AshleyScirra commented on issue #1776: URL: https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/issues/1776#issuecomment-3023104402
I asked Google to clarify the situation of WebView support for this in [the original Intent to Ship email thread](https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/blink-dev/c/x3IcFv2jY6c/m/HxuEfzBHAAAJ). Here's what they said: > Supporting the File System Access API requires changes to the existing WebViewClient.onShowFileChooser callback: adding a read/write permission flag, and a mode to request opening a folder instead of a file. Existing apps are not expecting to receive these new calls and their code might handle them incorrectly (because they won't be aware of the new modes/flags), so the File System Access API is disabled by default. > > The new callback flags and behavior were intended to be part of Android 16 (API36) and be enabled for apps which set their targetSdkVersion to 36 or later, but unfortunately this wasn't ready in time for the Android 16 release. We are instead working on shipping the new APIs and behavior in the next major Android release in 2026. So it sounds like supporting this will be blocked until the next major Android release. -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
