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anonymous
7 years ago

Unable to open package in iOS document picker

I am using a macOS package (See wikipedia description) in an iOS app with a UIDocumentBrowserViewController. If the package is stored in iCloud, everything works as expected, but if the package is st...
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Greg-DB
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7 years ago

The Dropbox iOS app unfortunately doesn't currently support downloading folders in the document picker. I'm sending this along to the team as a request to support folders, though I can't promise if/when that would be implemented.

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holtwick
New member | Level 2
7 years ago

This is really a show stopper and is going on for years now. Please fix this!

Even Apple resigned in front of that issue https://support.apple.com/HT208214

  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
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    7 years ago

    holtwick Thanks for the feedback! I'll share this with the team.

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      dirkholtwick
      Explorer | Level 3
      7 years ago

      Are there any updates to expect in respect to the upcoming iOS 13 release?

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        Greg-DB
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        7 years ago

        dirkholtwick Unfortunately I don't have any news on this.

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