Android Question FileDialog not showing bottom tabs

jai · May 26, 2023

I am using FileDialog-

B4X:

fd.FilePath = File.DirInternal
fd.FileFilter = ".pmd"
Ret = fd.Show("Select File", "Load", "Cancel", "",Null)

It works fine as long as the file list is smaller than the screen. In such cases it lists file names and shows the Load and Cancel tabs at the bottom. But if the file list is longer it allows the scroll through the list but no tabs are shown at the end of the list. No way to select a file. I also tried it with Async and faced the same problem.
Any suggestions?

zed · May 27, 2023

jai said:
fd.FilePath = File.DirInternal

File.DirInternal can no longer be used

[B4X] Features that Erel recommends to avoid

File.DirDefaultExternal -> RuntimePermissions.GetSafeDirDefaultExternal
Truth is that you shouldn't use both of them and use XUI.DefaultFolder instead.
https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/67689/#content
File.DirRootExternal -> ContentChooser / SaveAs
https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/132731/#content
File.DirInternal / DirCache / DirLibrary / DirTemp / DirData / DirDefaultExternal / GetSafeDirDefaultExternal -> XUI.DefaultFolder

use ContentChooser

B4X:

Dim cc As ContentChooser
cc.Initialize("cc")
cc.Show("audio/*", "Choose audio file") 'change mime type
Wait For CC_Result (Success As Boolean, Dir As String, FileName As String)
    
If Success Then
    'your code here
Else
    MsgboxAsync("open file error","")
End If

jai · May 31, 2023

Thanks zed but I need to understand what am I doing wrong with FD.Show for it to not show the botton tabs. I have several apps that need to be fixed for this issue. My problem is related to FD.Show more than the File.DirInternal which works ok. I get the same problem when I use a RunTimePermission.GetSafeDirDefaultExternal file path as well.

Any suggestions please.

zed · Jun 1, 2023

The best is to post a project that we can see what is wrong

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