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Pretty sure that’s how it works on iOS. The app can only access its own sandboxed directory. If it wants anything else, it has to use a system provided file pic
by what 8mo ago
Pretty sure that’s how it works on iOS. The app can only access its own sandboxed directory. If it wants anything else, it has to use a system provided file picker that provides a security scoped url for the selected file.
- signal11 8mo agoYes, UIDocumentPickerViewController is 10+ years old at this point. There’s also a similar photos picker (PHPicker) which is especially good from 2023 on. Signal uses this for instance.
- int_19h 8mo agoIt's also how it works on macOS and even on modern Windows if you are running sandboxed apps.
- bombolo 8mo ago[dead]