Questions tagged [filepicker]

Questions about the use of file pickers in general. Not to be confused with [filepicker.io]; use that tag for questions related to that service.

This tag refers to generic file pickers.

For questions related to the filepicker.io service, use the tag instead.

Examples

HTML

<input type="file">
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why even after getContentResolver().query(uri...) returns the cursor but context.getContentResolver().openInputStream(uri) throws

using Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT to open the file picker Intent openIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT); openIntent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_OPENABLE); String contentType = "*/*"; …
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UWP File Picker FileTypeFilter Exception

I have a very simple question, but is there a way while using a FilePicker in a UWP app to specify a file filter such as "All files except .exe and .pdf"? I know to specify only a filter for these files you would…
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Thumbnail generation from video with filestack / filepicker.io

I have some videos and I want to make just 1 thumbnail by video. I'm using https://www.filestack.com/docs/video-transformations I've been looking at the documentation and can't find a way to do that without creating a lot of extra files I don't…
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Filepicker for Hololens: List available filepickers?

So HoloLens is stupid in that it only recognizes one FilePicker at a time (no matter how many may be installed). I don't believe the developers are going to try making multiple filepickers work. So, I'm trying to figure out my own filepicker in an…
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iOS WKWebView File upload failure on iPhone

In our app we use WKWebView to display web contents, but the file upload works incorrectly. On iPhone we could browse from photo library (or take picture) but after the file has been selected, a thumbnail image shows up on the right side of the file…
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Use FolderPicker Programmatically

I am making a Windows 10 UWP App. As part of this app I need to be able to search inside the User Device's Downloads folder (Not the Apps Downloads folder). I have created a Folder Picker for the user to be able to choose the downloads folder…
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How can i read a file from iCloud in an iOS-device with cordova?

I want to read the content of a PDF file stored in iCloud. I pick the file with the FilePicker Phonegap iOS Plugin (https://github.com/jcesarmobile/FilePicker-Phonegap-iOS-Plugin). The plugin gives me the temporary path where the file is copied. I…
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Copy & Paste Filepicker Upload / How to manually upload data to Filepicker?

I'm trying to upload an image that the user gives me via copy and paste and I am wondering how to upload such data to Filepicker/Filestack. My code so far: var pasteHandler = function (event) { // turned out to be needed because of jquery …
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Unable to find class on DexPathList

For the last couple of days ive been trying to import the git project https://github.com/spacecowboy/NoNonsense-FilePicker into my app which i am developing in android studio. Unfortunately Im unable to do this because of the following error when i…
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FilePicker / FileStack Error: The specified policy does not allow the call remove

I am using Filepicker.io now called FileStack and I am trying to delete a file through the API and am getting this error: This action has been secured by the developer of this website. Error: The specified policy does not allow the call remove Has…
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Attach File to MailMessage without Saving to Server

I'm having difficulty attaching files to mail messages using C# MailMessage. I have searched on this at length and tried many things that I have come across. The current incarnation is: string uploadFile1 =…
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Access external storage in File Chooser

I am trying to implement a File Chooser. I am using Android File Explore for file chooser in my app. When I run the app, it shows me Internal storage and returns me the file path, but it doesn't show External Storage at all. This is my…
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Windows Phone 8.1 File Picker resuming issue

I am developing a Windows Phone 8.1 application where on appbarbutton click, I open a file picker. The app works fine when I run it via visual studio. But when I run it on the device without being connected to Visual studio,the file picker launches…
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Inbuilt cropping tool for image in file picker for WP8.1

Is there any option to crop after choosing image using filepicker? In WP8, photochoser task had a similar option, is there any alternative to that for WP8.1?
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Google drive API for upload not working at all

I've read a lot of other people with half of this problem, and tried their solutions, but I can't get anywhere with it. I first ran the example tutorials from google here: https://campus.codeschool.com/courses/discover-drive/ Then I ran the…
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