How to enable file sharing for my app

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I have an image editing app where users can apply effects to photos  How could I enable it so that users can see my app in iTunes in the File Sharing tab and then just drag drop photos to the app   Some of the eBook readers like Stanza works like this and it would be a cool option  Maybe someone can point out a tutorial or resource that talks about how to enable and use this technique

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You just have to set UIFileSharingEnabled  Application Supports iTunes file sharing  key in the info plist of your app  Here s a link for the documentation  Scroll down to the file sharing support part   In the past  it was also necessary to define CFBundleDisplayName  Bundle Display Name   if it wasn t already there  More details here

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Maybe it s obvious for you guys but I scratched my head for a while because the folder didn t show up in the files app   I actually needed to store something in the folder  you could achieve this by   saving some files into your document directory of the app move something from iCloud Drive to your app  in the move dialog the folder will show up   As soon as there are no files in your folder anymore  it s gonna disappear from the  on my iPad tab

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If you find by alphabet in plist  it should be  Application supports iTunes file sharing

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In Xcode 8 3 3 add new row in  plist with true value      Application supports iTunes file sharing

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According to apple doc       File-Sharing Support File-sharing support lets apps make user data files available in iTunes 9 1 and later  An app that declares its   support for file sharing makes the contents of its  Documents   directory available to the user  The user can then move files in and   out of this directory as needed from iTunes  This feature does not   allow your app to share files with other apps on the same device  that   behavior requires the pasteboard or a document interaction controller   object        To enable file sharing for your app  do the following          Add the UIFileSharingEnabled key to your app   s Info plist file  and set the value of the key to YES   The actual key name is    Application supports iTunes file sharing      Put whatever files you want to share in your app   s Documents directory    When the device is plugged into the user   s computer  iTunes displays a File Sharing section in the Apps tab of the selected   device    The user can add files to this directory or move files to the desktop          Apps that support file sharing should be able to recognize when files   have been added to the Documents directory and respond appropriately    For example  your app might make the contents of any new files   available from its interface  You should never present the user with   the list of files in this directory and ask them to decide what to do   with those files       For additional information about the UIFileSharingEnabled key  see   Information Property List Key Reference

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New XCode 7 will only require  UIFileSharingEnabled  key in Info plist    CFBundleDisplayName  is not required any more   One more hint  do not only modify the Info plist of the  tests  target  The main app and the  tests  have different Info plist

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If you editing info plist directly  below should help you  don t key in  quot YES quot  as string below   lt key gt UIFileSharingEnabled lt  key gt   lt string gt YES lt  string gt   You should use this   lt key gt UIFileSharingEnabled lt  key gt   lt true  gt

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