TryQuiet
Attach button should open photos by default on mobile
This is a placeholder ticket for:
https://github.com/TryQuiet/quiet/pull/2721
Which is a minimal change related to: https://github.com/TryQuiet/quiet/issues/1698
The thinking here is: until we have our own proper file picking on mobile, we should open the photo picker not the file picker because it's more fun, useful, and normal.
On Android the behavior is exactly what the user expects - they can upload a file from the system file picker.
On Android the behavior is exactly what the user expects - they can upload a file from the system file picker.
For most messaging apps though there's a shortcut to get to your gallery. The main flow does not take you straight to the system file picker. And the file picker is non-ideal in the case where the user is uploading photos because it has very small image thumbnails.
So I think there's more work to do here, in the issue referenced above.
@holmesworcester do we have any way to attach a file from mobile after this change? I could only navigate through the photo gallery (and that works fine), but it seems like we lost the ability to attach files (unless I just can't find the correct buttons). Is this by design?
Yes this is a temporary hack but we decided it was an improvement, since photos is the more common use case.
In that case, it's working as expected.
Version: 5.1.0-alpha.0 System: iOS, Android