Document Browser API

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iOS API software framework system interface

The Document Browser API is a system interface that lets apps present and manage user documents from various storage locations in a unified, file-browser-style view.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf iOS API ⓘ
software framework ⓘ
system interface ⓘ
category Apple developer technology ⓘ
designGoal centralize access to local and cloud storage ⓘ
provide consistent document browsing across apps ⓘ
reduce need for custom file browsers in apps ⓘ
documentationURL https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uidocumentbrowserviewcontroller ⓘ
integratesWith File Provider framework ⓘ
Files app ⓘ
UIDocument NERFINISHED ⓘ
UIDocumentBrowserActionsController NERFINISHED ⓘ
introducedIn iOS 11 NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageSupport Objective-C ⓘ
Swift NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf UIKit NERFINISHED ⓘ
platform iOS ⓘ
iPadOS ⓘ
primaryClass UIDocumentBrowserViewController NERFINISHED ⓘ
providedBy Apple NERFINISHED ⓘ
purpose manage user documents from various storage locations ⓘ
present user documents in a unified interface ⓘ
provide a file-browser-style view of documents ⓘ
requires entitlement for iCloud documents when using iCloud storage ⓘ
storageSources iCloud Drive NERFINISHED ⓘ
on-device storage ⓘ
third-party cloud services ⓘ
supports document-based apps ⓘ
supportsCustomization custom document actions ⓘ
custom document metadata display ⓘ
custom document thumbnails ⓘ
custom document types ⓘ
supportsFeature creating documents ⓘ
deleting documents ⓘ
document previews ⓘ
document search ⓘ
exporting documents ⓘ
importing documents ⓘ
moving documents ⓘ
opening documents ⓘ
recent documents list ⓘ
renaming documents ⓘ
tagging documents ⓘ
third-party file provider integration ⓘ
supportsUI document collections ⓘ
document pickers ⓘ
grid view of documents ⓘ
list view of documents ⓘ

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Files app → integratesWith → Document Browser API ⓘ
subject surface form: Files