> It's as if most apps are sandboxed in to their own folder or something
Isn't that a good thing?
Isn't that a good thing?
e.g.
* I want to be able to have syncthing pull down my keepass database and have keepass2android open the current version in launch without having to navigate a file picker every time.
* I want to use my browser to download rpg rulebooks from drivethrurpg then open them in my PDF viewer without either of those two having to specifically integrate with each other. It would then be nice if that pdf reader could display a list of recent files on launch rather than reopen a picker.
They're mostly my gripes with Android 10's lockdown but iOS doesn't even want the filesystem exposed. I won't deny there's security advantages to this model, but it should have an out as it just encourages your app to own your data and only use it in ways they foresaw rather than giving control to users.
I wish Apple made this easy, and just stopped doing whatever they're doing with iTunes. I hate needing it to upload photos.
If the developer takes the time to set it up, this is exactly how the Files app works -- each app will appear either as a folder or as a provider.
> I want to plug in my iPhone and see the filesystem for the Files app.
This is how it works currently on macOS; word is that this will be coming to Windows once they finish splitting up that version of iTunes.
> I want to be able to "share" any file from any app into Files. This would either be "Save to Files" or simply exposing it to files.
Again, this is up to the app developer to implement. On apps that support it, there's literally a "Save to Files" option on the share sheet.
On the other hand, Microsoft didn't get a say about LibreOffice being able to read it's files.