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Yaogang L.'s avatar
Yaogang L.
New member | Level 1
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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Joshua K.14's avatar
Joshua K.14
New member | Level 2
10 years ago

So Dropbox seems to have special integrations with Microsoft and Adobe but does not support newer Apple technologies. The lack of size classes (i.e. No slide over or split screen. Apple has given years to developers to be ready for these features) and integration with the document picker definitely gives me pause in using their services. They just shed Carousel and Mailbox, I hope that means their native apps will be getting lots of improvements, maybe? 

 

Dropbox, Apple made document handling tough for a long time on iOS. Now that they finally give an option to work and save-in-place, I don't get why you, as a service, wouldn't be first in line to support this. It's baffling to me. 

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