I read an article last week that explains that Symantec is about to publish an application that will be an extension of the iOS native mail client (here is the ref.: http://goo.gl/xsIiC).
The relevant sentence from that article:
that works as an extension to the Apple iOS mail client to encrypt and
decrypt documents.
My question is : how is that possible on an non jailbroken iPhone ?
The only thing we can do on the iOS native mailer (if I’m not wrong) is to prepare an email (with body, attachment, …) and to associate an app to a file extension that can be received from the mailer.
Do you have any idea on what they are talking about ? Is it only commercial stuff or you think there’s a way for them to do such an extension?
Thank you
Remember that Symantec is a pretty big company, and not too far from Apple’s campus. The vice presidents and/or executives probably even golf together.
In any event, Symantec has access to private API’s or resources that regular peon developers like you or I would not have access to. And either Symantec will release an app via the App Store (that Apple’s reviewers will automatically approve and bless), or the extensions will be incorporated and included in a future version of iOS.
If you want extended functionality for Apple Mail, then file a bug via http://bugreporter.apple.com and if enough developers ask for it, Apple is more likely to make public the API that Symantec is using to extend Mail.app’s functionality.