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Filepicker.io (YC S12) launches SDK for iOS and Android

70 points by tagx 14y ago

MIT_Hacker 14y ago
I love this! I can't wait to integrate this into one of my apps. Does it also have access to the native camera application?
- tagx 14y ago
  Yeah it does. We allow you to pull from both the local gallery and camera on both platforms.
  - MIT_Hacker 14y ago
    And does it use the native accounts on the phone? DB, FB, etc? Or do you pull up a new authorization dialog?
    - tagx 14y ago
      It doesn't use the native accounts yet in the interest of development time. We still use the mobile specific auth screen for services that support it though. We plan to support those in the next release.
tagx 14y ago
If you guys want to try out sample apps on Android, here are the links to the apks: An ImageViewer: https://github.com/Filepicker/filepicker-imageviewer/raw/master/ImageViewer.apk https://github.com/Filepicker/filepicker-imageviewer/raw/mas... An ImageSaver: https://github.com/Filepicker/filepicker-imagesaver/raw/master/ImageSaver.apk https://github.com/Filepicker/filepicker-imagesaver/raw/mast...
joshma 14y ago
It's nice to see this on iOS - ironically, the future in iOS app inter-operability might just be in the web (connected with services like Filepicker) instead of waiting for Apple to go native.
jaylib 14y ago
There is a similar MIT licensed library on github from DZEN Interaktiv: https://github.com/DZen-Interaktiv/DZDocumentsPickerController https://github.com/DZen-Interaktiv/DZDocumentsPickerControll... It's still a work in progress and only Dropbox and Cloud App are usable.
- meaydinli 14y ago
  Are there any other alternatives (open source, or otherwise) or competitors?
kmax12 14y ago
Great play on Filepicker's part. Having used their service on the web, it's a no brainer to include their service in future mobile apps.
sgrytoyr 14y ago
We’ve been testing Filepicker.io at Bugly almost from day one, and using it officially for a couple of weeks now, and it’s been very solid. It’s always a little frightening to rely on an external service for important functionality, but this is a pretty big deal for our users, so in this case we decided to take a chance and become early adopters. No regrets so far.
makeee 14y ago
Nice work guys! Can't wait to use filepicker in my iphone app.
DenisM 14y ago
I'm confused. How does it make sense to pay per gigabyte for my iOS app users to upload files from their iPhone to their own Dropbox via their own network connection? This makes no sense to me...
vgurgov 14y ago
This is going to be big! Great work guys!

70 points by tagx 14y ago

I love this! I can't wait to integrate this into one of my apps. Does it also have access to the native camera application?

tagx 14y ago
Yeah it does. We allow you to pull from both the local gallery and camera on both platforms.
- MIT_Hacker 14y ago
  And does it use the native accounts on the phone? DB, FB, etc? Or do you pull up a new authorization dialog?
  - tagx 14y ago
    It doesn't use the native accounts yet in the interest of development time. We still use the mobile specific auth screen for services that support it though. We plan to support those in the next release.

tagx 14y ago

If you guys want to try out sample apps on Android, here are the links to the apks: An ImageViewer: https://github.com/Filepicker/filepicker-imageviewer/raw/master/ImageViewer.apk https://github.com/Filepicker/filepicker-imageviewer/raw/mas... An ImageSaver: https://github.com/Filepicker/filepicker-imagesaver/raw/master/ImageSaver.apk https://github.com/Filepicker/filepicker-imagesaver/raw/mast...

joshma 14y ago

It's nice to see this on iOS - ironically, the future in iOS app inter-operability might just be in the web (connected with services like Filepicker) instead of waiting for Apple to go native.

jaylib 14y ago

There is a similar MIT licensed library on github from DZEN Interaktiv: https://github.com/DZen-Interaktiv/DZDocumentsPickerController https://github.com/DZen-Interaktiv/DZDocumentsPickerControll... It's still a work in progress and only Dropbox and Cloud App are usable.

meaydinli 14y ago
Are there any other alternatives (open source, or otherwise) or competitors?

kmax12 14y ago

Great play on Filepicker's part. Having used their service on the web, it's a no brainer to include their service in future mobile apps.

sgrytoyr 14y ago

We’ve been testing Filepicker.io at Bugly almost from day one, and using it officially for a couple of weeks now, and it’s been very solid. It’s always a little frightening to rely on an external service for important functionality, but this is a pretty big deal for our users, so in this case we decided to take a chance and become early adopters. No regrets so far.

makeee 14y ago

Nice work guys! Can't wait to use filepicker in my iphone app.

DenisM 14y ago

I'm confused. How does it make sense to pay per gigabyte for my iOS app users to upload files from their iPhone to their own Dropbox via their own network connection? This makes no sense to me...

vgurgov 14y ago

This is going to be big! Great work guys!