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[BUG] Upload via shared link does not work with Android's default file picker #1281

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opened 2026-02-05 01:09:45 +03:00 by OVERLORD · 3 comments
OVERLORD commented 2026-02-05 01:09:45 +03:00
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Originally created by @fabiannagel on GitHub (Aug 26, 2023).

The bug

Uploading photos via a shared link from web (Android + Chrome) does not work with Android's internal file picker, forcing you to switch to an external app (e.g. your gallery of choice).

Having to launch an external app causes confusion with users (some friends of mine eventually just gave up and did not upload at all). Also, my gallery app does not come with a "select all" button and only allows you to manually select 50 photos at a time. It'd be nice to simply include the system's default browser.

The OS that Immich Server is running on

Debian 11

Version of Immich Server

1.75.0

Version of Immich Mobile App

1.74.0 build.97

Platform with the issue

  • Server
  • Web
  • Mobile

Your docker-compose.yml content

version: "3.8"

services:
  immich-server:
    container_name: immich_server
    image: ghcr.io/immich-app/immich-server:${IMMICH_VERSION:-release}
    command: [ "start.sh", "immich" ]
    volumes:
      - ${UPLOAD_LOCATION}:/usr/src/app/upload
    env_file:
      - .env
    depends_on:
      - redis
      - database
      - typesense
    restart: always

  immich-microservices:
    container_name: immich_microservices
    image: ghcr.io/immich-app/immich-server:${IMMICH_VERSION:-release}
    command: [ "start.sh", "microservices" ]
    volumes:
      - ${UPLOAD_LOCATION}:/usr/src/app/upload
    env_file:
      - .env
    depends_on:
      - redis
      - database
      - typesense
    restart: always

  immich-web:
    container_name: immich_web
    image: ghcr.io/immich-app/immich-web:${IMMICH_VERSION:-release}
    env_file:
      - .env
    restart: always

  typesense:
    container_name: immich_typesense
    image: typesense/typesense:0.24.0
    environment:
      - TYPESENSE_API_KEY=${TYPESENSE_API_KEY}
      - TYPESENSE_DATA_DIR=/data
    logging:
      driver: none
    volumes:
      - tsdata:/data
    restart: always

  redis:
    container_name: immich_redis
    image: redis:6.2
    restart: always

  database:
    container_name: immich_postgres
    image: postgres:14
    env_file:
      - .env
    environment:
      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${DB_PASSWORD}
      POSTGRES_USER: ${DB_USERNAME}
      POSTGRES_DB: ${DB_DATABASE_NAME}
      PG_DATA: /var/lib/postgresql/data
    volumes:
      - pgdata:/var/lib/postgresql/data
    restart: always

  immich-proxy:
    container_name: immich_proxy
    image: ghcr.io/immich-app/immich-proxy:${IMMICH_VERSION:-release}
    environment:
      # Make sure these values get passed through from the env file
      - IMMICH_SERVER_URL
      - IMMICH_WEB_URL
    ports:
      - 2283:8080
    depends_on:
      - immich-server
    restart: always

volumes:
  pgdata:
  model-cache:
  tsdata:

Your .env content

###################################################################################
# Database
###################################################################################

# NOTE: The following four database variables support Docker secrets by adding a *_FILE suffix to the variable name
# See the docker-compose documentation on secrets for additional details: https://docs.docker.com/compose/compose-file/compose-file-v3/#secrets
DB_HOSTNAME=postgres
DB_USERNAME=postgres
DB_PASSWORD=hidden
DB_DATABASE_NAME=immich

# Optional Database settings:
# DB_PORT=5432

###################################################################################
# Redis
###################################################################################

REDIS_HOSTNAME=immich_redis

# REDIS_URL will be used to pass custom options to ioredis.
# Example for Sentinel
# {"sentinels":[{"host":"redis-sentinel-node-0","port":26379},{"host":"redis-sentinel-node-1","port":26379},{"host":"redis-sentinel-node-2","port":26379}],"name":"redis-sentinel"}
# REDIS_URL=ioredis://eyJzZW50aW5lbHMiOlt7Imhvc3QiOiJyZWRpcy1zZW50aW5lbDEiLCJwb3J0IjoyNjM3OX0seyJob3N0IjoicmVkaXMtc2VudGluZWwyIiwicG9ydCI6MjYzNzl9XSwibmFtZSI6Im15bWFzdGVyIn0=

# Optional Redis settings:

# Note: these parameters are not automatically passed to the Redis Container
# to do so, please edit the docker-compose.yml file as well. Redis is not configured
# via environment variables, only redis.conf or the command line

# REDIS_PORT=6379
# REDIS_DBINDEX=0
# REDIS_USERNAME=
# REDIS_PASSWORD=
# REDIS_SOCKET=

###################################################################################
# Upload File Location
#
# This is the location where uploaded files are stored.
###################################################################################

UPLOAD_LOCATION=/home/foo/immich-photos


###################################################################################
# Typesense
###################################################################################
TYPESENSE_API_KEY=sufpe2-vokfir-zockAx
TYPESENSE_ENABLED=true

# TYPESENSE_URL uses base64 encoding for the nodes json.
# Example JSON that was used:
# [
#      { 'host': 'typesense-1.example.net', 'port': '443', 'protocol': 'https' },
#      { 'host': 'typesense-2.example.net', 'port': '443', 'protocol': 'https' },
#      { 'host': 'typesense-3.example.net', 'port': '443', 'protocol': 'https' },
#  ]
# TYPESENSE_URL=ha://WwogICAgeyAnaG9zdCc6ICd0eXBlc2Vuc2UtMS5leGFtcGxlLm5ldCcsICdwb3J0JzogJzQ0MycsICdwcm90b2NvbCc6ICdodHRwcycgfSwKICAgIHsgJ2hvc3QnOiAndHlwZXNlbnNlLTIuZXhhbXBsZS5uZXQnLCAncG9ydCc6ICc0NDMnLCAncHJvdG9jb2wnOiAnaHR0cHMnIH0sCiAgICB7ICdob3N0JzogJ3R5cGVzZW5zZS0zLmV4YW1wbGUubmV0JywgJ3BvcnQnOiAnNDQzJywgJ3Byb3RvY29sJzogJ2h0dHBzJyB9LApd

###################################################################################
# Reverse Geocoding
#
# Reverse geocoding is done locally which has a small impact on memory usage
# This memory usage can be altered by changing the REVERSE_GEOCODING_PRECISION variable
# This ranges from 0-3 with 3 being the most precise
# 3 - Cities > 500 population: ~200MB RAM
# 2 - Cities > 1000 population: ~150MB RAM
# 1 - Cities > 5000 population: ~80MB RAM
# 0 - Cities > 15000 population: ~40MB RAM
####################################################################################

# DISABLE_REVERSE_GEOCODING=false
# REVERSE_GEOCODING_PRECISION=3

####################################################################################
# WEB - Optional
#
# Custom message on the login page, should be written in HTML form.
# For example:
# PUBLIC_LOGIN_PAGE_MESSAGE="This is a demo instance of Immich.<br><br>Email: <i>demo@demo.de</i><br>Password: <i>demo</i>"
####################################################################################

PUBLIC_LOGIN_PAGE_MESSAGE=

####################################################################################
# Alternative Service Addresses - Optional
#
# This is an advanced feature for users who may be running their immich services on different hosts.
# It will not change which address or port that services bind to within their containers, but it will change where other services look for their peers.
# Note: immich-microservices is bound to 3002, but no references are made
####################################################################################

IMMICH_WEB_URL=http://immich-web:3000
IMMICH_SERVER_URL=http://immich-server:3001
IMMICH_MACHINE_LEARNING_URL=http://192.168.178.38:3003
#IMMICH_MACHINE_LEARNING_URL=true

#IMMICH_MACHINE_LEARNING_URL=http://immich-machine-learning:3003
#IMMICH_MACHINE_LEARNING_URL=false

####################################################################################
# Alternative API's External Address - Optional
#
# This is an advanced feature used to control the public server endpoint returned to clients during Well-known discovery.
# You should only use this if you want mobile apps to access the immich API over a custom URL. Do not include trailing slash.
# NOTE: At this time, the web app will not be affected by this setting and will continue to use the relative path: /api
# Examples: http://localhost:3001, http://immich-api.example.com, etc
####################################################################################

#IMMICH_API_URL_EXTERNAL=http://localhost:3001

###################################################################################
# Immich Version - Optional
#
# This allows all immich docker images to be pinned to a specific version. By default,
# the version is "release" but could be a specific version, like "v1.59.0".
###################################################################################

#IMMICH_VERSION=

Reproduction steps

1. Create a shared link for an album with upload permissions.
2. View the link on mobile (tested: Android 10, Chrome 116.0.5845.114).
3. Click the button to upload new photos.
4. On my phone, Android's default file browser appears but I can't select any photos here (see screenshot; the same behavior also applies for JPEGs).

signal-2023-08-26-125923

Additional information

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Originally created by @fabiannagel on GitHub (Aug 26, 2023). ### The bug Uploading photos via a shared link from web (Android + Chrome) does not work with Android's internal file picker, forcing you to switch to an external app (e.g. your gallery of choice). Having to launch an external app causes confusion with users (some friends of mine eventually just gave up and did not upload at all). Also, my gallery app does not come with a "select all" button and only allows you to manually select 50 photos at a time. It'd be nice to simply include the system's default browser. ### The OS that Immich Server is running on Debian 11 ### Version of Immich Server 1.75.0 ### Version of Immich Mobile App 1.74.0 build.97 ### Platform with the issue - [ ] Server - [X] Web - [ ] Mobile ### Your docker-compose.yml content ```YAML version: "3.8" services: immich-server: container_name: immich_server image: ghcr.io/immich-app/immich-server:${IMMICH_VERSION:-release} command: [ "start.sh", "immich" ] volumes: - ${UPLOAD_LOCATION}:/usr/src/app/upload env_file: - .env depends_on: - redis - database - typesense restart: always immich-microservices: container_name: immich_microservices image: ghcr.io/immich-app/immich-server:${IMMICH_VERSION:-release} command: [ "start.sh", "microservices" ] volumes: - ${UPLOAD_LOCATION}:/usr/src/app/upload env_file: - .env depends_on: - redis - database - typesense restart: always immich-web: container_name: immich_web image: ghcr.io/immich-app/immich-web:${IMMICH_VERSION:-release} env_file: - .env restart: always typesense: container_name: immich_typesense image: typesense/typesense:0.24.0 environment: - TYPESENSE_API_KEY=${TYPESENSE_API_KEY} - TYPESENSE_DATA_DIR=/data logging: driver: none volumes: - tsdata:/data restart: always redis: container_name: immich_redis image: redis:6.2 restart: always database: container_name: immich_postgres image: postgres:14 env_file: - .env environment: POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${DB_PASSWORD} POSTGRES_USER: ${DB_USERNAME} POSTGRES_DB: ${DB_DATABASE_NAME} PG_DATA: /var/lib/postgresql/data volumes: - pgdata:/var/lib/postgresql/data restart: always immich-proxy: container_name: immich_proxy image: ghcr.io/immich-app/immich-proxy:${IMMICH_VERSION:-release} environment: # Make sure these values get passed through from the env file - IMMICH_SERVER_URL - IMMICH_WEB_URL ports: - 2283:8080 depends_on: - immich-server restart: always volumes: pgdata: model-cache: tsdata: ``` ### Your .env content ```Shell ################################################################################### # Database ################################################################################### # NOTE: The following four database variables support Docker secrets by adding a *_FILE suffix to the variable name # See the docker-compose documentation on secrets for additional details: https://docs.docker.com/compose/compose-file/compose-file-v3/#secrets DB_HOSTNAME=postgres DB_USERNAME=postgres DB_PASSWORD=hidden DB_DATABASE_NAME=immich # Optional Database settings: # DB_PORT=5432 ################################################################################### # Redis ################################################################################### REDIS_HOSTNAME=immich_redis # REDIS_URL will be used to pass custom options to ioredis. # Example for Sentinel # {"sentinels":[{"host":"redis-sentinel-node-0","port":26379},{"host":"redis-sentinel-node-1","port":26379},{"host":"redis-sentinel-node-2","port":26379}],"name":"redis-sentinel"} # REDIS_URL=ioredis://eyJzZW50aW5lbHMiOlt7Imhvc3QiOiJyZWRpcy1zZW50aW5lbDEiLCJwb3J0IjoyNjM3OX0seyJob3N0IjoicmVkaXMtc2VudGluZWwyIiwicG9ydCI6MjYzNzl9XSwibmFtZSI6Im15bWFzdGVyIn0= # Optional Redis settings: # Note: these parameters are not automatically passed to the Redis Container # to do so, please edit the docker-compose.yml file as well. Redis is not configured # via environment variables, only redis.conf or the command line # REDIS_PORT=6379 # REDIS_DBINDEX=0 # REDIS_USERNAME= # REDIS_PASSWORD= # REDIS_SOCKET= ################################################################################### # Upload File Location # # This is the location where uploaded files are stored. ################################################################################### UPLOAD_LOCATION=/home/foo/immich-photos ################################################################################### # Typesense ################################################################################### TYPESENSE_API_KEY=sufpe2-vokfir-zockAx TYPESENSE_ENABLED=true # TYPESENSE_URL uses base64 encoding for the nodes json. # Example JSON that was used: # [ # { 'host': 'typesense-1.example.net', 'port': '443', 'protocol': 'https' }, # { 'host': 'typesense-2.example.net', 'port': '443', 'protocol': 'https' }, # { 'host': 'typesense-3.example.net', 'port': '443', 'protocol': 'https' }, # ] # TYPESENSE_URL=ha://WwogICAgeyAnaG9zdCc6ICd0eXBlc2Vuc2UtMS5leGFtcGxlLm5ldCcsICdwb3J0JzogJzQ0MycsICdwcm90b2NvbCc6ICdodHRwcycgfSwKICAgIHsgJ2hvc3QnOiAndHlwZXNlbnNlLTIuZXhhbXBsZS5uZXQnLCAncG9ydCc6ICc0NDMnLCAncHJvdG9jb2wnOiAnaHR0cHMnIH0sCiAgICB7ICdob3N0JzogJ3R5cGVzZW5zZS0zLmV4YW1wbGUubmV0JywgJ3BvcnQnOiAnNDQzJywgJ3Byb3RvY29sJzogJ2h0dHBzJyB9LApd ################################################################################### # Reverse Geocoding # # Reverse geocoding is done locally which has a small impact on memory usage # This memory usage can be altered by changing the REVERSE_GEOCODING_PRECISION variable # This ranges from 0-3 with 3 being the most precise # 3 - Cities > 500 population: ~200MB RAM # 2 - Cities > 1000 population: ~150MB RAM # 1 - Cities > 5000 population: ~80MB RAM # 0 - Cities > 15000 population: ~40MB RAM #################################################################################### # DISABLE_REVERSE_GEOCODING=false # REVERSE_GEOCODING_PRECISION=3 #################################################################################### # WEB - Optional # # Custom message on the login page, should be written in HTML form. # For example: # PUBLIC_LOGIN_PAGE_MESSAGE="This is a demo instance of Immich.<br><br>Email: <i>demo@demo.de</i><br>Password: <i>demo</i>" #################################################################################### PUBLIC_LOGIN_PAGE_MESSAGE= #################################################################################### # Alternative Service Addresses - Optional # # This is an advanced feature for users who may be running their immich services on different hosts. # It will not change which address or port that services bind to within their containers, but it will change where other services look for their peers. # Note: immich-microservices is bound to 3002, but no references are made #################################################################################### IMMICH_WEB_URL=http://immich-web:3000 IMMICH_SERVER_URL=http://immich-server:3001 IMMICH_MACHINE_LEARNING_URL=http://192.168.178.38:3003 #IMMICH_MACHINE_LEARNING_URL=true #IMMICH_MACHINE_LEARNING_URL=http://immich-machine-learning:3003 #IMMICH_MACHINE_LEARNING_URL=false #################################################################################### # Alternative API's External Address - Optional # # This is an advanced feature used to control the public server endpoint returned to clients during Well-known discovery. # You should only use this if you want mobile apps to access the immich API over a custom URL. Do not include trailing slash. # NOTE: At this time, the web app will not be affected by this setting and will continue to use the relative path: /api # Examples: http://localhost:3001, http://immich-api.example.com, etc #################################################################################### #IMMICH_API_URL_EXTERNAL=http://localhost:3001 ################################################################################### # Immich Version - Optional # # This allows all immich docker images to be pinned to a specific version. By default, # the version is "release" but could be a specific version, like "v1.59.0". ################################################################################### #IMMICH_VERSION= ``` ### Reproduction steps ```bash 1. Create a shared link for an album with upload permissions. 2. View the link on mobile (tested: Android 10, Chrome 116.0.5845.114). 3. Click the button to upload new photos. 4. On my phone, Android's default file browser appears but I can't select any photos here (see screenshot; the same behavior also applies for JPEGs). ``` ![signal-2023-08-26-125923](https://github.com/immich-app/immich/assets/4445568/020d8b10-d588-4a3c-b5b7-ba0f8981df6e) ### Additional information _No response_
OVERLORD added the 📱mobile label 2026-02-05 01:09:45 +03:00
OVERLORD commented 2026-02-05 01:09:51 +03:00
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@DeveloperMikitognoni commented on GitHub (Aug 27, 2023):

I tried and in chrome I have the same issue, but in firefox mobile works fine with the system file picker.

@DeveloperMikitognoni commented on GitHub (Aug 27, 2023): I tried and in chrome I have the same issue, but in firefox mobile works fine with the system file picker.
OVERLORD commented 2026-02-05 01:09:54 +03:00
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@NicholasFlamy commented on GitHub (Feb 25, 2025):

Worked fine for me in Brave Browser. Let me know if this is still an issue.

@NicholasFlamy commented on GitHub (Feb 25, 2025): Worked fine for me in Brave Browser. Let me know if this is still an issue.
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@danieldietzler commented on GitHub (Sep 12, 2025):

Closing as we haven't gotten a reply

@danieldietzler commented on GitHub (Sep 12, 2025): Closing as we haven't gotten a reply
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