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File Chooser

Opens the file picker on Android for the user to select a file, returns a file URI.

https://github.com/ihadeed/cordova-filechooser

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Installation#

$ npm install cordova-plugin-filechooser
$ npm install @ionic-native/file-chooser
$ ionic cap sync

Supported Platforms#

  • Android

Usage#

React#

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Angular#

import { FileChooser } from '@ionic-native/file-chooser/ngx';
constructor(private fileChooser: FileChooser) { }
...
this.fileChooser.open()
.then(uri => console.log(uri))
.catch(e => console.log(e));