Unfortunately iPhones and iPads simply can't do HTML file uploads - it's a glaring hole in their capabilities.

Native apps can. Our plupload addon has some special code to interface with Picup, which is an app you can install on the iOS device to do the file uploading, and it integrates back with Composr.

iOS6 (which the new iPhone5 has) finally does support file uploads though, so this problem will go after time. iPhone3GS+ will be able to upgrade to iOS6.

Hello Chris,

Thanks for the very helpful explanation. Here's a note for your info. I updated an iPhone and iPad to iOS6, and I also later installed Plupload on the website. Before Plupload was installed, I went into Add Image screen with the iPhone and sure enough, it was able to interface with the file upload button. However, after installing Plupload and going back to the same screen, it forces me to interface with the Picup app. So, we might want to add a little code to the Plupload addon so it recognizes if the iOS is version 6 or beyond and lets us avoid the Picup app.

Yes, you're correct here. We're going to be disabling picup entirely in the next version of the addon (we'll leave the code, but commented out), as the more engaged device users will be upgrading.

I should also mention that the Picup interface doesn't differentiate between images and videos. If I go to the Add Video screen and click on the Picup upload link, it still only lets me choose from images in t he Cameral Roll. I don't know if this is a limitation of the Picup app or the Plupload addon