So don't you think that advising us to use the PhoneGap API directly might be a little beyond the scope of the average non-programmer who uses your product because they... (drum roll) - don't know how to code?

Yeah, I need to be able to control the video camera with my app - Appery.io does me no good to not be able to do so. I guess it's back to the drawing board to find a builder that allows access to the video camera.