iOS 13 Document Based App template - Add custom browse location

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Created Apr ’20

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I would like to know the possibility of customizing the sidebar browser in a document-based app? The goal is to add a custom browse location and it's folders under it.

I have uploaded an image here

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Answer 1

Claude31 OP

Apr ’20

Where would this directory be located ?

Tou can add files from other locations (other apps document directory):

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uidocumentbrowserviewcontroller

The local file provider grants access to all the documents in the app’s

Documents

directory. Users can also access documents from another app’s

Documents

directory, if that app declares either the

UISupportsDocumentBrowser

key, or both the

UIFileSharingEnabled

and

LSSupportsOpeningDocumentsInPlace

keys in its

Info.plist

file. When the user opens a document from another app's

Documents

directory, they're editing the document in place. The changes are saved to the other app's

Documents

directory.

Third-party storage services can also provide access to the documents they manage by implementing a File Provider extension (iOS 11 or later). For more information, see FileProvider.

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Answer 2

lasantha57 OP

Apr ’20

Thanks for the reply. Btw I read the description from the apple docs, but here I want to add a browse location option to UIDocumentBrowserViewController and show an outside directory structure inside there.

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iTech OP

Dec ’21

Hi, Did you manage to find a solution for this?

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k-o-d-e-n OP

Dec ’21

This is a reason I can't use UIDocumentBrowserViewController for my app, but I would want...

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