Our jQuery mobile web application is designed to run on iPads using Safari and includes a feature to upload photos using a HTML5 file input accepting image/* which enables users to take a photo or choose an existing one from their library.
When iOS8 was released this feature was disabled -- the file input did not allow access to the camera or photo store and caused us a big headache. This was fixed in a subsequent sub-version of iOS8 however since then users of older iPads and iPad mini's (specifically those with an A5 chip) suffer intermittent but frequent problems when trying to upload or take a photo.
Upon clicking the file input in the browser users often get the message "A problem occurred with this webpage so it was reloaded" and as a result of the page reload the user is logged out of our application.
We were very much hoping this issue might be fixed in iOS9 however so far none of the beta versions seem to have corrected this issue. We are currently stuck in the position having to advise our users to stick to iOS7 and not upgrade to the latest version of iOS.
Is this something you are aware of and if possible can you look at fixing this issue in iOS9 final?
Thanks & regards