Upload image to Firebase from NativeScript - firebase

Question

I'm trying to take a photo with the Camera module of NativeScript, then upload it to Firebase, but it doesn't seem to work. imageTaken and fileLocation come up as false and undefined. Is there something wrong with my code? (Written in TypeScript)
import fs = require('file-system')
import frame = require('ui/frame')
import utils = require('utils/utils')
import observableModule = require('data/observable')
import imageSource = require("image-source")
import camera = require('camera')
import image = require('ui/image')
import {
ImageFormat
} from 'ui/enums'
import view = require("ui/core/view")
import firebase = require('nativescript-plugin-firebase')
var dialog = require('nativescript-dialog')
var pd = new observableModule.Observable()
var imageContainer
var imageTaken = false
var fileLocation
exports.loaded = args => {
var page = args.object
imageContainer = view.getViewById(page, "img")
pd.set('imageTaken', imageTaken)
page.bindingContext = pd
}
exports.takePhoto = args => {
const options = {
width: 300,
height: 300,
keepAspectRatio: true
}
camera.takePicture().then((picture) => {
console.log('Take Picture')
var image = new image.Image()
image.imageSource = picture
imageContainer.imageSource = picture
let savePath = fs.knownFolders.documents().path;
let fileName = 'img_' + new Date().getTime() + '_' + this.currentUserId.getValue() + '.' + ImageFormat.jpeg
let filePath = fs.path.join(savePath, fileName)
console.log(filePath)
picture.saveToFile(filePath, ImageFormat.jpeg)
fileLocation = filePath
imageTaken = true
})
}
exports.sendPhoto = args => {
console.log(imageTaken)
console.log(fileLocation)
imageTaken ? upload(Math.random() + '-' + Date.now()) : dialog.show({
title: "Error",
message: "Please take a photo first.",
okButtonText: "OK"
})
}
const upload = (remoteFileName) => {
firebase.uploadFile({
remoteFullPath: 'uploads/images/' + remoteFileName,
localFile: fs.File.fromPath(fileLocation),
localFullPath: fileLocation,
onProgress: function (status) {
console.log("Uploaded fraction: " + status.fractionCompleted)
console.log("Percentage complete: " + status.percentageCompleted)
}
}).then(
uploadedFile => {
console.log("File uploaded: " + JSON.stringify(uploadedFile))
},
error => {
console.log("File upload error: " + error)
}
)
}

Answer 1

The old camera module is obsolete. Use nativescript-camera instead. Note that for Android API23+ you will need to explicitly request permissions runtime. With nativescript-camera it is done with
import * as camera from "nativescript-camera";
camera.requestPermissions();
More about nativescript-camera plugin here