Trouble Integrating Native Plugins with Ionic and Capacitor

Ionic Framework
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Hi everyone,

I’m currently working on a cross-platform mobile app using Ionic and Capacitor, and I’ve hit a bit of a roadblock with integrating native plugins.

Here’s the setup:

  • Ionic Framework version: 8.2.2
  • Capacitor version: 5.1.0
  • Development Environment: Windows 10, Visual Studio Code

The specific issue I’m encountering is with the Camera plugin. I followed the documentation and added the necessary imports and configurations, but when I attempt to take a picture, the app crashes without any clear error message. Here’s a snippet of the code I’m using:

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

const takePicture = async () => {
  const image = await Camera.getPhoto({
    quality: 90,
    allowEditing: true,
    resultType: CameraResultType.Uri
  });

  console.log('Image URI:', image.webPath);
};

takePicture();

I’ve checked the Android and iOS configurations, and everything seems to be in order according to the official documentation.

Things I’ve tried so far:

  1. Reinstalled the Camera plugin and Capacitor.
  2. Ensured all permissions are correctly set in AndroidManifest.xml and Info.plist.
  3. Cleaned and rebuilt the project multiple times.

Despite these efforts, the issue persists. Has anyone faced a similar problem or have any insights on what might be going wrong? Any tips on debugging native plugin issues in Ionic/Capacitor would also be greatly appreciated!

Idioms Thanks in advance for your help!

Emily

2

Any reason you are using Capacitor 5? I would upgrade to Capacitor 6 and see if that fixes your issues - Updating to 6.0 | Capacitor Documentation.

Also, are you requesting permission first with requestPermissions - Camera Capacitor Plugin API | Capacitor Documentation