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How can a Maui iOS app access files in the iPhone Dropbox app?
I have developed a dot maui app and I would like this app to access the files in the dropbox app on the iPhone.
With dropbox installed you can mark files for use offline, and I would like my app ...
OK - all understood. So I don't see the point of marking files for use offline if they can't be accessed. I don't see the offline files in the IOS Files App. I haven't checked yet but if I use Excel say on the iPad, I can't save it to dropbox locally - so I am not sure how the offline feature works unless other apps could access these. I can't see the point of it.
Have you thought about allowing the app to store its files in a public area in IOS (as an option) - that would be a leap forward.
Nancy
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox Community ModeratorHey @JohnStrudwick, hope it’s alright to jump in. Making your files offline allows you to access them via the mobile app even when there’s no internet connection on your device (you can also check this Help Center article for more info). So, the offlining feature concerns files that need to be accessed via the Dropbox app directly and not your phone/tablet.
If you’d like to have a file downloaded on your mobile device, then you’d need to export it from Dropbox instead of making it offline.
Let me know if you meant something else though.
