Failed test with Anytype: how to take photos from the app?

[Shampra]

On my walk today, I decided to use Anytype instead of Evernote.
I needed to take photos of plants and add their names, nothing complicated.

… and it failed!
I couldn’t figure out how to take a photo in Anytype!
On Evernote or even on Notion, you click on the corresponding icon and the photo appears directly in the application. I was expecting the same thing.

So, is it possible? Or not, in which case it’s very annoying (if there’s no request, I’ll make it).

[Nia_93]

Never figured this either! It’s one of the big difficulties for me as well

[VisualNotes]

Just curious how you want to “take a photo from Anytype”. I can ‘share’ any photo taken from my Android smartphone by selecting Anytype as the destination.

[Shampra]

I want to take a photo directly in Anytype, not sharing an existing one.

Usercase :

• Into Notion, during vacancy, I can open my travel book (shared to family) , add a page “xxx city”, click on the photo icon, take the photo : it’s directly insered into the page
• Into Evernote, while shopping (or there in a plant store), I have my page with my list of plants already photographed and saved. If I see an interesting one, I click on the icon, take the photo and add a caption. All directly into Evernote.
• 3rd example: Oh a pretty landscape/funny thing/etc! I open my chat, click on take a photo, take my photo: it’s directly in the chat. And it works in all the instant messaging tools I use.

In short, it’s fast and practical, and works everywhere. Except in Anytype.

[Filip]

Here’s the FR:

Capture image with camera on mobile

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. This feature request is not directly related to a problem, but is about a general improvement to the user experience. I often find myself wanting to scan or photograph documents for placing inside of an object canvas from the Android client. With certain other apps, such as GoodNotes, there is an option to directly take a photo or scan a document, alongside options for importing an image from the image gallery. However, the mobile …

[anton]

We’ll deliver this. I have it on my phone already, but don’t know yet when it will be in a public release.

[Shampra]

About Lists… and pehaps tag as object???

@anton

Right after that, we’ll start working on new lists, which are also closely related to tags as objects.

About AI / MCP integration for plugging into AI software

@anton

we have plans for this. We plan to deliver it in April

About Improve ux of visible content (images, videos etc.) in gallery views

@anton

Design team is working on that right now.

About Show featured relations in card

@anton

This will come after we’ll update the primitives. Indeed needed feature.

About dashboard and object across space

@anton

we want to make it possible to pull objects from different spaces into your personal dashboard. The objects would stay where they are, but you’d be able to see and interact with them in one place. It’s not ready yet, but this kind of cross-space functionality is something we’re building toward.

And now

@anton

We’ll deliver this. I have it on my phone already, but don’t know yet when it will be in a public release.

It gives us great expectations, so you can understand why we’re all the more important to you and all the more impatient!

[anton]

@Shampra

About Lists… and pehaps tag as object???

I think they will come together as they are strongly interrelated.

@Shampra

About AI / MCP integration for plugging into AI software

this plan to deliver in April (the first and simple version)

@Shampra

About Improve ux of visible content (images, videos etc.) in gallery views

We have designs, the most probably will come with lists.

@Shampra

About dashboard and object across space

this is not a priority, will come after ability to forward things from one space to another