Hi all,
My apps need choose file pdf, docx, excel,… and upload to server.
I have search and find some plugins:
but don’t support IOS.
Can you recommended plugin?
Thank you so much!
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Well either plugin will work for android so you can use which ever you want.
For iOS, you sadly don’t have a file browser/chooser.
Not going to be possible sadly.
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Apparently there’s this one, haven’t tried it and sadly it’s only for iOS8 (and higher?):
Anyway I suppose that if you understand the physical file system structure of iOS and you have the time then you could always build a UI yourself using the Cordova File plugin. Don’t know about iCloud and so on though.
By the way I tried https://github.com/don/cordova-filechooser and it worked perfectly.
The other one (https://github.com/cdibened/filechooser) seems more complicated to set up and gave me build errors on my initial attempt, so I went with the other one.
Well I’ve done it like this, this should work on Android and on iOS but I’ve only tested it on Android:
function checkFileType(path, fileExt) {
return path.match(new RegExp(fileExt + '$', 'i'));
}
function chooseFileOk(deferred, uri, fileExt) {
$log.debug('FileManager#chooseFile - uri: ' + uri + ', fileType: ' + fileExt);
if (!checkFileType(uri, fileExt)) {
deferred.reject('wrong_file_type');
} else {
deferred.resolve(uri);
}
}
function chooseFileError(deferred, source) {
$log.debug('FileManager#chooseFile - ' + source + ' error: ' + JSON.stringify(error));
// assume operation cancelled
deferred.reject('cancelled');
}
var chooseFile = function (fileExt) {
var deferred = $q.defer();
// iOS (NOTE - only iOS 8 and higher): https://github.com/jcesarmobile/FilePicker-Phonegap-iOS-Plugin
if (ionic.Platform.isIOS()) {
FilePicker.pickFile(
function (uri) {
chooseFileOk(deferred, uri, fileExt);
},
function (error) {
chooseFileError(deferred, 'FilePicker');
}
);
// Android: https://github.com/don/cordova-filechooser
} else {
fileChooser.open(
function (uri) {
chooseFileOk(deferred, uri, fileExt);
},
function (error) {
chooseFileError(deferred, 'fileChooser');
}
);
}
The main function is called “chooseFile” and I can pass it a “fileExt” parameter to restrict the kind of files that can be selected (e.g. only ‘pdf’ files).
Typically you’d package the function inside a service. It returns a promise so you then use it like:
FilePickerService.chooseFile('.pdf').then(function(url) {
// do something with the selected file
}).catch(error) {
// something wrong, log it or show a message
});
The code uses 2 plugins: FilePicker for iOS and fileChooser for Android. Install them as follows:
ionic plugin add https://github.com/jcesarmobile/FilePicker-Phonegap-iOS-Plugin.git
ionic plugin add https://github.com/don/cordova-filechooser
Does that make sense?
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can you now tell if filechooser for ios is workable anyway ?
Thanks for sharing such a nice solution…
I faced Issue in Pdf filtering in above script. In android file extension was not available in uri. to solve this issue I used cordova-plugin-filepath for getting native file path.
1 plugin used.
cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-filepath
I modified function chooseFileOk() see below …
` function chooseFileOk(deferred, uri, fileExt) {
$log.debug('FileManager#chooseFile - uri: ’ + uri + ', fileType: ’ + fileExt);
window.FilePath.resolveNativePath(uri, function(localFileUri) {
if(localFileUri!= 'undefined' && localFileUri!="" )
{
if(localFileUri.match(new RegExp(fileExt + '$', 'i'))){
console.log("This must execute.....");
deferred.resolve(uri);
}else{
deferred.reject('wrong_file_type');
}
}else{
deferred.reject('URI NOT Resulted to any File in system');
}
});
}`
Thanks.
As an addition to this post, the original cordova-plugin-filepath does not work on Android 6, due to the permission system.
I forked the code, and updated the plugin, although it requires Cordova 6.0.0 now (originally, it required Cordova 3.4.0).
Version 1 of the updated plugin can be found at:
Installation:
Either:
cordova plugin add cordova-filepath-resolver
Or:
ionic plugin add cordova-filepath-resolver
… whichever you prefer.
[EDIT] Plugin is in the repo’s now, updated the links
hi leob,
I use this code.but i get following error
filechooser.chooseFileok is not a function
How can i access only audio files in both internel and externel storage using fileChooser plugin.
Please Advice me…
Thanks & Regards,
Probably you didn’t install the Cordova plugins then? You need to do:
ionic plugin add https://github.com/jcesarmobile/FilePicker-Phonegap-iOS-Plugin.git
ionic plugin add https://github.com/don/cordova-filechooser
I think that’s the reason for the “missing function”.
And regarding the audio files, you can set file name filters on the plugin.
hi leob,
again i reinstall plugin
ionic plugin add https://github.com/jcesarmobile/FilePicker-Phonegap-iOS-Plugin.git
ionic plugin add https://github.com/don/cordova-filechooser
This is my code
MediaSrv.chooseFile(’.mp3’).then(function(url) {
console.log(url);
});
and
app.factory(“MediaSrv”, function($q) {
var deferred = $q.defer();
function checkFileType(path, fileExt) {
return path.match(new RegExp(fileExt + '$', 'i'));
}
function chooseFileOk(deferred, uri, fileExt) {
$log.debug('FileManager#chooseFile - uri: ' + uri + ', fileType: ' + fileExt);
if (!checkFileType(uri, fileExt)) {
deferred.reject('wrong_file_type');
} else {
deferred.resolve(uri);
}
}
function chooseFileError(deferred, source) {
$log.debug('FileManager#chooseFile - ' + source + ' error: ' + JSON.stringify(error));
// assume operation cancelled
deferred.reject('cancelled');
}
var chooseFile = function (fileExt) {
//function chooseFile(fileExt){
var deferred = $q.defer();
// iOS (NOTE - only iOS 8 and higher): https://github.com/jcesarmobile/FilePicker-Phonegap-iOS-Plugin
if (ionic.Platform.isIOS()) {
FilePicker.pickFile(
function (uri) {
chooseFileOk(deferred, uri, fileExt);
},
function (error) {
chooseFileError(deferred, 'FilePicker');
}
);
// Android: https://github.com/don/cordova-filechooser
} else {
fileChooser.open(
function (uri) {
chooseFileOk(deferred, uri, fileExt);
},
function (error) {
chooseFileError(deferred, 'fileChooser');
}
);
}
}
return deferred.promise;
});
But Still i get MediaSrv.chooseFileok is not a function error
Pls help me
Thanks& Regards,
The definition of your factory looks a bit weird.
Why does your factory start with declaring a deferred, and end with returning a deferred? And the function ‘chooseFile’ itself isn’t exported from the factory. Maybe that’s the reason why it says “chooseFileOk” unknown.
Have a look at my implementation:
;(function () {
"use strict";
angular.module('app.image')
//
// https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-file
// http://www.raymondcamden.com/2014/08/18/PhoneGapCordova-Example-Getting-File-Metadata-and-an-update-to-the-FAQ
// http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/file/filesystem/
// http://community.phonegap.com/nitobi/topics/dataurl_to_png
//
.factory('FileManager', function ($q, $log, $cordovaFile, $cordovaFileTransfer) {
var downloadFile = function(sourceURI, targetDir, targetFile) {
var deferred = $q.defer();
$log.debug("FileManager#downloadFile source (original): '" + sourceURI + "'");
sourceURI = decodeURI(sourceURI);
var targetPath = targetDir + targetFile;
var trustHosts = true;
var options = {};
$cordovaFileTransfer.download(sourceURI, targetPath, options, trustHosts).then(
function(result) {
deferred.resolve(result);
}, function(error) {
deferred.reject(error);
}, function (progress) {
//$timeout(function () {
// $scope.downloadProgress = (progress.loaded / progress.total) * 100;
//})
});
return deferred.promise;
};
var getFileInfo = function (baseDir, filePath) {
var deferred = $q.defer();
$log.debug("FileManager#checkFile baseDir = '" + baseDir + "', filePath = '" + filePath + "'");
$cordovaFile.checkFile(baseDir, filePath).then(
function (fileEntry) {
fileEntry.getMetadata(
function (result) {
deferred.resolve(result);
},
function (error) {
deferred.reject(error);
}
);
},
function (error) {
deferred.reject(error);
}
);
return deferred.promise;
};
var removeFile = function (baseDir, filePath) {
$log.debug("FileManager#removeFile baseDir = '" + baseDir + "', filePath = '" + filePath + "'");
return $cordovaFile.removeFile(baseDir, filePath);
};
//function checkFileType(path, fileExt) {
// return path.match(new RegExp(fileExt + '$', 'i'));
//}
var checkFileType = function (uri, fileType) {
var deferred = $q.defer();
$log.log("FileManager#checkFileType uri = " + uri + " fileType = " + fileType);
// See: https://github.com/hiddentao/cordova-plugin-filepath and:
// stackoverflow.com/questions/31338853/cordova-camera-plugin-obtain-full-image-path-from-gallery-android
window.FilePath.resolveNativePath(uri,
function (result) {
var fileURI = 'file://' + result;
$log.log('FileManager#checkFileType uri = ' + uri + ' fileURI = ' + fileURI);
// See: https://github.com/cfjedimaster/Cordova-Examples/wiki/PhoneGap-Cordova-File-System-FAQ#meta
window.resolveLocalFileSystemURL(fileURI,
function (fileEntry) {
fileEntry.file(function(file) {
var s = "";
s += "name: " + file.name + " ";
s += "localURL: " + file.localURL + " ";
s += "type: " + file.type + " ";
s += "lastModifiedDate: " + (new Date(file.lastModifiedDate)) + " ";
s += "size: " + file.size;
$log.info('FileManager#checkFileType uri = ' + uri + ' fileURI = ' + fileURI + ' INFO: ' + s);
if (file.type && file.type === fileType) {
deferred.resolve(file);
} else {
$log.warn('FileManager#checkFileType uri = ' + uri + ' fileURI = ' + fileURI +
' wrong file type: ' + file.type + ' instead of ' + fileType);
deferred.reject('wrong_file_type');
}
});
},
function (error) {
$log.error('FileManager#checkFileType uri = ' + uri + ' fileURI = ' + fileURI +
' ERR = ' + JSON.stringify(error));
deferred.reject(error);
}
);
},
function (error) {
$log.error('FileManager#checkFileType uri = ' + uri + ' ERR = ' + JSON.stringify(error));
deferred.reject(error);
}
);
return deferred.promise;
};
function chooseFileOk(deferred, uri) {
$log.log('FileManager#chooseFile - uri: ' + uri);
deferred.resolve(uri);
}
function chooseFileError(deferred, source) {
$log.debug('FileManager#chooseFile - ' + source + ' error: ' + JSON.stringify(error));
// assume operation cancelled
deferred.reject('cancelled');
}
var chooseFile = function () {
var deferred = $q.defer();
// iOS (NOTE - only iOS 8 and higher): https://github.com/jcesarmobile/FilePicker-Phonegap-iOS-Plugin
if (ionic.Platform.isIOS()) {
FilePicker.pickFile(
function (uri) {
chooseFileOk(deferred, uri);
},
function (error) {
chooseFileError(deferred, 'FilePicker');
}
);
// Android: https://github.com/don/cordova-filechooser
} else {
fileChooser.open(
function (uri) {
chooseFileOk(deferred, uri);
},
function (error) {
chooseFileError(deferred, 'fileChooser');
}
);
}
return deferred.promise;
};
return {
downloadFile: downloadFile,
checkFileType: checkFileType,
getFileInfo: getFileInfo,
removeFile: removeFile,
chooseFile: chooseFile
};
});
}());
Hello,
I tried the code you provide and I get the file browser to show up and I can pick a file. However, the callback is not getting triggered…
I see this error in the android console
W/CordovaInterfaceImpl: Got an activity result, but no plugin was registered to receive it
I am using cordova 6.3.1 and SDK 23 android 5.2.2
Thanks for your help.
I’ll have a look at it, right now I’m traveling but I’ll be in a hotel with Wifi tonight, will have a look when I have some time …
Hello Leob,
Just checking to see if you had a moment to look into this issue…
Thanks
Not yet but it’s in my inbox, I’ll get around to it.
Will Same plugin work on Ionic 2, I am trying the same for Ionic 2 but getting the following error on real device
[Error] EXCEPTION: undefined is not an object (evaluating ‘a.plugins.fileChooser.open().then’)
FilePicker is Available & returning true, Following is my code
fileChooser = {
open () : Promise {
console.log(‘FilePicker will Load in new Way’);
return FilePicker.pickFile().then((uri) => {
return uri;
}, (err) => {
console.log(‘Failed to Load’);
});
},
}
Well, for Android I’m using the file chooser plugin but for iOS I’ve switched from the “FilePicker” plugin to a simple HTML5 “file” input element, which turns out to be easier to use AND functionally superior … see here how to implement it:
Actually I did not literally use the code from the gist, I still had to make a few changes to get it working properly (with the code from the gist the “onchange” event didn’t always fire). If anyone is interested in my final solution then I can post it here.
And for iOS 9 and higher you need to configure “entitlements” (for iOS 10 therre’s even an additional requirement), all in all I think I spent the better part of a week just to get the iOS solution working!