iOS Code Snippet Make your app files accessible with Files app

#PlistExtra: <key>LSSupportsOpeningDocumentsInPlace</key><true/><key>UIFileSharingEnabled</key><true/>

All files in File.DirDocuments / XUI.DefaultFolder will be accessible from the Files app (and iTunes as well).

 

[ilan]

#PlistExtra: <key>LSSupportsOpeningDocumentsInPlace</key><true/><key>UIFileSharingEnabled</key><true/>

All files in File.DirDocuments will be accessible from the Files app (and iTunes as well).

thank you very much erel this is a great feature. do we need to create a folder? or is a folder automatically created with the app name?
if someone add a file to that shared folder can we then read it from file.DirDocuments in our app?

 

[Erel]

No need to create the folder. I haven't tested whether the folder appears in Files app when it is empty.

if someone add a file to that shared folder can we then read it from file.DirDocuments in our app?

Yes.

 

[AnandGupta]

All files in File.DirDocuments will be accessible from the Files app (and iTunes as well).

Can I use it in Android too ?

 

[jahswant]

Can I use it in Android too ?

No it's iOS specific!

 

[mcqueccu]

Can I use it in Android too ?

No please, This is an iOS thread and hence every discussion here is related to iOS

 

[mcqueccu]

No need to create the folder. I haven't tested whether the folder appears in Files app when it is empty.

The Folder appeared in the Files App with the application label as the Name.
I created new folder with the Name B4X in directory documents like below

File.MakeDir(File.DirDocuments,"B4X")

And I can see it in application label/B4X

Thank you Erel for this

 

[AnandGupta]

No please, This is an iOS thread and hence every discussion here is related to iOS

Oh. Anything similar for Android ?

 

[Sandman]

Anything similar for Android ?

Come on now, you're senior enough here in the forum to know that you're posting that question in the wrong forum. Go here.

 

[AnandGupta]

Come on now, you're senior enough here in the forum to know that you're posting that question in the wrong forum. Go here.

I am sorry. Got carried away with the interesting feature.

 

[OlavRossland]

#PlistExtra: <key>LSSupportsOpeningDocumentsInPlace</key><true/><key>UIFileSharingEnabled</key><true/>

All files in File.DirDocuments will be accessible from the Files app (and iTunes as well).

This make my app crash - also if I start a complete new and clean app.

 

[Erel]

I've tested it on iOS 16. I see a debugging issue that occurs from time to time where the app crashes on startup but does work if you manually start it.
It doesn't happen in release mode.
Try it.

 

[OlavRossland]

I've tested it on iOS 16. I see a debugging issue that occurs from time to time where the app crashes on startup but does work if you manually start it.
It doesn't happen in release mode.
Try it.

I tried as you said - and it worked.