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[Olivier Tilloy <olivier.tilloy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 7:58 AM, Robert Schroll <rschroll@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've been fooling around with a HTML5 app recently, and I decided to see if
> an <input type="file"> would work.  I got it working on the desktop and then
> tried it on the browser on the phone.  I was pleasantly surprised to see
> that it Just Works: activating the input caused a Content Hub peer picker to
> show up.  I picked a peer, picked a content item, and clicked okay.  The
> <input> got a HTML File object that worked just as it does on the desktop.
> Nice!
>
> Then I tried to run the app in the HTML5 launcher, and unfortunately it
> broke.  Now when I trigger the input, I get a message in the app output:
> "Content requested a file picker, but the application hasn't provided one".
> I have no idea if this is coming from the WebView, from the HTML5 launcher,
> or from a Content Hub service.

This is the HTML5 launcher not providing a file picker component,
unlike the webbrowser app or the webapp container. Please file a bug
at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-html5-theme/+filebug
with the info above. Thanks!