title: Cordova: Access photos in the CameraRoll without using an imagepicker
body: <p>The <a href="http://docs.appgyver.com/en/edge/cordova_camera_camera.md.html#Camera" rel="nofollow" title="Cordova Camera API v3.1.0">Cordova Camera API v3.1.0</a> gives me access to a <strong>single</strong> CameraRoll photo through something like the <a href="https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/uikit/reference/UIImagePickerController_Class/UIImagePickerController/UIImagePickerController.html" rel="nofollow" title="UIImagePicker">UIImagePicker</a>. But I need to be able to iterate through <strong>every</strong> photo in the CameraRoll to extract things like timestamp and GPS coordinates.</p>
  
  <p>Will a custom Cordova plugin be able to provide complete access to CameraRoll photos through <a href="https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/AssetsLibrary/Reference/ALAssetsLibrary_Class/Reference/Reference.html" rel="nofollow" title="ALAssetsLibrary">ALAssetsLibrary</a> (iOS) <strong>without</strong> requiring me to copy every photo into App storage? (I assume there would be an equivalent native lib for Android.) </p>
  
  <p>Also, if I write a custom plugin, will I also have to create a custom ImagePicker/Thumbnail Gallery to support user interactions? If so, could that be HTML5 or would it also be native?</p>