Type field is empty

[sryze]

I'm trying to upload a file on iOS using react-native-document-picker, but it does not return the MIME type of files in the type field. I thought it was supposed to always work because this is mentioned in the README, I'm not sure if it's a bug.

Is it possible to get the file type when choosing files from iCloud Drive?

[dantman]

Are you using v2? This is a known issue in v2 that was fixed in v3.

[sryze]

Yeah, I was using v2. Thanks for the suggestion. I've just installed v3 but I'm getting the same error over and over again, cleaning all build folders didn't help, any idea what's wrong?

npm install --save Elyx0/react-native-document-picker#v3

undefined is not an object (evaluating '_reactNativeDocumentPicker.DocumentPicker.show')

It appears to be the same issue as #159 (but in my case iOS instead of Android).

[dantman]

v3 uses .pick, not .show. So that suggests that you aren't actually using the v3 JS at all, that sounds like you still have v2 JS running.

[sryze]

You are right, I didn't read the new README properly. Thanks, it's working now!

[sryze]

May I ask why the menu was removed? As far as I can see in the code UIDocumentMenuViewController is no longer used but on the screenshot you show the menu. I'm a little confused. Will it be added back in a future release?

[dantman]

UIDocumentMenuViewController is deprecated.
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uidocumentmenuviewcontroller

iOS 11 added the Files app, and the menu picker is considered to be poor UX.

The screenshots just have not been updated. Nor has the improper way of uploading files been removed.