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Yaogang L.'s avatar
Yaogang L.
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11 years ago

Does Dropbox support the UIDocumentPickerModeOpen mode in iOS 8?

I am trying to use the iOS 8 Document Picker to choose a file package from Dropbox, and edit it in-place. However, it seems that only the import and export modes are supported. When I use the open mo...
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Mariedb
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11 years ago

Hi there!

Apple’s Document Picker extension allows apps to import/export or open/move documents into other apps. Dropbox currently supports the import/export functionality (and doesn’t yet support open/move). Apps that only support open/move will not display Dropbox as an option.

In most cases, you can still choose to open the document into Dropbox by accessing the sharing icon and selecting to “Open In” Dropbox. You can send the document back to your app using the same “Open In” functionality.

Dropbox keeps track of this feedback so that we can work toward including our most popular requests in future versions of our app.

Thanks!

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