecases where the default option for the camera flash mode does not suffice. A lot of the time, the user would prefer the flash be off unless manually set otherwise.

An option to set the flash mode would be great (right now, I have to patch the plugin for all platforms manually). The following enums would be required:

• flash on
• flash off
• flash auto

e.g. for iphone see https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/uikit/reference/UIImagePickerController_Class/UIImagePickerController/UIImagePickerController.html#//apple_ref/occ/instp/UIImagePickerController/cameraFlashMode

As an alternative: If having an option to expose this is not preferable, it's also possible

• to change the default from "flash auto" to "flash off", or
• to start by default with "flash off" and save the value the user set last in the app.