Thanks Charles, helps a bit, but this is a real pain for webview
development too so I hope we hear from the Android team...

Dsurround

On Jul 7, 4:19 pm, Charlie Collins <charlie.coll...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I haven't heard any official stance on this, but I would imagine there
> are security concerns, and then other technical hurdles on this front
> (having a file browser, and then which files each activity has access
> to).
>
> There is an open issue you can comment on and or follow 
> -http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=2519.
>
> It's not the same, but I have seen people complain about being able to
> upload a picture or video or such, and in general you can still do
> that with the Intent.ACTION_SEND and the correct mime type. This adds
> your Activity to the list when someone selects "share" from the
> gallery, and so on, but it's not the same as the upload button from a
> browser for a web form.  The browser thing is "disabled," at least for
> now.
>
> Any more insight on this from the Android team would be great though -
> set the record straight for us (will it be enabled at some point, and
> what are the issues, etc).
>
> On Jul 7, 11:01 am, dsurround <dsurro...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > This problem in the browser has been written about for months, with no
> > response anywhere.  Some of the threads just stop, but the problem is
> > still there.  Can anyone shed some light on how to workaround the
> > problem in the browser when a web site allows for files (pictures,
> > etc) to be uploaded, but when done through the g1 browser, the button
> > says "uploads disabled".  Would appreciate any guidance at all.
>
> > Thanks
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