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I would like to write a program on iPad to connect network share drive (similar to FileBrowser application). However, I cannot find many resources and sample code on the Web. Does anyone know how to do it? Any website for reference? Thanks so much!
Connecting to an SMB shared drive would be the same as connecting to any SMB server. Now I’ve googled a bit and found that SMB was developed by Windows, and not given free, but that it has been successfully reversed engineered and that it has been ported to Linux, Unix, whatever by the name Samba.
I dug a bit deeper and easily found this link: Windows Filesharing library for iOS. It provides a link to an iOS framework which enables you to connect to a Samba/SMB drive.
Since I never tried to connect to a SMB/Samba server, I don’t know if the framework will work, I’ve never tested it. But by copying some source files to your own project you normally should get it working.
Note: Check the license of any third-party framework you use.