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Asked: 2026-06-01T23:07:59+00:00

The situation: We would like to make an app that shows all files on

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The situation: We would like to make an app that shows all files on an iOS Device

The system: iOS App, non jailbroken system

The question:

  • What files (and filetypes) are allowed to be accessed by every app (system-wide) ?

(PS: we won’t do file-browser like actions like sub-folders, delete, etc .. )

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  1. Editorial Team

    UPDATE :

    what you are trying to achieve is not possible because of the sandbox feature of the apps. though you can display certain file types using below description.

    Previously Answered this

    If I understand your question correctly, there is already a framework for what you are trying to achieve. It is called the quick look framework and supports these many file types…

    A Quick Look preview controller can display previews for the following items:
iWork documents
Microsoft Office documents (Office ‘97 and newer)
Rich Text Format (RTF) documents
PDF files
Images
Text files whose uniform type identifier (UTI) conforms to the public.text type (see Uniform Type Identifiers Reference)
Comma-separated value (csv) files

    you can have more info about it here…

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