[python-win32] Using win32com.shell to browse iphone photos | problem with pywebview

[Tim Roberts]

Bastian Schnitzler wrote:
> I want to use win32com to transfer photos from my iphone to my
> computer (I found a code snippet here, that worked for me:
> https://gitlab.com/lassi.niemisto/iphone-photo-dump/).
> In addition I would like to use pywebview to build a GUI.
> ...
> It is the same, except that the folder for Apple iPhone is missing on
> the second go.
>
> Why is the shell behaving differently here? Is this a bug in win32com
> or is pywebview influencing it somehow? What can I do to make it work?

Have you tried configuring your app to use a local web server? If you 
don't run your own server, then your pywebview app runs inside the 
browser's process, and that is a highly protected sandbox.  That's 
probably why you don't see external devices.

-- 
Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

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