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Asked: 2026-06-17T16:50:05+00:00

I have a blackberry APP using the camera feature. The code base comes from

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I have a blackberry APP using the camera feature.

The code base comes from the “sample app” provided within PhoneGap 2.3.0

The index HTML has the line added 

  <input type="button" value="Take Picture" onclick="app.takePhoto();" />

The index.js has the functions added: 

takePhoto: function(){
    navigator.camera.getPicture(this.cameraSuccess, 
                                this.cameraError, 
                                {   quality: 50, 
                                    destinationType: Camera.DestinationType.DATA_URL
                                } );
},
cameraSuccess: function(imageData){
    console.log(imageData);
    var image = document.getElementById('myImage');
    image.src = "data:image/jpeg;base64," + imageData;
},
cameraError: function(){
    alert("error!");
}

If I run the Ripple Simulator, the error console in chrome reads: 

Received Event: deviceready cordova-2.3.0.js:8165
Received Event: deviceready ripple.js:39
blob:http%3A//localhost/1b218c8e-6902-4780-a652-8f7f4d52fe28 cordova-2.3.0.js:8165
blob:http%3A//localhost/1b218c8e-6902-4780-a652-8f7f4d52fe28 ripple.js:39
GET data:image/jpeg;base64,blob:http%3A//localhost/1b218c8e-6902-4780-a652-8f7f4d52fe28

If I run the simulator, after adding an image as a camera data I get an Error pop up the error log reads:

1:01:16.054: cordovaExample [2013-01-14 18:55:03.858]: Error in error callback: Camera1387674010 = ReferenceError: Can't find variable: imageData

When I run on a device, I don’t actually know how to read the error output.

Based on what I’ve shown, why might it be the case that my Phone Gap application isn’t taking a photo on the blackberry device?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Phonegap DestinationType.DATA_URL option don’t work well on some BB devices, mostly newer ones. Because modern phones (like BB 9800) have a better camera they also produce a larger pictures, thus converting them to BASE64 string can cause memory problems and empty imageData variable.

    You can test this by lowering targetWidth and targetHeight. If it works on lower resolutions then this is your problem.

    It can be solved by using FILE_URI instead of DATA_URL. But you should try it either way.

    In case FILE_URI is not working then problem is in BB camera.

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