Oct 27, 2020

iPhone 12 pro won’t let me add pictures as attachments

When i try to add a picture to an email on gmail on my iPhone 12 pro I am unable to select pictures as attachments I can only select the most recent picture. When I go to all my phones on the camera roll and try to select a picture nothing happens

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Dec 1, 2020

I was able to work around this by using the “+” icon instead of going to all pictures.

Tap + to bring up photos.

Select picture to add (I was able to add two)

Now select pictures from the quick pick row

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Tae Kim 6313

Dec 12, 2020

All of sudden, it is working now!!

setman85

Dec 12, 2020

Had the same issue. It was solved by uninstalling and reinstalling. Hope it keeps working!

Kevin Jackson 6511

Dec 30, 2020

Uninstalled and reinstalled and still same issue, very annoying need a fix!!

Michael Thomas 9915

Jan 4, 2021

I couldn’t find the + tab on my iPhone 12, uninstalling didn’t work, I tried the export tab (Gmail) and the email popped up then disappeared.

The only trick I can get to work is compose an email and attach photos but only use Recent Photos. I get 5-6 pics available.

I then have to copy a later pic again to make it recent if I want to use it.

Do not press All Photos then everything freezes.

This is a real pain and only started for me in IOS 14.2. Hindsight, don’t update iOS right away and wait for the complaints.

I don’t see a fix coming from Google or Apple.

PANAGIOTIS PETROPOULOS

Jan 9, 2021

Same problem for me at my iphone 12 pro max.

But i have also an iphone 7 and there the gmail app works perfect and can attach photos.

I have the same update for ios 14.3 and the same version of gmail 6.0.201115 at both mobiles iphone 7 and iphone 12 pro max.

So thats is a good info i believe to help somebody to find the solution and to help us

CStockslager

Jan 17, 2021

PROBLEM SOLVED!!! I was having the same exact problems described by so many others. I could not add photos to emails crated in Gmail for iOS. I have an iPhone 12 Pro Max running the latest version of iOS and the most recent version of Gmail.

The fix:

- Uninstall Gmail and reinstall. Make sure it’s not open.

- Go to Settings > General > Reset > Reset All Settings

- iPhone will reboot and clear settings.

- You should be good to go.

You must make sure you allow access to Photos in Gmail settings. Settings >Gmail >All Photos

It sucks that you’ll lose a few minor things; Apple Pay Card, Wallpaper settings.. but the fix worked immediately.

Good luck!

Ashish Chudasama

Jan 26, 2021

No Need to uninstall and reset all. just goto Settings >Gmail >All Photos ( Allow Gmail to ACCESS )

Last edited Jan 26, 2021

User 4665967316263667378

Jan 29, 2021

Selecting all photos does not work

Teresa Acheson

Feb 1, 2021

running into same issue. new iphone 12, and from Photos, selected 4 and try to send by gmail. it flashes as if it will open a gmail account (not my primary) and then disappears and does nothing. -- deleting the app and reinstalling did not change anything...but that's because the accounts were not deleted from my Settings - Mail. **then I noticed that photos was trying to connect to the one gmail account not showing in my Mail accounts. / however i still went through the steps of deleting my gmail accounts from MAIL as well as removing the Gmail app. ///now I reinstalled the gmail app, and it still remembered my gmail accounts. ---however, I was then able to start in Gmail, compose and attach photos. / then I was also able to start from photos - and send by gmail.

Helen Hopewell

Feb 16, 2021

I just found a workaround. Open Gmail, compose a new email, click on the attachments button and add your photos from Photos, then when they appear in the main body you can click on each one and select "Select as attachment'.

Also I found after doing this I followed the above steps and it just attached them all normally. Selecting and sharing to an email from the Photos app still does not work.

Last edited Feb 16, 2021