File Path Broken

[sharadranjann (Sharad Ranjan)]

Hello I am trying to preview a image from my device but none of the method are working, neither in companion and nor in apk.

Please correct me if I’m using wrong path.

[Mika]

Your picture path contains a wrong word “emualted” what is that? Iam sure it should be “emulated”

[sharadranjann (Sharad Ranjan)]

Thanks @Mika but the specified path in show alert is wrong?
It is returning false, but there is file

[bodymindpower (Anke)]

@sharadranjann

It is returning false, but there is file

The File component uses different paths, sometime you need the full path, e.g.:
/storgage/emulated/0/Download/
and sometimes the relative path:
/Download

In this case you need the relative path: /Makeroid/assets/…

I mentioned this severall times, e.g. here:

File path for unzip file component

It’s really hard to get it working, because there are several issues with the File component: Sometimes the full path and sometimes the relative is used (see blocks below) WRITE permission is not queried automatically (only READ), so you have to ask manually for WRITE permission. Permission granted is not triggered when the app starts for the first time, so you have to reload the screen. Moreover: the File component can not access the assets with the APK (works only with companion). To chec…

[bodymindpower (Anke)]

See also a current example, here:

Camera - Error 201, the camera did not return an image / missing Pictures folder

To avoid that the following error message occurs with the Camera component: "Error 201, the camera did not return an image” or you don’t get an OK button after taking a picture, because the folder “Pictures” does not exist (has been deleted by you or your users), use these blocks: [grafik] Note: Since Android 5, this folder is no longer automatically created by the camera component. The folder is still created with Android 4.3. @Kodular I think this folder should be created automatically …

[sharadranjann (Sharad Ranjan)]

Thank you my problem is solved by using this method

[bodymindpower (Anke)]

or this:

I prefer the last one, because of this issue:

How to use the GalleryRefresh method from the TaifunTools extension?