Android Question Select a file

JohnD

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• Aug 22, 2014

• #2

There is a file class but it doesn't do file selection. Download the Dialogs library HERE. It should do what you want. Also check out THIS.

 

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Touch

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• Aug 22, 2014

• #3

I tried the dialog class, but using the theme Holo.light, the text color is same as background.
It seems very strange that B4A not implement a native class for file selection.

 

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Erel

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• Aug 24, 2014

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You can use ContentChooser to choose a file. There is no native file selector in Android.

 

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Touch

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• Aug 24, 2014

• #5

Thanks Erel,

this code select a file:

B4X:

Dim cc As ContentChooser
   
cc.Initialize("cc")
cc.Show("*/*","Open File")

but

B4X:

Sub cc_Result (Success As Boolean, Dir As String, FileName As String)
    Dim nameFile As String        'in Globals
    Dim pathDir As String        'in Globals
   
    If Success = True Then
        nameFile = FileName
        pathDir = Dir
    End If
End Sub

does not return the desired result

 

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Erel

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• Aug 24, 2014

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Android is not a file based OS. You are allowing the user to select anything. It can even be a resource that comes from a database.

What do you need to do with the selected resource?

 

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Touch

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• Aug 24, 2014

• #7

I have to open an excel file

 

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Erel

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• Aug 24, 2014

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You have two options:
1. Get the path to media files returned from ContentChooser
2. You can always open an input stream to the path returned and then copy the file to a temporary location with File.Copy.

 

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Touch

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• Aug 24, 2014

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Thank you! I'll try the first solution!

 

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