Native File Browser (With Filter)

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Hello everyone,

Is there any way to use platform native file browser with filter option within unity? I’ve found many custom scripts in the asset store but I want something more simple to work on PC,Android and iOS…

Thank You,

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Hey there,

I have a solution on the Asset Store, but it’s only available for Windows and Mac.
It uses the Native File Browser from Windows and Mac though, which is kind of awesome :slight_smile:

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On windows, the fastest way is the assetstore… or look for System.Windows.Forms in the C#-reference.

File browsing on Android is quite hacky - running the native file browser should be done using an Intent. (Google “Intent”, “Android” and “Unity”; I never used these in Unity, but I’m sure it shouldn’t be too complicated; perhaps there is an asset in the asset store as well for doing Intents).

However, on mobile devices, it’s not recommended to let the user pick a file; usually it works the other way round: The file is given to the app and the app starts using it. Picking is not inteded and ugly to implement due to the restricted user rights.

Worse on iOS: There is no file system you can access, so there’s no native file browser you could launch.

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