android - Upload camera photo and filechooser from webview INPUT field

Question

My app is webbased and I need to upload pictures from an INPUT field camp. I've two situations and as i don't know another way to do it depending the page I'm choosing one or another with "boolean boolFileChoser" depending its URL petition:

a. file picker

b. camera photo shoot.

I've dealt with file picker and it upload the file perfectly, the problem is with the camera. Once i try to upload the Camera Pic, it crashes. As far as i know its because the URI.

a) File picker: content://media/external/images/1234

b) Camera shoot: file:///mnt/sdcard/Pic.jpg

I've found no way to change it.

See update

It now crashes because a nullpointerexception while trying to upload the "content://media/external/images/1234". (only with camera, not file chooser. ). Also if the chooser/camera is closed (back button), i'm unable to call it again.

Case a) and b) 100% working, here's the working code, including how I know if fileChooser or camera are called:

@Override
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent intent) {
    if (resultCode != RESULT_OK) {
    /** fixed code **/
            //To be able to use the filechooser again in case of error
            mUploadMessage.onReceiveValue(null);
    /** fixed code **/
            return;
    }
    if (mUploadMessage==null) {
        Log.d("androidruntime","no mUploadMessage");
        return;
    }
    if (requestCode == FILECHOOSER_RESULTCODE) {
        Uri selectedImage= intent == null || resultCode != RESULT_OK ? null : intent.getData();
        Log.d("androidruntime","url: "+selectedImage.toString());

    }else if (requestCode == CAMERAREQUEST_RESULTCODE) { 
        if(mCapturedImageURI==null){
            Log.d("androidruntime","no mCapturedImageURI");
            return;
        }
      /** fixed code **/
        getContentResolver().notifyChange(mCapturedImageURI, null);
        ContentResolver cr = getContentResolver();
        Uri uriContent= Uri.parse(MediaStore.Images.Media.insertImage(getContentResolver(), photo.getAbsolutePath(), null, null));
        photo = null;
      /** fixed code **/
    }
    mUploadMessage.onReceiveValue(selectedImage);
    mUploadMessage = null;
}


    private static final int FILECHOOSER_RESULTCODE   = 2888;
    private static final int CAMERAREQUEST_RESULTCODE = 1888;
    private ValueCallback<Uri> mUploadMessage;
    private Uri mCapturedImageURI = null;

    protected class AwesomeWebChromeClient extends WebChromeClient{
        // Per Android 3.0+
        public void openFileChooser(ValueCallback<Uri> uploadMsg, String acceptType){  
           /**updated, out of the IF **/
                            mUploadMessage = uploadMsg;
           /**updated, out of the IF **/
            if(boolFileChooser){ //Take picture from filechooser

                Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT);  
                i.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_OPENABLE);  
                i.setType("image/*");  
                MainActivity.this.startActivityForResult( Intent.createChooser( i, "Escoger Archivo" ), MainActivity.FILECHOOSER_RESULTCODE );  

            } else { //Take photo and upload picture
                Intent cameraIntent = new Intent("android.media.action.IMAGE_CAPTURE");
                File photo = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(),  "Pic.jpg");
                cameraIntent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT,
                        Uri.fromFile(photo));
                mCapturedImageURI = Uri.fromFile(photo);
                startActivityForResult(cameraIntent, MainActivity.CAMERA_REQUEST);
            }
        }
        // Per Android < 3.0
        public void openFileChooser(ValueCallback<Uri> uploadMsg){
            openFileChooser(uploadMsg, "");
        }
        //Altre
        public void openFileChooser(ValueCallback<Uri> uploadMsg, String acceptType, String capture) {
            openFileChooser(uploadMsg, "");
        }



        /** Added code to clarify chooser. **/

        //The webPage has 2 filechoosers and will send a console message informing what action to perform, taking a photo or updating the file
        public boolean onConsoleMessage(ConsoleMessage cm) {        
            onConsoleMessage(cm.message(), cm.lineNumber(), cm.sourceId());
            return true;
        }
        public void onConsoleMessage(String message, int lineNumber, String sourceID) {
            Log.d("androidruntime", "Per cònsola: " + cm.message());
            if(message.endsWith("foto")){ boolFileChooser= true; }
            else if(message.endsWith("pujada")){ boolFileChooser= false; }
        }
        /** Added code to clarify chooser. **/



    }

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UPDATE 1

I could get the "content://media/external/images/xxx" uri format, but the app still crashes while trying to upload the uri via "mUploadMessage.onReceiveValue(selectedImage);". Now I'm getting a nullpointerexception.

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UPDATE 2

Fixed and working.

I've had the 'ValueCallback uploadMsg' in local variable only in file-chooser case, so it allways throwed me an exception when i tried to upload a photo file because it was null. Once i took out from if-else statement, all worked. The previous update was the easiest method to deal with the file upload.

I've already added a 'mUploadMessage.onReceiveValue(null);' if the Camera/filechooser intent is cancelled (you must deal with it in your webpage), if not, you won't be able to launch the INPUT field (Intent) again.

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UPDATE 3

Added the part of the code inside AwesomeChromeClient to discriminate the option, take a photo or choose a file.. its MY way of doing it and added by petition, i'm sure there're a lot of other valid ways to do it,

The code is 100% functionally now. If you indicate if you want picture or file-chooser

Answer 1

This is how I implemented camera upload and filechooser from WebView input field:

Below is the code for this important topic. The non relevant code is removed.

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

private WebView webView;
private String urlStart = "http://www.example.com/mobile/";

//File choser parameters
private static final int FILECHOOSER_RESULTCODE   = 2888;
private ValueCallback<Uri> mUploadMessage;

//Camera parameters
    private Uri mCapturedImageURI = null;

@SuppressLint("SetJavaScriptEnabled")
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

    webView = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.webView);

    webView.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
    webView.getSettings().setLoadWithOverviewMode(true);

    webView.getSettings().setAllowFileAccess(true);

    webView.loadUrl(urlStart);

    webView.setWebChromeClient(new WebChromeClient() {
        // openFileChooser for Android 3.0+
        public void openFileChooser(ValueCallback<Uri> uploadMsg, String acceptType) { 

            mUploadMessage = uploadMsg;

            try{
                Intent cameraIntent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);
                File externalDataDir = Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(
                          Environment.DIRECTORY_DCIM);
                File cameraDataDir = new File(externalDataDir.getAbsolutePath() +
                          File.separator + "browser-photos");
                cameraDataDir.mkdirs();
                String mCameraFilePath = cameraDataDir.getAbsolutePath() + File.separator +
                          System.currentTimeMillis() + ".jpg";
                mCapturedImageURI = Uri.fromFile(new File(mCameraFilePath));

                cameraIntent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT, mCapturedImageURI);

                Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT); 
                i.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_OPENABLE);
                i.setType("image/*");

                Intent chooserIntent = Intent.createChooser(i, "Image Chooser");
                chooserIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_INITIAL_INTENTS, new Parcelable[] { cameraIntent });

                startActivityForResult(chooserIntent, FILECHOOSER_RESULTCODE);
              }
             catch(Exception e){
                 Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(), "Camera Exception:"+e, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
             }
           }

        // For Android < 3.0
       @SuppressWarnings("unused")
    public void openFileChooser(ValueCallback<Uri> uploadMsg ) {
               openFileChooser(uploadMsg, "");
           }

    // For Android  > 4.1.1
        @SuppressWarnings("unused")
        public void openFileChooser(ValueCallback<Uri> uploadMsg, String acceptType, String capture){
               openFileChooser(uploadMsg, acceptType);
           }



           public boolean onConsoleMessage(ConsoleMessage cm) {        
               onConsoleMessage(cm.message(), cm.lineNumber(), cm.sourceId());
               return true;
           }
           public void onConsoleMessage(String message, int lineNumber, String sourceID) {
               Log.d("androidruntime", "www.example.com: " + message);
             }
    });
}

@Override
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent intent) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    if(requestCode==FILECHOOSER_RESULTCODE)  
     {  

            if (null == this.mUploadMessage) {
                return;
            }

           Uri result=null;

           try{
                if (resultCode != RESULT_OK) {

                    result = null;

                } else {

                    // retrieve from the private variable if the intent is null
                    result = intent == null ? mCapturedImageURI : intent.getData(); 
                } 
            }
            catch(Exception e)
            {
                Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "activity :"+e, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
            }

            mUploadMessage.onReceiveValue(result);
            mUploadMessage = null;

     }
}

I hope it will be helpful for someone :)