FILE_URI path for Camera not working on IONIC 4 - ionic-framework

Question

When using the Cameara to take a picture with destinationType: this.camera.DestinationType.FILE_URI, the resulting URL will not work to display the image. For example, when attempting to take a photo like this:
this.camera.getPicture(options).then((url) => {
// Load Image
this.imagePath = url;
}, (err) => {
console.log(err);
});
Attempting to display it as <img [src]="imagePath" > will result in an error (file not found).
The problem here is that the URL is in the file:///storage... path instead of the correct one based on localhost.

Answer 1

In previous versions of Ionic, this would be solved by using normalizeURL. This will not work on Ionic 4 (or at least I could not make it work).
To solve this issue, you will need to use convertFileSrc():
import {WebView} from '#ionic-native/ionic-webview/ngx';
...
this.camera.getPicture(options).then((url) => {
// Load Image
this.imagePath = this.webview.convertFileSrc(url);
}, (err) => {
console.log(err);
});
Now the image URL will be in the appropriate http://localhost:8080/_file_/storage... format and will load correctly.
See WKWebView - Ionic Docs for more information.

Answer 2

In my case, the following code works with me
const downloadFileURL = 'file:///...';
// Convert a `file://` URL to a URL that is compatible with the local web server in the Web View plugin.
const displayedImg = (<any>window).Ionic.WebView.convertFileSrc(downloadFileURL);

Answer 3

In case some gots here looking for the answer on ionic4, check this out
"Not allowed to load local resource" for Local image from Remote page in PhoneGap Build
and look for the answer from #Alok Singh that's how I got it working on ionic4 and even works with livereload

Answer 4

UPDATE december 2021:
You have to install the new Ionic Webview
RUN:
ionic cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-ionic-webview
npm install #awesome-cordova-plugins/ionic-webview
Import it in app.module and your page where you wanna use it:
import { WebView } from '#awesome-cordova-plugins/ionic-webview/ngx';
image = "";
constructor(private webview: WebView){}
Then this will work:
this.camera.getPicture(options).then((imageData) => {
this.image = this.webview.convertFileSrc(imageData)
}, (err) => {
// Handle error
});
And show it in the HTML page:
<img [src]="image" alt="">