If you want to select more than one images at a time in phone gap application, you can use the plugin cordova-image Picker. It allows you to select multiple images and also provides the properties for setting maximum images and changing the size or quality of the images.

Installing the plugin:

It can be installed using the following command:

cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-image-picker

Using the plugin:

This plugin creates window.imagePicker object and it provides method getPictures(success, fail, options).

window.imagePicker.getPictures(
    function(results) {
        for (var i = 0; i < results.length; i++) {
            console.log('Image URI: ' + results[i]);
        }
    }, function (error) {
        console.log('Error: ' + error);
    }, {
        maximumImagesCount: 10,
        width: 800
    }
);

In the above code you can select 10 images with 800 scaled width by using the property maximumImagesCount and width. You can also set the quality(0–100) of images.