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Applications on iOS aren't allowed to touch storage outside of their own data store or the photo roll. Some developers used to backdoor around this by passing d
by commandar 16y ago
Applications on iOS aren't allowed to touch storage outside of their own data store or the photo roll. Some developers used to backdoor around this by passing data via the photo roll, but Apple started denying app approval for this a while back.
- Zev 16y agoSome developers used to backdoor around this by passing data via the photo roll I've never heard of an app that did that. Can you name some?
- commandar 16y agoI got it slightly wrong, it seems. Devs were using the photo roll as a way around the lack of USB mass storage support on the iPhone.[1] It's the Address Book that some devs have used to pass data between apps.[2] [1] http://techcrunch.com/2010/02/02/apple-stanza-usb/ http://techcrunch.com/2010/02/02/apple-stanza-usb/ [2] http://stackoverflow.com/questions/220630/how-to-share-custom-data-between-iphone-applications http://stackoverflow.com/questions/220630/how-to-share-custo...
- Zev 16y agoStill wondering what apps uses that trick, and which ones have gotten rejected for trying to use it ;)
- commandar 16y agoWell, it's pretty clear that Stanza (from my first link) got in hot water with Apple given they pulled the feature at Apple's behest. As for the address book thing, I can't name any specifics as I don't follow iOS overly closely; I just know it's a hack I've seen mentioned enough times that it seems to be fairly common knowledge that it can be done, just with the caveat that it's also against the rules.
- hboon 16y agoTextExpander uses it for their SDK. Snippets you add in the TextExpander app is available to other apps which integrate with their SDK.