I am using ng-cordova's plugin capture to capture (https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-media-capture) videos inside of the ionic framework from a mobile phone.
$scope.captureVideo = function() {
var options = { limit: 1, duration: 10 };
$cordovaCapture.captureVideo(options).then(function(videoData) {
var i, path, len;
for (i = 0, len = videoData.length; i < len; i += 1) {
path = videoData[i].fullPath;
console.log("Path of the video is = " + path.toString());
}
}, function(err) {
// An error occurred. Show a message to the user
});
}
The problem is every video capture I take saves to my phones gallery which I do not want. If I capture an image it does NOT save to my phone's gallery which is what I would like with video capture. Is there a way to stop videos from being saved?
I tried deleting the file but apparently the video file is not saved in cordovafile directories.
function DeleteFile() {
var filename = "20161024_095758.mp4";
var relativeFilePath = "file:/storage/C8F0-1207/DCIM/Camera";
console.log('data directory: '+cordova.file.dataDirectory);
window.resolveLocalFileSystemURL(relativeFilePath, function(dir) {
dir.getFile(filename, {create:false}, function(fileEntry) {
fileEntry.remove(function(){
alert('file removed');
// The file has been removed succesfully
},function(error){
alert('error'+JSON.stringify(error));
// Error deleting the file
},function(){
alert('file doesnt exist');
// The file doesn't exist
});
});
});
The code above to delete file results in Error Code:6. No modification allowed
Well, apparently WE CANNOT DELETE AND WRITE FILES FROM MICRO SD-CARD SINCE VERSION 4.4. It is read only now.. And, when the user deletes the file from the gallery, it would not be available for the project. Here is what i came up with.
I copied the video file to cordova's external directory from where i could read the file when wanted and delete as per the need. Plugins required are cordova-file-plugin
and cordova-plugin-file-transfer
.controller('yourCtrl', function($scope,$cordovaCapture,$sce,$cordovaFile, $cordovaFileTransfer, $timeout) {
$cordovaCapture.captureVideo(options).then(function(videoData) {
console.log(JSON.stringify(videoData[0]));
console.log(cordova.file.externalDataDirectory);
$cordovaFileTransfer.download(videoData[0].fullPath, cordova.file.externalDataDirectory + 'my-video.mp4', {}, true).then(
function(result)
{
console.log('success: '+ result);
},
function (error)
{
console.log('error: '+ JSON.stringify(error));
},function (progress) {
$timeout(function () {
$scope.downloadProgress = (progress.loaded / progress.total) * 100;
});
},false);
$scope.clipSrc = $sce.trustAsResourceUrl(videoData[0].fullPath);
//$scope.videoSrc = videoData[0].fullPath;
}, function(err) {
alert('Err: <br />'+ JSON.stringify(videoData));
});
//delete the file according to filename.
$scope.deleteVideo= function(){
$cordovaFile.removeFile(cordova.file.externalDataDirectory, "my-video.mp4")
.then(function (result) {
console.log('Success: deleting videoData file' + JSON.stringify(result));
}, function (err) {
console.log('Error: deleting videoData file' + JSON.stringify(err));
});
}
})