alternative to answer file for mobile device

[cusingerBUSCw5N]

I would like my app to upload docs and so I have

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answer file "Select a file" 

which on the web or my computer nicely opens up so people can select files.

but - according to the dictionary, it only works on desktop and web - which I can confirm. It doesn't work on an android.

Is there an equivalent for a mobile environment?

[qberty1337]

Well there' isn't any equivalent for normal files. (just mobilePickPhoto,mobilePickMedia).

A tedious, but working way would be to set the defaultFolder to whatever the folder is that has the files in it. Then 'put the files' into a variable and show them to the user using the Modal Pick-Wheel = 'mobilePick optionList'

Should give you roughly the same effect and ease of use.

[jacque]

All the Android apps I have that show a file directory have created their own interface for it. I have a couple of different "office" apps and they each present their own. I have three different file managers and they all have their own too. Dropbox and Google Drive also each have a different one. So I don't think it's a standard Android interface, every developer has to do it themselves.

[qberty1337]

All the Android apps I have that show a file directory have created their own interface for it. I have a couple of different "office" apps and they each present their own. I have three different file managers and they all have their own too. Dropbox and Google Drive also each have a different one. So I don't think it's a standard Android interface, every developer has to do it themselves.

Actually there is a user stack level api for when you're coding Android apps from scratch. Yeah all apps have their own interfaces but Android has it's own simple function for pulling a list of currently existing files. Of course it depends what you feed the function but still, it's a global API.

[jacque]

Good to know, thanks. So the apps I have are creating their own GUI but using a system call to get the file lists. Sounds like a LiveCode feature request to me...

[cusingerBUSCw5N]

OK... your posts are beyond my comprehension...but this is what worked for me.

There is something called fillfilesfolders that works on my android


First, create two scrolling fields, field1 and field2

In the card level put:

command fillfilesfolders
put the folders into field "field1"

put the files into field "field2"
end fillfilesfolders

On field1's object script put

on mouseup
set the defaultfolder to the defaultfolder & "/" & the clicktext
fillfilesfolders

end mouseup


That gives me in field1 all the folders on the android (including pictures and downloads, which is what I want).
Click on those and it gives me the files in field2.

[qberty1337]

I don't see why you need that command.

After setting the defaultFolder, "the files" and "the folders" should already give you everything from the defaultfolder. Works for me :/

[cusingerBUSCw5N]

you're right. I realized that after I put in the post. I just didn't know it was as simple as calling files and folders.