Running the example sketch (provided on the Processing website) “Select_All_Features” using the SelectFile library on my Android phone (Moto g7/Android 10) I get an error. When I tap one of the icons on the screen e.g. to open a folder etc, then the sketch crashes generating “FATAL EXCEPTION: main” …

Not sure as i havent used the lib, here is an alternative though. [image] fileInput class android, pick Folder or File Gallery Here is a class to handle file input in android. here is the base sketch; ▶ Summary

Thank you for your suggestion, but for the moment I prefer to stick to the familiar field of processing examples.

If you are on android selectinput and selectfolder do not work.

Sorry for my late reply but can you please have a look at SelectFile and then try to explain me why it does not work. Thanks

Woops i thought you were referring to selectInput. You are welcome to try it however i have never tried it. However i have tried my lib, and am comfortable with the methods. It is of course entirely up to you so feel free to use whatever you prefer.

Please note that my lib also has a working text input class, called text area, ive made other posts on the forum if you want to see examples, Also mine makes use of ala android file browser, and the only one ive found to be compatible is File explorer by Xiaomi on the app store. From the looks of…

Again sorry for a late answer, this is probably due to the fact that I am getting more and more frustrated with this problem which by the way I posted already 7 years ago on the predecessor of this forum. Any way, thank you for your help. The code you provided is the code that can be found on the O…

not sure how the lib works honestly, and I don’t feel like digging around in it to understand why, as I currently have a working solution. Is it the best probably not, does it allow me to pick a file or a folder yes. Image text etc, no problem. Of course this is just my personal taste. import sele…

Hi Paul, Better late than never I decided to try the code above you posted some time ago. All went well until the actual selection of a file. The sketch opened the build-in android fileselector on the phone and I could easily navigate to whatever file on the internal and external storage. The files…

You’ll have to give me a few minutes.

SelectFile library generates a “FATAL EXCEPTION: main” error

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paulgoux May 20, 2021, 12:05pm 2

Not sure as i havent used the lib, here is an alternative though.

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SelectFile library generates a “FATAL EXCEPTION: main” error

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