[jira] [Commented] (CB-7856) app restarts when using camera android 4.4.4

["Richard B Knoll (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Richard B Knoll commented on CB-7856:
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This is a documented issue on the Android platform. The Android implementation of the camera plugin starts a new Activity when you pick a photo. Meanwhile, the Activity holding your application is put in the background while it waits for the photo picking Activity to return its result. In Android, when a new Activity starts there is always the possibility that the other Activity it replaces will get killed by the OS in the background if the device is running low on memory. What you are likely seeing is your Activity getting killed and restarting when the other Activity returns its result (it only happens sometimes because it is dependent on the device's available memory). Normally in Android you address this by using the [Activity's lifecycle methods|http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Activity.html#ActivityLifecycle] to save and restore application state. Unfortunately, this is tougher to do using Cordova. There is some discussion happening on [this pull request|https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-camera/pull/97] as to how this case should be handled.

> app restarts when using camera android 4.4.4
> --------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: CB-7856
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-7856
>             Project: Apache Cordova
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: Plugin Camera
>    Affects Versions: 3.5.0
>            Reporter: clement bidon
>
> I have this issue on my moto G with android 4.4.4:
> I use PG build 3.5 
> with org.apache.cordova.camera plugin v0.3.2
> I call the navigator.camera.getPicture to select a picture on my device, then I have the list of the pictures available in my galery, then when I select it, the app sometimes restart (most of the time it restarts!)
> no pb with the same code on the iphone or my old samsung galaxy with android 2.3.6



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