iPad 3.2 SDK Features: File Sharing

kjk · 02-02-2010, 02:30 PM

http://www.neowin.net/news/apple039s...-means-for-you

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File sharing

The most interesting new feature that iPhone OS 3.2 presents is file sharing. When an application wants to save documents, it can now add them to the shared directory. When an iPad, or possibly an iPhone (in the future), is plugged into a Mac or PC, it will show this shared directory in the Finder or Windows Explorer, respectively.

You may not think this is a big feature, but for apps which have struggled since the launch of the App Store to sync information with an iPhone, this change is huge. Rather than doing a complicated hookup that requires user interaction for each and every sync, and works over wifi, an application can now save updated settings directly onto an iPad, automatically.

Definitely interested to see how this works out.

Bremen Cole · 02-02-2010, 09:17 PM

I hope this is true, would make things easier for some folks....

nikkie · 02-03-2010, 02:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Bremen Cole

I hope this is true, would make things easier for some folks....

There's no "hope" about it. It's in the SDK, you can count on it being in the iPad. The whole dev community is talking about it.

Bremen Cole · 02-03-2010, 06:05 AM

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Originally Posted by nikkie

There's no "hope" about it. It's in the SDK, you can count on it being in the iPad. The whole dev community is talking about it.

Glad to hear it! One of those "little things" that will make a huge difference...

nikkie · 02-03-2010, 12:44 PM

Yeah, I suppose. Frankly it won't affect me much since I usually lose the cord within a week, and use wireless to connect and add files. I'm glad that it will have shared space, but it won't be super exciting to me since I can't access it wirelessly unless I plug in.

02-02-2010, 09:17 PM	#2
Bremen Cole Wizard Posts: 1,115 Karma: 2718 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Texas Device: iPad	I hope this is true, would make things easier for some folks....

02-03-2010, 12:44 PM	#5
nikkie Guru Posts: 614 Karma: 73700 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: WA, USA Device: Android, Kindle Paperwhite, lots of ancient readers	Yeah, I suppose. Frankly it won't affect me much since I usually lose the cord within a week, and use wireless to connect and add files. I'm glad that it will have shared space, but it won't be super exciting to me since I can't access it wirelessly unless I plug in.

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