Camera not offered as option in Create Item > Photo (Chrome on Android)

[westerner0101]

First Check

• This is not a feature request
• I added a very descriptive title to this issue.
• I used the GitHub search to find a similar issue and didn't find it.
• I searched the documentation, with the integrated search.
• I already read the docs and didn't find an answer.
• I can replicate the issue inside the Demo install.

Homebox Version

v0.17.2

What is the issue you are experiencing?

In Chrome on Android (Chrome v132, Android 15, Pixel 8 Pro), when I click the Photo button in Create > Item/Asset, it only allows me to choose a photo from my phone's gallery, and does not give the option to take a photo with the camera.

The option to use the camera is available on Firefox on Android. I found another post detailing this problem in Chrome and how it can be solved by changing the Photo button as follows:

<input type="file" accept="image/*;capture=camera" />

For a more detailed description of this problem in Chrome and how it can be mitigated, please see https://gist.github.com/danawoodman/4788404bc620d5392d111dba98c73873

I used Chrome remote debugging to change the <input> code locally and it did indeed offer me the camera with that new code.

Please consider changing the Photo button to <input type="file" accept="image/*;capture=camera" /> to solve this problem for affected Chrome/Android users.

Thank you for a great product!

How can the maintainer reproduce the issue?

1: Open Homebox on Android Chrome v132
2: Tap Create > Item / Asset
3: Tap the Photo button, no camera option is offered

Deployment

Docker (Synology)

OS Architechture

x86_64 (AMD, Intel)

Deployment Details

DSM 7.2.2-72806 Update 2

[voron69-bit]

This 100% needs to be corrected. Issue also effects Brave.

[EdWorth120]

Im having this problem in Xiaomi devices that previously did not have it just because Chrome was updated and now there is no way to rollback to a specicif version, if I uninstall all updates the problem persists. It doesn't seems to be related to a specific Android version or device. As long as the person don't update Chrome it still works. Whats is funny is that the Mi Browser that comes with Xiaomi phones works. So, now Chrome don't open the camera in the create item modal form and Firefox don't open the camera in the edit item drop box.

[EdWorth120]

Again I cannot see a simple solution for this, adding any weird information to the accept property like accept="image/*;any/weirdinformation" (capture is a property on its own) makes the browser activate the camera but also makes it ignore the restriction to choose only images and allows it to choose any files where it should be only allowed images. Even creating 2 buttons, one that only opens the camera and another that only chooses files become weird in a computer because both buttons will choose files. Chrome has a problem with this tag, Firefox has another problem with this tag.

[jquillan]

It would be nice to have the camera option when accessing from a laptop. I can seen sitting and quickly adding items, and having a camera setup to just snap some pictures of the items as I add them.

[tankerkiller125]

Please note we're converting this issue into a discussion as per our new procedures/policies. You can read more about that in our announcement #712