PH12821: ANDROID FILE PICKER DOESN'T WORK WITH INPUT TAG OF HTML IN CORDOVA'S WEBVIEW

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Product components impacted: SDK
  Affected mobile development environments: Hybrid
  Mobile Devices Operating Systems impacted: Android
  User roles impacted: Developer/user
  Distribution: Fix Central
  Versions affected: 7.1
  On Android devices running Android 5.0 or higher, the file
  chooser intent is not shown to the user when this is done
  through the HTML <input> tag. For e.g., the following code does
  not show the file chooser on Android 5.0 and higher.
  
  <input type="file" name="upload" accept="application/pdf" />
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * End users of MobileFirst Hybrid apps on Android 5.0 and      *
  * higher.                                                      *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * On Android devices with Android 5.0 or higher, the HTML      *
  * <input> tag does not show the native file picker UI.         *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  * -                                                            *
  ****************************************************************
  

Problem conclusion

• The problem was fixed by backporting a fix from a higher version
  of Cordova to MobileFirst 7.1
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  MOBILE1ST PF EN

• Fixed component ID

  5725I4300

Applicable component levels