Prevent Saving Original Full-Size Image When saveToGallery Is Enabled

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Bug Report

Plugin(s)

@capacitor/camera (please include version you are using, e.g. @capacitor/[email protected])

Capacitor Version

"@capacitor/camera": "^6.0.2" 

Platform(s)

• Android

Current Behavior

When using Camera.getPhoto() with the saveToGallery option set to true, the app performs two actions:

1. Saves the compressed picture to the device gallery (✅ expected).
2. Also saves the original, full-sized picture inside the app's internal storage (❌ unexpected).

This leads to very large storage usage over time because the original images are kept unnecessarily in the app folder.

Expected Behavior

When saveToGallery: true is used, only the compressed photo should be saved to the gallery. The original full-size image should not be saved in the app's internal storage, or there should be a parameter to explicitly disable this behavior.

Code Reproduction

import { Camera, CameraResultType, CameraSource } from '@capacitor/camera';

const photo = await Camera.getPhoto({
  quality: 70,
  resultType: CameraResultType.Uri,
  source: CameraSource.Camera,
  saveToGallery: true, // Causes original full-size image to also be stored in app's folder
});

Other Technical Details

• Capacitor CLI version: (paste from npx cap doctor)
• Android device(s) tested: (list device + Android version)
• Development environment: (IDE version, Node.js version, etc.)

Additional Context

This behavior results in large app storage usage over time. Feature request: Add a parameter like skipAppStorage: true (or similar) to prevent saving the original photo in app storage when saveToGallery is enabled, or change the default behavior to only store the compressed photo.