I've been working on this for a few days, and kind of up against a wall.
the "Input type="File" not working on Android" problem is well known at this point, so the appery tutorial on uploading files "http://devcenter.appery.io/tutorials/uploading-files-to-appery-io-database/" doesn't work for my android device. Literally nothing happens.
I am able to capture an image, of course, with the image service per tutorial, "http://devcenter.appery.io/tutorials/using-the-camera-component/" which is pretty straightforward.
The problem I have is I want to upload the image I capture with the camera to the appery file collection. The appery REST service for uploading files body has a single parameter "Data", which is about as generic as you can get. There is no documentation that I can find on what the mysterious "data" field is supposed to be, and the documentation on "uploading files" at "http://devcenter.appery.io/documentation/backendservices/database/#File_API" doesn't say anything at all other than "via JavaScript code." which in turn points back to using "input type=file" interface which doesn't work for Android, which is where I started.
Can I get a detailed example, with illustrations, on how to
- take a picture with a camera
- send the data to the appery "files" collection
using standard mapping/services calls
I'm surprised I'm really the first one who has asked for an example or tutorial for taking a picture and storing it on an android platform.