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 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---