[Bug]: <input capture> opens file picker instead of camera on Google Pixel running Android 14

[diachedelic]

Capacitor Version

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Latest Dependencies:

@capacitor/cli: 6.0.0
@capacitor/core: 6.0.0
@capacitor/android: 6.0.0
@capacitor/ios: 6.0.0

Installed Dependencies:

@capacitor/cli: 6.0.0
@capacitor/core: 6.0.0
@capacitor/android: 6.0.0
@capacitor/ios: 6.0.0

[success] iOS looking great! 👌
[success] Android looking great! 👌

Other API Details

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Platforms Affected

• iOS
• Android
• Web

Current Behavior

If I select an input like

<input type="file" accept="image/*" capture>

on a Google Pixel 7a running Android 14, a file picker is shown instead of the camera. However, on a Samsung A52 running Android 14 the camera is shown as expected.

Expected Behavior

I expect the camera to show on all devices, including the Google Pixel.

Project Reproduction

https://gist.github.com/diachedelic/3970e9617d26d4629b6e38887a830555

Additional Information

I believe I have found the problem. It is in BridgeWebChromeClient.java.

This method is responsible for showing the camera, falling back to a file picker if the camera fails to open:

capacitor/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/BridgeWebChromeClient.java

Lines 345 to 361 in 5b2ab7c

	private void showMediaCaptureOrFilePicker(ValueCallback<Uri[]> filePathCallback, FileChooserParams fileChooserParams, boolean isVideo) {
	// TODO: add support for video capture on Android M and older
	// On Android M and lower the VIDEO_CAPTURE_INTENT (e.g.: intent.getData())
	// returns a file:// URI instead of the expected content:// URI.
	// So we disable it for now because it requires a bit more work
	boolean isVideoCaptureSupported = android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES.N;
	boolean shown = false;
	if (isVideo && isVideoCaptureSupported) {
	shown = showVideoCapturePicker(filePathCallback);
	} else {
	shown = showImageCapturePicker(filePathCallback);
	}
	if (!shown) {
	Logger.warn(Logger.tags("FileChooser"), "Media capture intent could not be launched. Falling back to default file picker.");
	showFilePicker(filePathCallback, fileChooserParams);
	}
	}

I can confirm that the shown variable is set to true on my Samsung, but false on my Google Pixel. Thus the file picker opens on the Google Pixel.

Digging deeper, the showImageCapturePicker method appears to be exiting early after failing to resolve the intent's activity:

capacitor/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/BridgeWebChromeClient.java

Lines 364 to 368 in 5b2ab7c

	private boolean showImageCapturePicker(final ValueCallback<Uri[]> filePathCallback) {
	Intent takePictureIntent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);
	if (takePictureIntent.resolveActivity(bridge.getActivity().getPackageManager()) == null) {
	return false;
	}

The resolveActivity method returns null on the Google Pixel, but not on the Samsung.

If I remove this if statement entirely, the camera opens as expected on the Google Pixel. Same with the showVideoCapturePicker method. So it appears that the resolveActivity method is returning a false negative on the Google Pixel.

What about removing the if and expanding the try block to encompass all of the method's statements? Something like:

    private boolean showImageCapturePicker(final ValueCallback<Uri[]> filePathCallback) {
        try {
            Intent takePictureIntent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);
            final Uri imageFileUri = createImageFileUri();
            takePictureIntent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT, imageFileUri);
            activityListener =
                activityResult -> {
                    Uri[] result = null;
                    if (activityResult.getResultCode() == Activity.RESULT_OK) {
                        result = new Uri[] { imageFileUri };
                    }
                    filePathCallback.onReceiveValue(result);
                };
            activityLauncher.launch(takePictureIntent);
            return true;
        } catch (Exception ex) {
            Logger.error("Unable to create temporary media capture file: " + ex.getMessage());
            return false;
        }
    }

[diachedelic]

Seems related to react-native-webview/react-native-webview#3300.

[jcesarmobile]

please, provide a full app, not a code snippet

[Ionitron]

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