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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Flutter: how to get magic numbers of file?

I'm using file_picker to choose file from storage and sometimes it doesn't give an extension but I need to know an extension to send it to server side. I'm going to identify it by Magic Number like this print(lookupMimeType('test.html',…
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The named parameter 'fileExtension' is not defined

I am using some code from an older version of File Picker, the null safety version will mess up my other code so I'm using 1.1.1. the code isn't incorrect because it the same on the file picker package example. can anyone help plz? the code goes as…
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Error occoured while using file_picker plugin

I am getting an error after using the file picker package. I searched about this a lot and still can't able to solve the problem. I tried flutter clean also but it also doesn't work. The error is below: { FAILURE: Build failed with an…
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How to filter SQLite3 files using FilePicker in Xamarin.Forms

I'm trying to filter files using a FilePicker in Xamarin.Forms. Specifically, SQLite's .db3 files. In order to filter files in Android, you're supposed to provide the FilePicker MIME types of the files you want to show. This is what I did, based on…
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Receive ALL my smartphone's audio files using FilePicker and display them on CUSTOM recyclerview

I've a layout and I want all the local audio files to be displayed in its recyclerview: the local songs should be displayed in the green border
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How do I pick all files on iOS?

I have an ionic application and I am using FilePicker.pickFile to upload a document. The problem is that I cannot access all iPhone locations (gallery, for instance). I can only choose from iCloud Drive, My iPhone and Recently Deleted. How do I…
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Is it possible to create a common cross platform UI using html5 camera/image picker

I'm creating a web app that asks users to upload photos using html5 Is it possible to create a common UI for selecting the camera or cameral roll accross android and ios devices? This is how the native UI…
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Xamarin & Multiple Filepicker

i'm building a project on Xamarin. Right now i have a big issue. I need to browse user's computer for upload any file. He can of course upload multiple files. As i know Xamarin does not provide browsing of all the system but just its. So i tried to…
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Blackberry open file

I use the browser to open a pdf file, but I want to use the regular file manager in order to open the file with a third party application. How do I do that? BrowserSession page =…
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Use Media Manager as filepicker in component

I'm developing a component in Joomla 1.6, is a Document Manager and I have all the funcionality, but now I want to include the Media Manager as File Picker. In Joomla 1.6 Media Manager is prepared to be use like a Image Picker (as we can see in the…
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resolve image path when upload from storage nativescript

i am working on image upload in nativescript usign mediafilepicker plugin , but i couldn't resolve the url of image to make preview and send it to server , i ve followed some tutorial but it's not working too this.mdf.on("getFiles", (res: any) =>…
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HTML Filepicker without sending file itself - only filepath

I am using Django to build a webapp that will only be used locally. Before this I had very little direct experience with web development, Django and HTML. I would like the user to be able to browse for files on his/her own machine, as is possible…
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File chooser opens 'Recent' folder instead of inserted path

I'm trying to open a specific folder using intent, but the device's recent folder open instead. Code: Uri uri = Uri.parse(filepath); Intent intent = new…
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How to show only pdf in filepicker?

I am using this compile('com.droidninja:filepicker:1.0.8') library in my app gradle. How to display only in pdf need to remove other extension. Github path: https://libraries.io/github/AndroidVinay/Android-FilePicker
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How to add wai-aria property for file picker?

I am currently following this tutorial to have a file picker functionality. http://www.alecjacobson.com/weblog/?p=1645 I would like to add wai-aria attribute for "choose file" part to make it readable. I have tried to use aria-controls and tabindex…
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