+1 from me too. I'm working on a project that will need to use this feature on the iPad 2. If this hasn't been fixed yet, please add it back to your list as things have changed now that the iPad 2 has a camera. Thanks!

Already did and got no reply on the forums! I thought posting here will make sure someone reads it!

How can I get the location information from the photos taken, or from the photo library?

Is it possible to save/reference a photo taken in an app? If so how?

Thanks.

Nevermind. Figured it out.

Hey I would be happy to share how I did it but it would be easier for me if you showed me what you had. Also I figured out how to do it with multiple photos in a tableview, if your curious check out vAD in the created section, there should be a few promo codes left.

Thanks.

Ok I'm going to assume your using director and different scenes. The first thing you need to do is make a button for your camera. The function for the button should look something like this:

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local function newphoto ( event )
        if (event.phase == "release") then
                media.show( media.Camera, sessionComplete )
                return true
        end
end

--Then you will need to save/target the photo. That should look something like this:

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local function sessionComplete ( event )
        t = event.target
        local photot = display.newGroup()
        photot:insert(t)
        local baseDir = system.DocumentsDirectory
        display.save(photot, "photo.jpg", baseDir)
end

And then to load in another scene it should look something like this:

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local baseDir = system.DocumentsDirectory
local img = display.newImage("photo.jpg",baseDir)

This should work, I didn't 100% test it as I took previously written code and simplified it. If there are any errors let me know.

Try adding something like:  if (t~=nil) then before t = event.target.

I think I'm not understanding the problem correctly. Is the problem that you can't have a new call if you cancel the old one from the photo library?

Would it be possible to see some of the code your using?

I think the blank media.show call is messing you up/causing your code to break. In my experience you need two functions to handle/deal with photos.

try something like:

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--show/do something with the photo
local function sessionComplete ( event )
        --do something with the photo
end
 
--call the Library
local function showLibrary ( event )
                media.show( media.PhotoLibrary, sessionComplete )
                return true
end

Let me know if that works.

Glad I could help. It took me so long to get the camera and photos to function/display the way I wanted in my most recent app.

is any news about Android support?? camera/gallery is a really important feature of a mobile application. Why isn't this feature on the Corona roadmap?? :-s

Does anybody know when will add camera support on android? i want make photo on my android application, and send it via email to customer.

Is there anyway to load PNG files from photo library?
Since iOS screenshots are PNG format.

BTW, in build 691, media.show( media.PhotoLibrary, onComplete )
seems not working on iPhone devices (iPod touch 4th & iPhone 3GS).
Bug reported.

Thanks.

@jeremyapplebaum12

Where can I find the created section? Is here on Corona? What does vAD stand for?

Its your post number 12 above

"Hey I would be happy to share how I did it but it would be easier for me if you showed me what you had. Also I figured out how to do it with multiple photos in a tableview, if your curious check out vAD in the created section, there should be a few promo codes left."

"check out vAD in the created section"

Thanks,

Looks like a great app. I am trying to finish my first here.

If you capture a photo from the library like this:

media.show(media.PhotoLibrary, onCompleteLibrary)

And access the photo via:

local photo = event.target

I'm able to access the width/height and display the photo on screen, but how do I get the name of the photo? Same goes for when you capture the photo via the Camera.

Thanks!!

Adam

Hi guys, I think I have found a bug..

In its simplest terms if you just create an app with this code init..

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local onComplete = function(event)
   local photo = event.target
end
 
media.show( media.Camera, onComplete )

Run it on an android device

take the photo.

Photo appears in app

Lose app focus(i.e use another app.. for example take a phone call)

Go back to the above app.

The screen now just displays as "white"

I found this issue in my app googly face ... currently available on the android market.

I tried to get it on the amazon market but they failed it because of the above bug...

Hi Joshua,
Apologies, media call works fine.
However I have narrowed down the focus bug to the scrollview widget..

Specially when the maskfile property is used.

If you use the maskfile and the app loses focus, on returning to the app everything around it goes black when you come back to it...
anyway for me to fix this?

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local widget = require "widget"
local testImage =display.newImage("bgimage.jpg")
local scrollView = widget.newScrollView{
        width = 256,
        height = 320,
        hideBackground = true,
        scrollWidth = 768,
        scrollHeight = 1024,
        maskFile="mask.png",
        listener = scrollViewListener
}
                
 
local myObject = display.newImage("itemtoSroll.png" )
scrollView:insert( myObject )