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Make ordered selection optional in the iOS photo picker - #2242
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The photo library picker always used PHPickerConfiguration.Selection.ordered, added in #2047 to keep results in selection order. Ordered selection also disables selecting several items by swiping across the grid, so users of apps that pick many photos have to tap each one. Add DarwinOptions.orderedSelection, true by default so the order keeps being guaranteed, and only apply .ordered when it is enabled. Apps that do not care about the order can set it to false to restore swipe to select. The example gets a toggle for it. Bumps file_picker_platform_interface to 4.1.0 and file_picker_darwin to 2.2.0. Fixes #2241
The doc said it had no effect with the iOS document picker, which does not tell which FileType uses which picker. Name image, video and media, the types that go through the photo library picker.
79efba3 picked up a local DEVELOPMENT_TEAM change to the example's Xcode project by accident.
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Heads up @navaronbracke: could #2244 land before this one? Both bump |
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Co-authored-by: Navaron Bracke <brackenavaron@gmail.com>
Rename the remaining uses of the test variable to orderedSelection, following the suggestion applied in 0165068, cover pickFile() with the default options, and drop the redundant interface lower bound line from the changelog.
# Conflicts: # packages/file_picker_darwin/CHANGELOG.md # packages/file_picker_darwin/pubspec.yaml
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Fixes #2241
Problem
Since 12.x the iOS photo library picker always uses
PHPickerConfiguration.Selection.ordered, added in #2047 to keep the results in selection order (#1866). Ordered selection also disables selecting several items by swiping across the grid, so users have to tap every photo one by one, which is a real regression for apps that pick many photos at once.#2047 made two changes: it stores the results by index, which keeps them in the order
PHPickerreturns them, and it enables.ordered. Only.orderedis documented to return the results in the order the user selected them, so simply removing it could bring #1866 back.Change
DarwinOptions.orderedSelection,trueby default, so the selection order keeps being guaranteed and nothing changes for existing apps.IOSFilePickerHandleronly applies.orderedwhen it is enabled. Apps that do not care about the order can set it tofalseto restore swipe to select.file_picker_platform_interface4.1.0 (new field) andfile_picker_darwin2.2.0, which raises its interface lower bound to^4.1.0.Testing
trueby default andfalsewhen disabled, for bothpickFile()andpickFiles().PHPickercannot be driven from tests, so this still needs a manual check: with the toggle on, swipe to select stays disabled and the photos come back in selection order, and with it off, swipe to select works.