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currently we have a html page, contains misc fields + an 

<input id="test_file" type="file" accept="image/*">

The android users when browsing via any browser can select a file (id=test_file), when we post the link on a facebook post and then click it, opens facebook internal browser, when click the button (id=test_file) nothing happens!

Any solution for this?

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csp_water
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  • Flagged as duplicate but see this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24470932/html-file-upload-doesnt-show-gallery-on-android Basically Google removed this option from in-app browsers about a year ago with no explanation and is "thinking" of adding it back, no workaround available. You can detect via User Agent and tell the user to open in the standard Android browser as best possible fix imo – sricks Apr 17 '15 at 19:46

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Try to remove the accept attribute from the input file.

So my solution was to detect if its a native FB browser, and remove that attribute:

let isFacebookApp = function () {
    let ua = navigator.userAgent || navigator.vendor || window.opera;
    return (ua.indexOf("FBAN") > -1) || (ua.indexOf("FBAV") > -1);
};

if (isFacebookApp) {
   $('#myinput').removeAttr('accept');
}
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I'm trying to solve this issue right now. Even i I remove the accept attribute, the upload field does not work: the field appear as not clickable.

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