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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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Bojan S.'s avatar
Bojan S.
Helpful | Level 5
10 years ago

I jave no idea what is there to look into when it comes to this simple option implemented by every cloud storage app for iOS out there. It's has to be a side effect of the Microsoft deal, which is especially weird, since MS apps for iOS got fantastic recently. On the other hand, the Dropbox app is stagnating with the lack of almost every sensible iOS feature upgrade in the last 2 years. Let me, for haven's sake, open, edit and save documents from every app, and use the Dropbox app in split screen. It isn't like you'll earn less money if you make your iOS customers happy.

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