Adding file-upload

[meteoric]

Adding file-upload

[nickw]

Ionic doesn't have a component for file uploads since you typically can't use them on mobile devices.

[krishnaff]

ok cool. Thanks @nickw

[krishnaff]

@nickw
Hi Nick,
Any pointers on how to go about adding an avatar-upload field to the ionic-autoform?
Earlier I asked about file-upload, but I should have been more specific.

Ideally something like the circular avatars in the meteoric-contacts demo app.
First we show an empty image-placeholder, clicking on which opens the device camera to capture a photo. Then we show a preview of the avatar image added.

I was able to do this without using meteoric/ionic (by using the standard cordova-camera plugin)
But just couldn't figure out how to integrate that into the ionic-autoform.
Thanks.

[nickw]

From an autoform perspective you'd probably just want to make the imageURL attribute a hidden field, and then populate it manually after a user uploads an image. The rest of it should be pretty standard. I have an ionic fork of the camera package if you're interested: https://github.com/meteoric/camera

[krishnaff]

oh great! thanks for the camera package. using it now.