[CB-8050] Photo quality is very low when target width and height is above 640px

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 3.5.0
• Component/s: cordova-plugin-camera
• Labels: iOS

Environment

iOS Cordova 3.5 iPhone 5

• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Michael M
• Created: 20/Nov/14 15:56
• Updated: 19/Nov/15 21:43

Description

I use Cordova 3.5.0 and the latests version of the Camera plugin. I figured out that the image quality drops when I set the targetWidth and targetHeight above 640. Here is the configuration I use:

navigator.camera.getPicture(onSuccess, onFail, 
  { quality : 100,
  destinationType : Camera.DestinationType.FILE_URI,
  sourceType : Camera.PictureSourceType.CAMERA,
  allowEdit : true,
  encodingType: Camera.EncodingType.JPEG,
  targetWidth: 640,
  targetHeight: 640,
  saveToPhotoAlbum: true 
});

I did several tests capturing photos with the phonegap camera and compared the images that were automatically saved to album.

How can I make PhoneGap Camera images with target width and height bigger than 640px of high quality?

I posted my sample results on stackoverflow:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/27043534/how-can-i-make-phonegap-camera-images-with-target-width-and-height-bigger-than-6