can't open file chooser in WebView Android 4.4.2 using WebChromeClient

Question

In my webview by clicking \"Choose File\" button In samsung 7 inch tablet I want to open a File Browser, but I can\'t open this in Android Versi

Answer 1

The problem here is that in Android 4.4 the file input is not implemented and it will never work through the standard WebView interface. What I did in my project has been to use CrossWalk project to make it work fine. It has required quite a bit of work to change the default WebView from the standard Android one to CrossWalk, however it really served my needs quite well.

Basically you need to replace the normal Android WebView with the CrossWalk webView. This had few advantages for us, including the fact that Chrome will be updated even on Android 4.0, 4.1 etc, giving us a much better support and fewer bugs.

I documented how I implemented it here: http://blog.maurizionapoleoni.com/blog/implementing-a-file-input-with-camera-support-in-android-with-crosswalk/