Exif data is getting lost when opening an image from the photo library

[HarelM]

Bug Report

Problem

Exif data is getting lost when opening an image from the photo library on an android device.
This is in continue to #329.
Related to an issue reported by our users:
IsraelHikingMap/Site#932

What is expected to happen?

Exif data should be kept

What does actually happen?

Exif data is getting lost

Information

I've just tested the code using the instructions #415 and I still see an issue with exif data getting lost when getting images from the photo library on android device.
The code I'm using is the following:
navigator.camera.getPicture(() => ..., { destinationType: Camera.DestinationType.DATA_URL, sourceType: Camera.PictureSourceType.PHOTOLIBRARY, saveToPhotoAlbum: false}).
Code can be seen here:
https://github.com/IsraelHikingMap/Site/blob/d81cfdfd339060aab9b512352741b5af00c8a214/IsraelHiking.Web/sources/application/directives/image-capture.directive.ts#L41

Command or Code

Environment, Platform, Device

Android, N2G47H 7.1.2, xiomi redmi 4

Version information

Can be seen here:
https://github.com/IsraelHikingMap/Site/blob/master/IsraelHiking.Web/package.json
https://github.com/IsraelHikingMap/Site/blob/master/IsraelHiking.Web/config.xml

Checklist

• I searched for existing GitHub issues
• I updated all Cordova tooling to most recent version - I can't, latest cordova doesn't run on my windows 10 machine. the plugin is up-to-date though...
• I included all the necessary information above

[HarelM]

Any updates on this? It's open for a while now...

[codeconsole]

I created a pull request with @ryaa 's working changes and missing commits from master:
#712

You can use the plugin in your code by running the following commands:

  cordova plugin remove cordova-plugin-camera
  cordova plugin add https://github.com/codeconsole/cordova-plugin-camera.git#ryaa

Can be verified working by running the following:

% cordova --version
10.0.0

  git clone https://github.com/codeconsole/exiftest
  cd exiftest
  cordova prepare
  cordova plugin remove cordova-plugin-camera
  cordova plugin add https://github.com/codeconsole/cordova-plugin-camera.git#ryaa
  cordova run ios

Choose a photo and notice all the exif information is there.

[HarelM]

Actually, I opened this bug for android, didn't know there was an issue with iOS...
I also think that largest version is working fine for android, but it's worth fixing this if iOS experience this issue...

[codeconsole]

yes, you are correct. Using my test app exiftest, I verified that the latest version 5.0.1 works on android. It does not work on ios.