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Mastering Mobile Application Development with Ionic

The Camera Plugin

Explore how to implement image capture functionality in Ionic applications using the Awesome Cordova Plugins Camera plugin. Learn to install and configure the plugin, create a pictures service to manage camera interactions, and build a simple app that captures images from various device sources while understanding Angular integration.

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Camera

Now that we’ve covered the basics of plugins and their management, let’s look at an example of how we can use selected Cordova plugins within our Ionic apps.

One of the handiest features of modern smartphones is the ability to effortlessly capture photographs and record videos via the built-in camera device.

We’ll use the Awesome Cordova Plugins Camera plugin to implement image capture functionality in a brand new app.

Installing the plugin

We start by running the following commands:

ionic start photo-app blank --type=angular
cd photo-app
ionic cordova platform add ios
ionic cordova platform add android
ionic cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-camera
npm install --save @awesome-cordova-plugins/camera
ionic g service services/pictures

Here, we’ve simply performed the following steps:

  • Created a new Ionic project called photo-app that uses a blank project template.
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