Saving image to SD Card in a Worklight application

Question

I have created a Worklight application and added to it the Android environment. This application has a button to take a photo using the device camera, and an img tag in the HTML which displays the captured photo.

I followed this PhoneGap Camera API.

Now I am trying to store that image into the SD Card but fail doing so. my

EDIT: I changed my code as below:

function takeimage() {
// Retrieve image file location from specified source
navigator.camera.getPicture(getImageURI, function(message) {
alert('Image Capture Failed');
}, {
quality : 40,
destinationType : Camera.DestinationType.FILE_URI
});
}
function getImageURI(imageURI) {

var gotFileEntry = function(fileEntry) { 
    var img=document.getElementById("thisImage");
    img.style.visiblity="visible";
    img.style.display="block";
    img.src=imageURI;
        alert("got image file entry: " + fileEntry.fullPath); 
        var gotFileSystem = function(fileSystem){ 
            // copy the file 
            fileEntry.moveTo(fileSystem.root, "pic.jpg", null, null); 
       }; 
        // get file system to copy or move image file to 
        window.requestFileSystem(LocalFileSystem.PERSISTENT, 0, gotFileSystem, fsFail); 
    }; 
    //resolve file system for image  
    window.resolveLocalFileSystemURI(imageURI, gotFileEntry, fsFail); 
}
//file system fail 
function fsFail(error) { 
    alert("failed with error code: " + error.code); 
}

Everything working fine(capturing image and image available in app cache folder) except moveTo method. fileEntry.moveTo(fileSystem.root, "pic.jpg", null, null); I put fileSystem.root in alert and I am getting Object object. So the folder location is not available to move that image(And I think its the real problem).

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:22

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This, in fact, has got nothing to do with Worklight.

Since you are already using Apache Cordova to access the device's camera to snap a photo, you should also use it to store the image file to the device's SD Card.

Here are a couple of SO questions to point you to the right solution for you:

How to move captured image in PhoneGap to a folder in sdcard
Capturing and storing a picture taken with the Camera into a local database / PhoneGap / Cordova / iOS

Note #1: your link to the PhoneGap Camera API points to v1.0. Worklight 5.0.6.x uses PhoneGap 2.3.0, so be sure to use the correct API version.

Note #2: make sure you have added permission to write to the SD Card by adding the below line to the android.manifest file:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />

Note #3: in case #2 above is not enough, try getting the SD Card location like this:

File sdDir = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory();

edited May 23 '17 at 12:22

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answered May 03 '13 at 15:00

Idan Adar

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Thanks Idan, in second example link [here](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10335563/capturing-and-storing-a-picture-taken-with-the-camera-into-a-local-database-ph) I am getting this error in my log `05-04 00:11:33.521: D/CordovaLog(946): Uncaught TypeError: Wrong type for parameter "uri" of resolveLocalFileSystemURI: Expected String, but got global.` – AzAh May 03 '13 at 18:44
Edit your question with the code you've written to handle the image saving. – Idan Adar May 04 '13 at 12:27
Hi Idan, surprise to see you are working on weekend, I edited my post please check the code.I am able to click the picture and it saving on cache but moving image is not working. Thanks – AzAh May 04 '13 at 21:39
HI Idan, still itching my hair. I have tried everything but its not working. can you just givea code to move my image from cache to any folder(eg `"file:///mnt/sdcard/Android/data/com.camera1.123324323.jpg"` to `"file:///mnt/sdcard"`) – AzAh May 05 '13 at 20:43
cause moving is the only problem i am facing. – AzAh May 05 '13 at 20:43
IDAN Grrreat. without a single change its working. Image was not showing on AVD gallery(don'tknow why). I Highly appreciate your help. :-) You are Worklight King. PS- I checked those Images in DDMS Prospective in Worklight and they were there. – AzAh May 05 '13 at 22:52

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 22 '13 at 19:06

use this option in your takePicture callback

{ 
  saveToPhotoAlbum: true
};

Also use all other option too as per your requirement. This will save your image to photolibrary.

saveToPhotoAlbum: Save the image to the photo album on the device after capture. (Boolean)

It will save your image to sd card without writing any extra code.

Saving image to SD Card in a Worklight application

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