How to force HTML input file chooser to give the original file name in Ionic(Android)?

Question

I am using HTML input for choosing file in my Ionic3/Angular application. I am using below code:

// in .html file

<input #fileUpload type="file" name="myfile"(change)="onFileChoose($event)"/>

// in .ts file

onFileChoose($event): void {
    this.fileChooser.getFileInfo($event).then((result) => {
      this.fileName = result.fileName;
      this.fileData = this.sanitizeFileData(result.fileData);
      this.fileSize = result.fileSize;
      this.fileType = result.fileType;
    }, (error) => {
      this.helperProvider.createAlert('Alert', 'File is corrupted.');
    });
  }

 getFileInfo(event: Event): Promise<any> {

    let target = event && event.target;
    let files: Array<File> = target && target['files'];

    console.log(files[0].type);
    console.log(files[0].name);

    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
      if (files && files.length) {
        files = Array.from(files);
        let fileName = files[0].name;
        let fileSize = files[0].size;
        let fileType = files[0].type;
        let fileReader = new FileReader();

        fileReader.onload = () => resolve({
          fileData: fileReader.result,
          fileName: fileName,
          fileSize: fileSize,
          fileType: fileType
        });

        fileReader.onerror = error => reject(error);

        fileReader.onabort = error => reject(error);

        fileReader.readAsDataURL(files[0])
      }
    });
  }

This is working fine in iOS and Browser. Both, in android and browser, i could get the original name, size and type of the file. But the problem occurs in Android.

Scenario-1(Android): When i choose an image file using the file chooser, i could get the original file name, size and type of the file.

Scenario-2(Android): When i choose a file other than image file like .pdf,.doc etc, i could not get the original file name and the type of the file. Suppose, i have choosen a file name "sample.pdf", but after i chose the file, i get the file name as a random number like 45675 and most importantly the file type, i got is empty.

Then, i researched in stackoverflow and saw these links (link1 and link2). It may be a security issue for android.

There is an ionic-native/file-chooser library but it is only for android platform.

Is there any way to force android to give the original file name?

Answer 1

Android does not give the original file name and file type using the above approach of mine and it is a security issue from android. So, i had to make below solution for retrieving the correct file name, file type, file size and the file data in base64.

You will need below four plugins:

1. FileChooser
2. File
3. FilePath
4. Base64

FileChooserAndroidProvider:

import {Injectable} from '@angular/core';
import {File, FileEntry, IFile} from "@ionic-native/file";
import {Base64} from "@ionic-native/base64";
import {FilePath} from "@ionic-native/file-path";
import {FileChooser} from "@ionic-native/file-chooser";


@Injectable()
export class FileChooserAndroidProvider {

  constructor(private base64: Base64, private filePath: FilePath, private file: File, private fileChooser: FileChooser) {
  }

  getFileInfo(): Promise<any> {
    return this.fileChooser.open().then((fileURI) => {
      return this.filePath.resolveNativePath(fileURI).then((filePath) => {
        return this.file.resolveLocalFilesystemUrl(filePath).then((fileEntry: FileEntry) => {
          return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
            fileEntry.file(meta => resolve(meta), error => reject(error));
          });
        }).then((fileMeta: IFile) => {
          return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
            return this.base64.encodeFile(filePath).then((base64Data) => {
              resolve({
                fileData: base64Data,
                fileName: fileMeta.name,
                fileSize: fileMeta.size,
                fileType: fileMeta.type
              })
            }).catch((error) => {
              reject(error);
            })
          })
        });
      });
    });
  }
}

FileChooserAndroidProviderModule:

import {NgModule} from '@angular/core';
import {Base64} from "@ionic-native/base64";
import {FileChooser} from "@ionic-native/file-chooser";
import {FilePath} from "@ionic-native/file-path";
import {File} from "@ionic-native/file";

@NgModule({
  declarations: [],
  exports: [],
  providers: [
    FileChooser,
    File,
    FilePath,
    Base64
  ]
})
export class FileChooserAndroidProviderModule {
}

SamplePage:

constructor(private fileChooserAndroid: FileChooserAndroidProvider){}

  uploadFileForAndroid(): void {
    this.fileChooserAndroid.getFileInfo().then((result) => {
      this.fileName = result.fileName;
      this.fileData = this.sanitizeFileData(result.fileData);
      this.fileSize = result.fileSize;
      this.fileType = result.fileType;
    }).catch((error) => {
      this.helperProvider.createAlert('Alert', 'File can not be uploaded.');
    });
  }

SamplePageModule:

@NgModule({
  declarations: [
    SamplePage
  ],
  imports: [
    FileChooserAndroidProviderModule
  ],
  providers: [
    FileChooserAndroidProvider
  ]
})
export class SamplePageModule {
}