Adding Image with Camera to SharePoint LIB via Add Picture control is missing Preview Image

[Finnair]

Hi,

I made a Canvas App with Add Picture control. I upload files to Documents Library (since my Image Lib wasn't listed when making the connection from PowerApps). I want to particularly use Add Picture control.

Everything is working fine with the Camera and the images come to SharePoint Library but when clicking them in the Lib there's a notion: "This image seems not to have a preview image. Download the file."

What should I do?

On Add Picture control there are default settings: nothing changed. Even UseMobileCamera is false.

On Upload Button I have:

OnSelect:

UploadaphototoSharePointfromPowerApps.Run(AddMediaButton1.FileName,JSON(UploadedImage1.Image,JSONFormat.IncludeBinaryData))

I use flow to add the image to the library.

Any help would be appreciated.

I don't want to change my main method of using camera.

[WarrenBelz]

Hi @Finnair ,

I have a blog showing a number of options for adding and viewing images in SharePoint. Happy to assist if one suits your needs.

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[Finnair]

My problem is viewing them in SharePoint.

[WarrenBelz]

@Finnair ,

The blog covers this and gives a list of options available. What are you currently using as the Image property of the Image Control you are wanting to view the preview in. Also is this a mobile device or a PC?

[Finnair]

@WarrenBelz 

Thanks. But my problem is more complicated:

-If I take a picture with CAMERA in my App > That goes to SharePoint Lib and if I click the file link in the LIB I got notion: "This image seems not to have a Preview image > Download".

-If I UPLOAD the picture in my App with Upload function and I go to the SharePoint LIB, I can open the image by clicking.

In my App's Gallery Control the Image property is:

ThisItem.'{Thumbnail}'.Large

So, what's the matter with CAMERA FUNCTION inside Add Picture Control, that it doesn't render a Preview Image inside the SharePoint Library?

[WarrenBelz]

Hi @Finnair ,

The camera control stores the image in a format called dataUri - there is a section at the start of the blog on how to store this. You do not need JSON conversion - just a dataUriToBinary conversion in the Flow. 

[Finnair]

Thanks @WarrenBelz 

But, I don't have a Camera control but only Add Picture control. That might be the problem: I use Add Picture Control for both 1) Taking the pic with camera 2) Just uploading the pic from phone gallery.

🙂

[WarrenBelz]

@Finnair ,

Sorry, but I am a little confused here - in your previous post you said: -

-If I take a picture with CAMERA in my App > That goes to SharePoint Lib and if I click the file link in the LIB I got notion: "This image seems not to have a Preview image > Download".

-If I UPLOAD the picture in my App with Upload function and I go to the SharePoint LIB, I can open the image by clicking.

I responded with what I thought was the issue of saving the camera control photo. How are you taking and storing the two types of photos?

One of my prod apps takes about 15,000 photos of both types per year on iPads and then both types are viewed in the same SharePoint Library as below.

The process for both is set out in the blog (Camera Image is here). Are you doing something different?

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[Finnair]

Sorry the confusion @WarrenBelz . In my first message I said I use Add Picture control. When I talk about Camera, I mean Camera possibility inside Add picture control.

And that seems to be the problem: Add picture control produces two kind of images based on whether Upload from Phone Gallery or Take a photo with camera is used.

[WarrenBelz]

Hi @Finnair ,

Providing you are uploading a JPG file, they should be the same (as that is the format most phone cameras store the image in). Are you uploading something else?

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