Saving a proprietary file to Dropbox using Document Interaction

Question

I'm trying to save a custom file with my extension to Dropbox using DocumentInteractionController. Dropbox does show up in the DocumentInteractionController's "Open In" menu when my file has a recognized extension such as .txt. There were a number of related topics which I tried to follow. One example: Associating my app's custom file in iOS.

The following shows my UIExportedTypeDeclarations:

<key>UIExportedTypeDeclarations</key>
<array>
    <dict>
        <key>UITypeIdentifier</key>
        <string>com.mysite.myapp.myext</string>
        <key>UITypeDescription</key>
        <string>My Special File</string>
        <key>UITypeTagSpecification</key>
        <dict>
            <key>public.filename-extension</key>
            <string>myext</string>
            <key>public.mime-type</key>
            <string>application/octet-stream</string>
        </dict>
        <key>UITypeConformsTo</key>
        <array>
            <string>public.data</string>
            <string>public.content</string>
        </array>
    </dict>
</array>

I'm not even sure that Dropbox looks at the ConformsTo or even the TagSpecification. It did show up in the Open In menu when I was testing a .txt file and inadvertantly left "myextension" for the public.filename-extension key. So perhaps my thinking about the UIExportedTypeDeclarations, or my expectations about Dropbox file handling, is off base. Any help will be appreciated. I'm spinning my wheels. Thanks.

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 28 '13 at 12:30

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Spelling error: UIExportedTypeDeclaration is not UTExportedTypeDeclaration. A little too much UIKit on the brain. Fixing the spelling fixed the problem. Of course all the tags needed to be fixed.

answered Apr 28 '13 at 12:30

JoeyBoy

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Saving a proprietary file to Dropbox using Document Interaction

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