Camera plugin on iOS throws error when selected photo is not available locally (iCloud)

[alyyousuf7]

Bug Report

Plugin(s)

• @capacitor/camera version 5.0.7 - I'm pretty sure it's on old versions as well

Capacitor Version

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Latest Dependencies:

  @capacitor/cli: 5.4.1
  @capacitor/core: 5.4.1
  @capacitor/android: 5.4.1
  @capacitor/ios: 5.4.1

Installed Dependencies:

  @capacitor/cli: 5.4.0
  @capacitor/core: 5.4.0
  @capacitor/android: 5.4.0
  @capacitor/ios: 5.4.0

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Platform(s)

iOS

Current Behavior

When I use Camera.pickImages or Camera.getPhoto, and I select any image, that is not available locally on my iOS but saved on iCloud Photos and Optimized Storage turned on, the plugin throws an error Error loading image.

Expected Behavior

I expect that regardless the file is available locally or not, it should be loaded fine.

Similar behaviour can be witnessed on iOS when you use <input type="file" accept="image/*" /> on Safari/Chrome to pick an image, it loads the image, showing spinner, if it's not available on the iPhone locally. The same does not happen when using Capacitor.

Code Reproduction

• Make sure you have iCloud on the profile
• Make sure you have Optimize Storage feature on for Photos
• From the code below, when the native PHPicker opens up, select a photo which is not available locally on device

Camera.pickImages({ quality: 90 })

OR

Camera.getPhoto({
  allowEditing: false,
  source: CameraSource.Photos,
  resultType: CameraResultType.Uri,
})

Other Technical Details

It seems that the img.itemProvider.canLoadObject returns false when the photo is not available locally.

Additional Context