PhotoLibrary

This plugin is an updated fork of https://github.com/buunguyen/cordova-photo-library using the newer Photos framework. This plugin allows you to save images and videos to photo library or in a custom album within the photo library. Currently this plugin only supports iOS. (pull requests are very welcome).

Note: Photo Library only available in iOS 8+

cordova plugin add https://github.com/CoSchedule/cordova-photo-library.git

Permissions (iOS)

Add PhotoLibrary Permission to plist file in /platforms/ios/[APP NAME]/[APP NAME]-info.plist

<key>NSPhotoLibraryUsageDescription</key>
<string>why app use permission</string>

Permissions (Android)

Add write permission to AndroidManifest.xml file in /platforms/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />

Methods

• Image from Image

  const options = {
      imgElm: "file://localhost/test.jpg", //required
      albumName: "test" //optional
  };
      
  cordova.plugins.PhotoLibrary.imageFromImage(options, callback, errback); // imgElm  must have been loaded
  
  

• Image from Canvas

    const options = {
         canvas: "id_canvas", //required
         albumName: "test"  //optional
     };
      
    cordova.plugins.PhotoLibrary.imageFromCanvas(options, callback, errback);
  
  

• Image from Base64

    const options = {
        base64String: "hash_code", //required
        albumName: "test" //optional
    };
      
    cordova.plugins.PhotoLibrary.imageFromBase64(options, callback, errback);
  
  

• Image from URL

    const options = {
        url: "https://site.io/test.jpg", //required
        albumName: "test" //optional
    };
      
    cordova.plugins.PhotoLibrary.imageFromUrl(options, callback, errback);
  
  

• Video from URL

    const options = {
        url: "https://site.io/test.mp4", //required
        albumName: "test" //optional
    };
      
    cordova.plugins.PhotoLibrary.videofromUrl(options, callback, errback);
  
  

Note: if don't need callback success/fail replace with null: (options, null, null)