bug: File picker not working on iOS if types (mime) option is defined

[aless673]

Plugin(s)

• [ ] Android Battery Optimization
• [ ] Android Dark Mode Support
• [ ] Android Edge-to-Edge Support
• [ ] Android Foreground Service
• [ ] App Review
• [ ] App Shortcuts
• [ ] App Update
• [ ] Asset Manager
• [ ] Audio Recorder
• [ ] Background Task
• [ ] Badge
• [ ] Bluetooth Low Energy
• [ ] Cloudinary
• [ ] Contacts
• [ ] Datetime Picker
• [ ] File Compressor
• [ ] File Opener
• [x] File Picker
• [ ] Live Update
• [ ] Managed Configurations
• [ ] NFC
• [ ] Photo Editor
• [ ] Posthog
• [ ] Printer
• [ ] Screen Orientation
• [ ] Screenshot
• [ ] Speech Recognition
• [ ] Speech Synthesis
• [ ] Torch
• [ ] Zip

Version

7.0.1

Platform(s)

• [ ] Android
• [x] iOS
• [ ] Web

Current behavior

On iOS devices, the pickFiles doesn't work and doesn't show any error when you use the option PickFilesOptions::types

NB: it works correctly on developement IPA, but not in production one

Expected behavior

PickFilesOptions::types option should not block the process of picking up files

Reproduction

https://github.com/aless673/cap-file-picker-ios-bug

Steps to reproduce

1. build production IPA with this repo : https://github.com/aless673/cap-file-picker-ios-bug
2. try on real device

Other information

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Latest Dependencies:

  @capacitor/cli: 7.2.0
  @capacitor/core: 7.2.0
  @capacitor/android: 7.2.0
  @capacitor/ios: 7.2.0

Installed Dependencies:

  @capacitor/cli: 7.2.0
  @capacitor/core: 7.2.0
  @capacitor/android: 7.2.0
  @capacitor/ios: 7.2.0

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[aless673]

@robingenz reproduction added

[aless673]

@robingenz reproduction is done since 1 month, can we change the labels ?

[eloipeloux]

Hey there, any updates on this ? I'm having this issue aswell using pickFiles with types option on iOS (opens documents but can't select any file) N.B. works fine on android and web

const result = await FilePicker.pickFiles({
       types: ['image/*', 'video/*'],
    });

[aless673]

Hey there, any updates on this ? I'm having this issue aswell using pickFiles with types option on iOS (opens documents but can't select any file) N.B. works fine on android and web

const result = await FilePicker.pickFiles({
       types: ['image/*', 'video/*'],
    });

I would recommend you to not restrict types, but to filter post-selection. That's obviously a temporary fix

[eloipeloux]

That's what I ended up doing ye, thanks tho ! Hope this will be fixed soon

[robingenz]

We haven't had time to look into it yet. However, PRs are welcome.