Android input type file

Android clicking input type=file brings up system file browser, not camera options #816

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alexcroox commented Aug 21, 2019 •

Bug Report

Problem

When clicking on an html type=»file» input a system file picker appears instead of camera options.

What is expected to happen?

If I perform the same action in the system browser I get the expected dialog:

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• I updated all Cordova tooling to most recent version
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alexcroox commented Aug 22, 2019

adityak74 commented Aug 22, 2019 •

@alexcroox
You could use cordova-plugin-camera ‘s window.navigator.camera.getPicture to trigger the right options on android. This method will let you choose your destination using https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-camera#cameradestinationtype—enum.

Technically add an onClick listener to your tag and handle it yourself by using the above API method, that should resolve your issue.

I guess type=»file» is more generic and hence they handle it by showing a system file picker.

xyozio commented Aug 27, 2019 •

The implementation of openFileChooser function is very simple and doesn’t handle capture:

Lines 235 to 249 in 2163c8a

public void openFileChooser ( final ValueCallback Uri > uploadMsg , String acceptType , String capture )

<

Intent intent = new Intent ( Intent . ACTION_GET_CONTENT );

intent . addCategory( Intent . CATEGORY_OPENABLE );

intent . setType( » */* » );

parentEngine . cordova . startActivityForResult( new CordovaPlugin () <

@Override

public void onActivityResult ( int requestCode , int resultCode , Intent intent ) <

Uri result = intent == null || resultCode != Activity . RESULT_OK ? null : intent . getData();

LOG . d( LOG_TAG , » Receive file chooser URL: » + result);

uploadMsg . onReceiveValue(result);

>

>, intent, FILECHOOSER_RESULTCODE );

>

xyozio commented Aug 27, 2019

In XWalk this function got more attention:

Unfortunatelly XWalk is not developed anymore so you can either use the last version of XWalk, use the cordova-camera plugin or try and submit a PR that improves the openFileChooser function.

adityak74 commented Aug 27, 2019 •

I think you can submit a PR if you want to translate the HTML Image element’s accept property into intent type for the openFileChooser method.

jalixdesign commented Sep 19, 2019

I currently have the same problem.
Unfortunately, I have no Java / Android skills, so I could extend the function myself.

Is there someone who can extend the function?

biodiv commented Nov 6, 2019

I agree that this is a problem. It should be handled according to the W3C recommendations, like the system browser does.

biodiv commented Nov 7, 2019 •

You could use cordova-plugin-camera ‘s window.navigator.camera.getPicture to trigger the right options on android. This method will let you choose your destination using https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-camera#cameradestinationtype—enum.

Technically add an onClick listener to your tag and handle it yourself by using the above API method, that should resolve your issue.

This approach works but has limitations. For example, .files is a FileList instance, which does not offer a push method (like regular Arrays) for good reasons. So, you cannot retrieve a File using the camera plugin and simply append it to .files using javascript. You have to implement your own form/file handling if you use the camera plugin.

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