Add WebView file picker, download, and print intercepts

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Summary

Kolibri's WebView was silently swallowing three standard browser operations: <input type="file"> opened nothing, anchor download links did nothing, and window.print() was a no-op. This adds WebView-layer interception so each triggers native Android OS behaviour, with no changes to Kolibri core or the frontend.

Three additions to WebViewActivity.setupWebView():

• File picker — onShowFileChooser override on the KolibriWebChromeClient subclass, backed by an ActivityResultLauncher<String[]> (OpenDocument). Passes FileChooserParams.getAcceptTypes() through to the system picker; falls back to */* if empty. Cancellation passes null to leave the input unchanged.
• Download — DownloadListener routes every download through one unified path in the new KolibriJavascriptBridge class:
  • http/https URLs are fetched on a background thread via HttpURLConnection, forwarding the session cookie from CookieManager (required for Kolibri's local server auth) and the page's User-Agent.
  • blob:/data: URLs (frontend-generated CSV exports from coach report tables) only exist in the renderer's memory, so they can't be fetched from native code. Instead, evaluateJavascript runs a fetch() + FileReader.readAsDataURL in the page, and the base64 result is handed to a new Kolibri.saveBlob() bridge method. A fetch/read failure (e.g. a revoked blob URL) calls a new Kolibri.notifyBlobDownloadFailed() bridge method instead of failing silently.
  • Both paths converge on a shared writer that posts a tap-to-open completion notification (notification.Manager gained an optional PendingIntent parameter for this).
  • If no installed app resolves the file's MIME type, the tap action falls back to DownloadManager.ACTION_VIEW_DOWNLOADS ("show in folder") instead of silently doing nothing.
  • On API 29+, the writer saves to MediaStore.Downloads.
  • On API 24-28, MediaStore.Downloads doesn't exist, so it writes directly to the public Downloads directory instead.
  • That legacy path needs a new runtime-requested WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission (maxSdkVersion=28).
  • It also needs a new FileProvider entry to expose the written file.
  • The filename prefers the triggering <a download> attribute — captured via a click listener injected in onPageFinished, since DownloadListener isn't passed it — falling back to URLUtil.guessFileName(). Other schemes are skipped with a warning.
• Print — new KolibriJavascriptBridge class exposes @JavascriptInterface void print() backed by PrintManager. A one-line shim (window.print = () => window.Kolibri.print()) is injected via onPageFinished, so Kolibri's existing $print() → window.print() call path works unchanged. (Injection was moved from onPageStarted after finding it didn't reliably land in the new document on older WebView builds.)

References

Closes #267

Reviewer guidance

Manual verification performed on emulator (API 35):

File picker: Facility > Users > Import from CSV — tapping the file input opens the native Android file picker. Selecting a valid CSV file fires the change event and import completes end-to-end. Cancelling leaves the input unchanged.

Download: Facility > Data.

• Log export sends a Content-Disposition: attachment response. It's fetched with the session cookie and written to Downloads with a tap-to-open notification.
• Coach CSV exports produce blob: URLs, fetched in-page and written via Kolibri.saveBlob(). The file appears in Downloads with the same notification.

Print: Coach report print action opens the native Android print dialog with KDS print styling applied; "Save as PDF" works.

No regressions observed in navigation, fullscreen video, back handling, or splash screen.

Areas warranting close review:

• KolibriJavascriptBridge.print() dispatches to the UI thread — WebView.createPrintDocumentAdapter is not thread-safe
• onShowFileChooser null-checks pendingFilePickerCallback before overwriting to cancel any in-flight picker
• KolibriJavascriptBridge.downloadHttp() sets the full cookie string from CookieManager as the Cookie header on the outgoing HttpURLConnection request
• The API 24-28 fallback path (direct file write + FileProvider, replacing MediaStore.Downloads) was verified by code inspection only — the API 35 emulator used for manual testing doesn't exercise it

AI usage

Implemented with Claude Code following a plan reviewed and approved before coding began. I reviewed the generated code for correctness, verified each Android API choice against the developer docs, and confirmed the implementation against the acceptance criteria by running it on an emulator.

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🔵 Post PR Last updated: 2026-07-03 23:20 UTC

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Verified all three intercepts live on an API-35 emulator:

• Print — native dialog + rendered preview.
• File picker — SAF picker, accept honoured.
• http(s) download — saved to Downloads with notification.

Findings:

• blocking (WebViewActivity.java:249) — blob downloads skipped; see inline.
• praise (WebViewActivity.java:262) — session-cookie forwarding.

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Re-review of the blob update. Verified on the emulator: a coach-style CSV blob download now saves to Downloads with correct content — the prior blocking finding is resolved.

New findings (see inline):

• blocking — WebViewActivity.java:258
• blocking — KolibriJavascriptBridge.java:92
• blocking — WebViewActivity.java:284
• praise — KolibriJavascriptBridge.java:75

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Re-tested on the emulator — none of the three prior blocking findings are addressed; evidence in each comment.

• blocking — WebViewActivity.java:290
• blocking — KolibriJavascriptBridge.java:97
• blocking — WebViewActivity.java:266
• praise — WebViewActivity.java:250

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Round-3's three blockings — blob filename, notification tap-to-open, unified download path — are all resolved. One new blocking below.

New findings

• blocking — silent download failure on API 24–28 (KolibriJavascriptBridge.java:125); see inline.
• suggestion — stale pending filename (WebViewActivity.java:287).
• praise — click-capture filename recovery.

Verified by code inspection; the API-35 AVD doesn't cover the pre-Q gap this blocking occurs in.

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Round-4's pre-Q blocking and the stale-filename suggestion are both resolved.

Tested live on two API levels:

• API 35 (MediaStore): blob + http downloads preserve filenames; tap-to-open notification works.
• API 28 (legacy File + FileProvider): write path, tap-to-open, and failure notifications all work.

New findings

• blocking — blob filename lost on pre-Q / old WebView (WebViewActivity.java:234); see inline.
• suggestion — show-in-folder fallback when no app views the MIME (KolibriJavascriptBridge.java:209).
• praise — clean API-forked sink and failure notifications.

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197cf5f adds blob + http failure notifications and a path-traversal guard.

Verified live on API 28:

• Blob failure (revoked URL) → "Download failed" notification, no file written.
• http failure (404) → "Download failed" notification.

Status

• Still blocking — the pre-Q blob-filename bug still reproduces on API 28 (WebViewActivity.java:234 thread).
• Still open — show-in-folder suggestion (optional).

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Both prior findings resolved, verified live on API 28:

• Blob filename preserved (blocking) — onPageFinished injection now lands; saved coach-report.csv.
• Show-in-folder fallback — tap opened DocumentsUI ViewDownloadsActivity with no CSV viewer present.

New findings

• blocking — the smoke-test dismiss loop can mask startup regressions (.maestro/smoke.yaml:29); see inline.
• suggestion — resolveActivity may misfire under API 30+ package visibility (KolibriJavascriptBridge.java:244); see inline.

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blocking: This dismiss-and-retry loop re-introduces the startup masking that was deliberately removed before.

• The trailing assertVisible still catches a total startup failure.
• But the loop tolerates up to ~180s of janky, dialog-dismissing startup, so a degraded-but-eventually-working launch passes with no signal.
• It also auto-dismisses any overlay carrying an ALLOW/Wait button, not just the two expected dialogs.
• The unconditional tapOn: "Wait" taps away a launcher ANR, which is a symptom of runner contention.

Fix:

• Pre-grant the permission before launch in the smoke harness (adb shell pm grant org.learningequality.Kolibri android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE) so no dialog appears.
• Restore the single strict extendedWaitUntil: visible "How are you using Kolibri?".
• Handle the Pixel Launcher ANR via emulator provisioning, not inside the Kolibri flow.

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Still open as of 2a8f579 — that commit is a download refactor; smoke.yaml is unchanged.

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Fixed in 1b3ca7b, per the agreed direction:

• Restored the single strict extendedWaitUntil: visible "How are you using Kolibri?" (timeout 180000) — the dismiss-and-retry loop is removed entirely from the Maestro flow.
• The CI harness now pre-grants WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE via adb shell pm grant before launch (|| true since the permission doesn't exist on API 29+), so its dialog never appears.
• Added a 15s settle sleep after boot, before app launch, at the emulator-provisioning level in build_and_test.yml, to give the launcher time to recover from cold-boot contention and avoid the Pixel Launcher ANR seen on the API 35 runner.

I wasn't able to verify this live — the emulator doesn't boot in this sandbox (qemu exits silently within seconds of startup regardless of GPU flags). Verified via YAML validation and make kolibri.apk.unsigned build success only; pushing to let CI's real emulator runners confirm.

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CI confirms this live now: the latest push (790ec8b) ran smoke tests on API 24, 30, and 35 — all three pass with the single strict extendedWaitUntil, no dismiss loop. https://github.com/learningequality/kolibri-installer-android/actions/runs/28684683113

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Resolved in 1b3ca7b. The dismiss loop is gone and the strict single extendedWaitUntil is back; the permission is pre-granted in CI before launch and the launcher ANR is handled at provisioning. This restores the startup-regression signal.

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suggestion: resolveActivity may misfire under API 30+ package visibility.

• On API 30+ (targetSdk 35) it's filtered by package visibility — without a <queries> entry for ACTION_VIEW it can return null even when a viewer exists, forcing show-in-folder always on modern devices.
• startActivity itself isn't filtered, so gating on the query is the trap.
• Fix: add a <queries> element, or try/catch startActivity instead of pre-checking resolveActivity.
• Can you confirm direct-open still fires on an API 30+ device with a CSV/PDF viewer? Untested here — no API 35 image with a viewer on hand.

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Fixed in 790ec8b — went with the <queries> option since MIME types here are dynamic (any downloaded file type), so a static per-MIME queries list wasn't practical and try/catching startActivity isn't available at the point this decision is made (the choice happens when building the notification's PendingIntent, before the user taps it — there's no startActivity call in our code to wrap).

Added:

<queries>
    <intent>
        <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
        <data android:mimeType="*/*" />
    </intent>
</queries>

This restores resolveActivity()'s visibility into installed ACTION_VIEW handlers on API 30+, so direct-open is chosen correctly instead of always falling back to show-in-folder.

I can't confirm this live — no API 30+ device with a CSV/PDF viewer on hand, and the emulator doesn't boot in this sandbox environment. Verified via manifest merge + build success only; flagging for a real on-device check.

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Resolved in 790ec8b. The <queries> ACTION_VIEW/*/* entry gives resolveActivity visibility on API 30+, and it is scoped rather than QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES. Good.

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2a8f579 is a clean refactor. Verified on API 28 — no regression: blob and http downloads still save with names preserved.

Two prior findings remain open; neither was touched by this commit:

• blocking — smoke-test dismiss loop (.maestro/smoke.yaml:29 thread).
• suggestion — API 30+ resolveActivity visibility (KolibriJavascriptBridge.java:257 thread).

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All findings resolved; re-verified end-to-end on API 35 and API 28.

API 35 (this build):

• Blob and http downloads save to MediaStore.
• Filenames preserved.
• Files stay listed in the Downloads folder.
• Notification tap opens the file directly when a viewer exists — image → Gallery.
• Falls back to show-in-folder otherwise — CSV → DocumentsUI.
• <queries> lets resolveActivity find the viewer under API 30+ package visibility.

API 28 (earlier rounds):

• Legacy File+FileProvider write path.
• Tap-to-open notification.
• Failure notifications on blob and http errors.

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