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<h2 id="get-content"><a href="#get-content">What is Document based picker?</a></h2>
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<p>The Commons app lets you pick what picture(s) you want to upload, using either the camera button or what we call a "picker". The "custom picker" has an icon that includes a small Commons logo, because it has Commons-specific features such as checking whether a picture exists on the Commons server or not. The "normal picker" now has two variants: the "Document based picker" and the "new Android picker" (you may choose your favourite variant from Settings). To sum up, the app now has 3 pickers:</p>
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<p>The Commons app lets you pick what picture(s) you want to upload, using either the camera button or what we call a "picker". The "custom picker" has an icon that includes a small Commons logo, because it has Commons-specific features such as checking whether a picture exists on the Commons server or not. The "normal picker" now has two variants: the "Document based picker" and the "Media picker" (you may choose your favourite variant from Settings). To sum up, the app now has 3 pickers:</p>
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<li>The custom picker that you may use in the Contributions tab:</li>
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<figcaption>Document based picker</figcaption>
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<li>The new Android picker that you may try in the Contributions and Nearby tab, it varies from device to device:
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<li>The media picker that you may try in the Contributions and Nearby tab, it varies from device to device:
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<img src="images/get_content_picker_without_takeover.png" height="400">
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<figcaption>The new Android picker without takeover</figcaption>
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<figcaption>The traditional media picker (does not strip location)</figcaption>
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<img src="images/get_content_picker_with_takeover.png" height="460">
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<figcaption>The new Android picker with takeover</figcaption>
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<figcaption>The new media picker (strips location)</figcaption>
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<h4>How is the new Android picker different from the Document based picker?</h4>
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<h4>How is the new media picker (a.k.a new Android picker) different from the Document based picker?</h4>
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<p>Android recently introduced a new photo picker for devices having Android 11 or higher. Unfortunately, this photo picker removes location tags from the EXIF metadata of images.</p>
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<p>In order to preserve location information, we decided to go with the system file picker by default for the Document based picker and disabled the new Android picker.</p>
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<p>In order to preserve location information, we decided to go with the Document based picker by default and skipped the new Android picker.</p>
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<p>To summarize the advantages and disadvantages:</p>
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<p><b>New Android Picker:</b>
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<p><b>Media Picker:</b>
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<li><b>Merits:</b> Lists all image providers as marked in red in the figure above, user-friendly interface.</li>
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<li><b>Demerit:</b> Removes location tags from EXIF metadata on some devices.</li>
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<li><b>Merits:</b> The traditional media picker lists all image providers as marked in red in the figure above, user-friendly interface. You may open the traditional media picker within the new media picker via "Browse" by following the steps mentioned in the next section.</li>
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<li><b>Demerit:</b> The new media picker removes location tags from EXIF metadata.</li>
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<p><b>Document based Picker:</b>
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<li>You want to share the location information present in the EXIF metadata of the images</li>
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<li>You choose images from within the file picker and do not use any other Gallery app providers</li>
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<p>You may like to use the new Android picker when:</p>
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<p>You may like to use the media picker when:</p>
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<li>You love sharing images from third-party Gallery apps and other such providers and prefer the existing UI</li>
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<li>You are using a device in which the new photo picker is without "takeover". Please refer to the images above to identify if your photo picker is without takeover.</li>
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<li>You do not wish to share the location information in the EXIF metadata in case takeover is enabled on your device.</li>
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<li>You are using a device in which the media picker does not strip location. Please refer to the images above to identify if your media picker strips location.</li>
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<li>You do not wish to share the location information in the EXIF metadata and want to use the new Android picker.</li>
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<h4>Can we enjoy the third-party Gallery apps even while using the new Android photo picker?</h4>

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