iOS 14 shows PHOTO when selecting VIDEO media type

[haimomesi]

Bug Report

When selecting video from camera source, the opened screen only shows PHOTO option and no video recording option.

What is expected to happen?

Should allow video capture

What does actually happen?

only shows photo capture

Information

Command or Code

const options: CameraOptions = {
    destinationType: this.camera.DestinationType.FILE_URI,
    cameraDirection: this.camera.Direction.FRONT,
    mediaType: this.camera.MediaType.VIDEO,
    sourceType: this.camera.PictureSourceType.CAMERA
  }

const video = await this.camera.getPicture(options);

Environment, Platform, Device

iOS 14.4 and iOS 14.5 beta

Version information

ionic 6.12.4 @capacitor/core: 2.4.6 @angular.core: 11.1.1 Xcode 12.5 @ionic-native/camera: 5.31.1 cordova-plugin-camera: 5.0.1

Checklist

• [ ] I searched for existing GitHub issues
• [ ] I updated all Cordova tooling to most recent version
• [ ] I included all the necessary information above

[Siedlerchr]

I have the same problem, it's a problem that when camera as sourceType is selected, only images are allowed: https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-camera/blob/bf12b39d185da0478250c0b7e1b217ee1d760d31/src/ios/CDVCamera.m#L735-L745

[calculusdev]

It's doing exactly the same for me on both iOS (14.4) and Android (11) - videos can be picked from the gallery, but only photos can be taken.

[jcesarmobile]

It’s the documented behavior

https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-camera#cameracameraoptions--object

Set the type of media to select from. Only works when PictureSourceType is PHOTOLIBRARY or SAVEDPHOTOALBUM.

[Siedlerchr]

@jcesarmobile Well. I changed the plugin to do this in my fork. I see no reason why this should not be allowed.

https://github.com/safetyinnovation/cordova-plugin-camera/commit/08d215f4e0ed3a280e84cbc7128338884541ca90