iOS Question Open custom file and read content

[Nickelgrass]

Hello,
I would like to open a custom text file with the ending .PCD from any folder (like from an Emailattachment or download) of the phone. I have seen this code https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/open-external-files-with-your-app.50525/ but I do not know how it works. Where do I put the #PlistExtra?
How is the esyest way to open a file on B4I?
Thanks
Regards

 

[DonManfred]

Where do I put the #PlistExtra?

probably in your project main file (*.b4i)

 

[Nickelgrass]

probably in your project main file (*.b4i)

Ok, that worked. Thank you.
How can I enter my custom file type?

 

[Nickelgrass]

Hi, is there no way to open a custom file type on iOS ? That would be a death sentence for my project.

 

[Andrew (Digitwell)]

You can declare a custom file type.

see here:

Declaring New Uniform Type Identifiers

Describes uniform type identifiers and how to use them.

developer.apple.com

 

[Nickelgrass]

You can declare a custom file type.

see here:

Declaring New Uniform Type Identifiers

Describes uniform type identifiers and how to use them.

developer.apple.com

Thanks for the info. But this seems ridiculously over complex. What did Apple think here? Is there no simple file dialogue where I can just enter a file extension?

 

[Nickelgrass]

So I got it to work with csv files. Now I am trying to define the custom file type with ending PCD. It threw me a compiler error:

B4i Version: 8.00
Parsing code.    (0.03s)
Building folders structure.    (0.01s)
Compiling code.    (0.10s)
Compiling layouts code.    (0.01s)
Compiling debugger engine code.    (0.54s)
Building Xcode project.    (0.07s)
Preparing project for builder.    (0.06s)
    Project size: 0.83 MB
Sending data to remote compiler.    Error
Out: Command line invocation:
    /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/xcodebuild -configuration Release PRODUCT_NAME=******** CONFIGURATION_BUILD_DIR=/Users/administrator/Documents/UploadedProjects/<user id>/Payload "CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY=iPhone Distribution: ********" "OTHER_CODE_SIGN_FLAGS=--keychain <user id>" PROVISIONING_PROFILE=******** -arch arm64

User defaults from command line:
    IDEPackageSupportUseBuiltinSCM = YES

Build settings from command line:
    ARCHS = arm64
    CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY = iPhone Distribution: ********
    CONFIGURATION_BUILD_DIR = /Users/administrator/Documents/UploadedProjects/<user id>/Payload
    OTHER_CODE_SIGN_FLAGS = --keychain <user id>
    PRODUCT_NAME = ********
    PROVISIONING_PROFILE = ********

note: Using codesigning identity override: iPhone Distribution: ********
Computing target dependency graph and provisioning inputs

Create build description
Build description signature: ********
Build description path: /Users/administrator/Documents/UploadedProjects/<user id>/build/XCBuildData/********-desc.xcbuild

warning: Building targets in manual order is deprecated - check "Parallelize build for command-line builds" in the project editor, or set DISABLE_MANUAL_TARGET_ORDER_BUILD_WARNING in any of the targets in the current build to suppress this warning
/Users/administrator/Documents/UploadedProjects/<user id>/B4iProject.xcodeproj: warning: The iOS deployment target 'IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET' is set to 8.0, but the range of supported deployment target versions is 11.0 to 16.2.99. (in target 'B4iProject' from project 'B4iProject')
/Users/administrator/Documents/UploadedProjects/<user id>/B4iProject.xcodeproj: error: Bundle identifier is missing. B4iProject doesn't have a bundle identifier. Add a value for PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER in the build settings editor. (in target 'B4iProject' from project 'B4iProject')

Error: ** BUILD FAILED **

Please note that I tried to anonymize all the information.

 #PlistExtra:<key>UTExportedTypeDeclarations</key>
    #PlistExtra:   <Array>
    #PlistExtra:       <dict>
    #PlistExtra:           <key>UTTypeIdentifier</key>
    #PlistExtra:           <string>Public.custom_type</string>
    #PlistExtra:           <key>UTTypeReferenceURL</key>
    #PlistExtra:           <string>https://www.something.de</string>
    #PlistExtra:           <key>UTTypeDescription</key>
    #PlistExtra:           <string>Something</string>
    #PlistExtra:           <key>UTTypeIconFile</key>
    #PlistExtra:           <string>Public.something</string>
    #PlistExtra:           <key>UTTypeConformsTo</key>
    #PlistExtra:           <Array>
    #PlistExtra:               <string>Public.profile</string>
    #PlistExtra:           </Array>
    #PlistExtra:           <key>UTTypeTagSpecification</key>
    #PlistExtra:           <dict>
    #PlistExtra:               <key>com.apple.ostype</key>
    #PlistExtra:               <string>PCD</string>
    #PlistExtra:               <key>Public.filename-extension</key>
    #PlistExtra:               <Array>
    #PlistExtra:                   <string>PCD</string>
    #PlistExtra:               </Array>
    #PlistExtra:               <key>Public.mime-Type</key>
    #PlistExtra:               <string>text/plain</string>
    #PlistExtra:           </dict>
    #PlistExtra:       </dict>
    #PlistExtra:   </Array>

There seems to be something missing PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER . What do I have to add?