On: Hidden Gem of iOS6: File Uploads in Mobile Safari

[dutchbrit]

Well, you can, if it's an image or a video.

[pooriaazimi → dutchbrit]

... and is saved in the camera roll (not all images are there. for example a drawing app doesn't put its stupid images in your camera roll!)

[r00fus → pooriaazimi]

Not to condone the way they've interpreted file input, but at the very very least - you can upload almost any image in the system by either saving it to camera roll, or taking a screenshot.

This is really a lowest-common-denominator for file transmission - for example, until recently my mom couldn't upload her photo on meetup.com due to this limitation (she uses only an iPad)... I figure Apple cares more about her needs than mine (saving specs.xls into a JIRA).

Any other file uploads (docs, etc) are likely better handled by an app or simply email.

[statictype → dutchbrit]

Only if the app that produced it sticks it in the Camera Roll.

[qq66 → statictype]

Can you write out files to binary-encoded images and save them to the Camera Roll? Or does that violate TOS?

[dutchbrit → qq66]

Instagram does it so I think it should be fine.

[dutchbrit → statictype]

Indeed, very true. I guess it's very Apple like to have a closed system.