[Feature]: Select images in Immich using native system tools

[gh3597]

Feature detail

Ability to select photos from Immich to use on the device, e.g. composing a tweet in Android I can go to "More..." and select Dropbox, Nextcloud, Seafile etc.

Alternatively have the Immich images show up as a system folder so I could select them using Files/3rd party file explorer?

Platform

Mobile App

[bo0tzz]

I closed #1045 as a duplicate of this. It has some useful additional detail.

[ibrahim-mubarak]

I think Documents Provider is the right thing to use here
https://developer.android.com/reference/android/provider/DocumentsProvider

[altispeedkschmidt]

What would it take to get something like this implemented? Would it be possible to put like a bounty on this of like hey if someone added this id pay $X?

[bo0tzz]

We prefer not to do bounties as they tend to misalign incentives.

[altispeedkschmidt]

Sounds good if I where able to higher a dev that would push the development upstream would you guys be willing to merge the changes?

[alextran1502]

For this feature, yes

[Jackinatox]

Why is this feature closed? When I want to choose an image, I only have google photos and files as options. When i choose Files under "other locations" i also cant find immich. If this isnt implemented i will give it a try, but i dont have high hopes

[bo0tzz]

It's not closed, what gave you that impression?

[Jackinatox]

Oh, mhm I came from the Feature, you closed and converted to a discussion so i thought it was implemented.
Ok, then i will give it a shot, but i never did any android/flutter development...

[Olliek95]

I'd also still really like to see this implemented. I really like all the features Immich offers but it surprises me that something like this is not implemented yet. I often have to resort to using Google Photos only to select photos instead of Immich, which is a bummer.

[hasmar04]

While Immich cannot yet be assigned as a Cloud Media Provider due to Google's lengthy pilot program, once that program ends it is very related to this feature - https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/providers/cloud-media-provider
It allows Immich photos to appear in the native photo picker

[DocX]

Thanks for the update

[stavros-k]

Does iOS have any similar thing? I couldn't find anything online. But given it's apple they will add this 3 years after Android have passed the pilot program.

[griffi-gh]

Cloud Media Provider is a separate feature from Document provider.
Ideally we should implement both, but just Document provider is enough for now.

[kaysond]

See also #16445 - iOS has a similar integration through iMessages

[enzovic]

I don't think that many people use iPhones...
I'm still waiting for the feature to be implemented in Android/Samsung. It's a pain to have to manually download a picture/video, every time I want to share it with other apps.

[kaysond]

[Citation Needed]