How can you share a video file from the camcorder?

[Anonymous_User]

I am trying to create an app that lets you share videos and pictures, but I can't figure out or find anything that can help me get the video file from the camcorder. Can anyone help me?

[Taifun]

use one of the file extensions to convert the uri to a filename, see also

Path error with camcorder

the camcorder returns a content uri... a simple Do it could have shown this to you... it seems to be, you are not familiar with Do it? use Do it to debug your blocks, see also tip 4 here https://puravidaapps.com/learn.php see also Live Development, Testing, and Debugging Tools to convert a content uri into the path to a file you can use the file extension and its GetFileName method https://puravidaapps.com/file.php [contentUri] Taifun Trying to push the limits! Snippets, T…

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[Anonymous_User]

Thank you.

[Anonymous_User]

How would I convert the uri to a filename using the extension?

[Taifun]

@Anonymous_User

How would I convert the uri to a filename

by reading the documentation of the extension you would identify the correct method to use...

SAF: App Inventor implementation of Storage Access Framework

you can try to convert the uri into a filename and try that filename with the activity starter... my file extension offers the method GetFileName for this https://puravidaapps.com/file.php in case that method does not work for you (because actually it was created to Get path and filename from media content uri), you also can use the corresponding method from the filetools extension by @vknow360 https://community.kodular.io/t/filetools-some-tools-to-work-with-files/40051 probably it would be n…

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