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Check out some code I wrote in a side project that can do it.

https://github.com/macdonst/corinthian
Simon Mac Donald
http://hi.im/simonmacdonald


On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 3:05 PM, Max Woghiren <maxw@google.com> wrote:
> You're right about the FileUtils API, but I need a Cordova File object to
> access those methods.  <input type="file"> yields a native File object, so,
> for instance, I can't use FileWriter with it.  Native File objects also
> don't have full paths, which are useful (eg. for FileTransfer.upload, which
> requires a full path).
>
> A file chooser would provide the full path, with which a Cordova FileEntry
> can be created.
>
> On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 2:25 PM, Joe Bowser <bowserj@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm not familiar with Chrome's API, but I believe that there is a
>> FileUtils API as well as the File Picker that Simon added a release
>> ago that fires an intent to pick a file if you have a file picker
>> installed. (Note: I don't use one, so it brings up the Gallery, Audio
>> Player and other things associated with the intent, which is
>> technically the correct behaviour).
>>
>> To use the file picker, you just have <input type="file">.
>>
>> Joe
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 11:21 AM, Max Woghiren <maxw@chromium.org> wrote:
>> > Hi everyone,
>> >
>> > I'm implementing Chrome's file system API using Cordova.  On iOS, this
>> uses
>> > the Camera API.  However, on Android, Camera isn't sufficient since we
>> can
>> > access more than just images and videos, so I need a more general file
>> > chooser.  It would be very similar to what exists in
>> > CameraLauncher.getImage, but with a broader intent type (ie. MIME type).
>> >
>> > Does something like this already exist?  If not, is something like this
>> > valuable in core cordova or as a plugin?  Is there an
>> alternative/superior
>> > approach?
>> >
>> > Thanks!
>> > -Max
>>