is there any way to to load a file other than `startActivityForResult`? technically I could make ev...

# compose

[Bruno_]

is there any way to to load a file other than startActivityForResult? technically I could make everything that I need global, but it would cause spaghetti code

[bezrukov]

1. Is it related to compose?
2. Is it related to kotlin?

[Bruno_]

I think so, because that's the only way I know of which won't work in compose cus it doesn't use activities (which is required to use startActivityForResult)

[Bruno_]

am using something like that after all

val context = +ambient(ContextAmbient)
context.startActivity(Intent(context, CustomActivityClass::class.java))

CustomActivityClass has implemented onActivityResult which listens for a file

[Bruno_]

don't like the way I solved it cause will have to store the file as a global state but can't think of anything else

[Michal Bacik]

Load file from uri:
context.contentResolver.openInputStream(uri)?.use { it.readBytes() }
Why would you start new activity for that?

[Bruno_]

well it works nicely as long as you have the uri, the thing is how do I obtain it

[Bruno_]

it's my bad because I didn't mention it - I want to be able to pick a file from file browser (that's what I mean by load a file)

[Michal Bacik]

Maybe change question to "how to call other activity from Compose and get result".

[Bruno_]

Anyway, if anyone would like to launch a file picker, that's more or less it: https://pastebin.com/embed_iframe/DAgXkFi7
probably not the best solution as I'm new to android, but it gets the job done

[david.bilik]

i still cant see how is that related to Compose or Kotlin

[Bruno_]

isnt it written in kotlin nor using compose? I just assumed that there must be other, compose-specific way to do such thing (and by that I mean a component, like TopAppBar), turned out there is not even tho one would help

[Bruno_]

I'm not using anything compose specific in that pastebin snippet, but it's made for composable functions, you just have to provide context

[Ryan Mentley]

Compose doesn't have a dedicated navigation solution yet, but we're planning to have one at some point