Bug / Issue with fileUpload with webview for android

[jstorq]

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I am having an issue with a new android application built with Jasonelle. The $Jason is:

{"$jason":{"head":{"title":"example","actions":{"$load":{"type":"$render"}}},"body":{"background":{"action":{"type":"$default"},"type":"html","url":"https://example.com"}}}}

When I navigate to a page with a file input control, I click on it and it does nothing. Can you tell me what WebViewer control is being used for the body > background > type > html? I've seen posts that suggest using AdvancedWebView (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5907369/file-upload-in-webview), but I am not sure what is being used under the covers for Jasonelle.

Or, do I need to manually set some permissions (in the AndroidManifest.xml) to get this to work?

Please let me know if you have any ideas. Thank you.

Jason

[clsource]

Hello, Normally the webview is the standard one if I not mistaken. So for file upload it should be used an agent action that triggers the file picker

https://jasonelle-archive.github.io/docs/legacy/agents/ https://jasonelle-archive.github.io/docs/legacy/actions/#mediapicker

@panterozo

[jstorq]

FWIW, I was able to replace the WebView control with the AdvancedWebView control to get this working. See https://github.com/delight-im/Android-AdvancedWebView. I had to add the dependency to the app build.gradle file, I replace WebView with AdvancedWebView in JasonViewActivity, JasonHtmlComponent, and JasonAgentService. Additionally, I had to add a snippet to the onResume method in JasonViewActivity to forward as successful activityResult on to the webview. See the backgroundWebview.onActivityResult call below on a successful intent_to_resolve.

    // Intent Handler
    // This part is for handling return values from external Intents triggered
    // We set "intent_to_resolve" from onActivityResult() below, and then process it here.
    // It's because onCall/onSuccess/onError callbacks are not yet attached when onActivityResult() is called.
    // Need to wait till this point.
    try {
        if(intent_to_resolve != null) {
            if(intent_to_resolve.has("type")){
                ((Launcher)getApplicationContext()).trigger(intent_to_resolve, JasonViewActivity.this);
                // jsa
                if (intent_to_resolve.get("type") == "success") {
                    backgroundWebview.onActivityResult(intent_to_resolve.getInt("name"), RESULT_OK, (Intent)intent_to_resolve.get("intent"));
                }
                intent_to_resolve = null;
            }
        }
    } catch (Exception e) {

I would suggest it worth considering making this enhancement to the project. A WebView should just work to allow file uploads out-of-the-box which will make this engine much more useful. Everyone needs to be able to upload files from their device these days. I understand that this is primarily a mobile device development platform, but the ability to build applications to work via http (webview) across platforms really would benefit from this added support.

Thank you for the feedback! I hope you find this useful.

Jason

[clsource]

Thanks @jstorq Glad that you could solve it :) Please it would be awesome to have a PR to review 👍

[jstorq]

Sure @clsource. I have a branch created locally for the jaselle/jasonette-android project but I need permission to push it. If you can grant me access to push the branch to the repo, I'll create a PR. Thanks.

[clsource]

Normally this can be easily solved by creating a fork using the fork button at github. Pushing changes in a new branch (based on develop) of your fork and then send the PR to the android jasonelle project develop branch 👍

[jstorq]

https://github.com/jasonelle/jasonette-android/pull/19

[clsource]

Merged 👍 Thanks.