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File chooser plugin for Cordova.

The following must be added to config.xml to prevent crashing when selecting large files on Android:

<platform name="android">
 <edit-config
   file="app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml"
   mode="merge"
   target="/manifest/application">
   <application android:largeHeap="true" />
 </edit-config>
</platform>

Repo: https://github.com/cyph/cordova-plugin-chooser

Installation

  1. Install the Cordova and Ionic Native plugins:
    $ ionic cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-chooser
    $ npm install --save @ionic-native/chooser@4
    
  2. Add this plugin to your app's module

Supported platforms

Usage

import { Chooser } from '@ionic-native/chooser';


constructor(private chooser: Chooser) { }

...


this.chooser.getFile()
  .then(file => console.log(file ? file.name : 'canceled'))
  .catch((error: any) => console.error(error));

Instance Members

getFile(accept)

Displays native prompt for user to select a file.

Param Type Details
accept string

Optional MIME type filter (e.g. 'image/gif,video/*').Optional

Returns: Promise<any> Promise containing selected file’s raw binary data, base64-encoded data: URI, MIME type, display name, and original URI.

ChooserResult

Param Type Details
data Uint8Array
dataURI string
mediaType string
name string
uri string

API

Native

General