Input type="file" doesn't work in WebView Android

[FelipeBohnertPaetzold]

Is this a bug report?

yes

Have you read the Contributing Guidelines?

yes

Environment

Steps to Reproduce

1. Add a component with WebView pointing to a page that contains a file type input.

2. Access the component of an Android device.

Expected Behavior

The photo gallery of Android is expected to open to select the desired file.

Actual Behavior

Nothing happens, as if it had clicked out of the input.

Reproducible Demo

https://snack.expo.io/@felipepaetzold/webview-input-file-error-on-android

[juangl]

Consider implementing it in a custom WebView. See:

• http://facebook.github.io/react-native/releases/0.50/docs/custom-webview-android.html
• https://infeeds.com/u/mgks/20475/upload-image-file-gallery-or-camera-webv

[FelipeBohnertPaetzold]

I am not able to inject native code, I am using Expo: '(

[dahjelle]

There's an existing merge request for this, but it's been closed in preference for an external module. That said, making your own module still requires native code but isn't as difficult as I'd feared.

[FelipeBohnertPaetzold]

Unfortunately the Expo does not allow me to build native modules. But for now I will give another solution.

[waldandrade]

@FelipeBohnertPaetzold How you fix that with expo?

[FelipeBohnertPaetzold]

@waldandrade I did not get it. I just created a screen for this in my App

[andreipfeiffer]

You have to eject from expo if you want to build native modules:
https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/getting-started.html#caveats

[stale]

Hey there, it looks like there has been no activity on this issue recently. Has the issue been fixed, or does it still require the community's attention? This issue may be closed if no further activity occurs. You may also label this issue as "For Discussion" or "Good first issue" and I will leave it open. Thank you for your contributions.

[sanshao]

the same problem
anybody have an solution?

[andreipfeiffer]

@sanshao you can checkout my custom WebView component or dahjelle's. If you are using Expo, you have to eject.

[jamonholmgren]

This issue has been migrated to react-native-webview/react-native-webview#11 and can be closed.

[Titozzz]

This is currently being fixed on the community repo. Closing here