rolinger commented on issue #560:
URL:
https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-file/issues/560#issuecomment-1457359007
@breautek - well after a VERY long time of frustration, I finally found the
answer for iOS.
Please update the `cordova-plugin-file` documentation. Honestly, I can't
believe its not listed anywhere in official Cordova documentation; especially
the `cordova-plugin-file` docs. For anyone wanting to use
`cordova-plugin-file` (and maybe `cordova-plugin-file-transfer`) to save files
to the public `On My iPhone --> Downloads` folder, they will need to add the
following TWO keys to their apps `info.plist` file:
```
<key>UIFileSharingEnabled</key>
<true/>
<key>LSSupportsOpeningDocumentsInPlace</key>
<true/>
```
Yup...THATS IT. What this does is create symlink to everything in the apps
documents folder (ie: `cordova.file.documentsDirectory`). When the user goes
to the `On My iPhone` root folder, they will see a `Downloads` folder AND
individual app folders for every app that has these values set to `true`. This
allows users to find/navigate every apps root Documents folder as if it were a
part of their general `Downloads` folder.
Unreal....spun my wheels on this one...well....for at least 3 years. Always
coming up with some ugly hybrid that was always break; esp with each new
version of iOS. But again....in all the years of searching for a solution, I
never once saw any reference to these keys before. Unreal its not included in
any Apache Cordova docs.
Actually, there is an OPEN request to document this very thing....its three
years old! https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-file/issues/392 - in fact,
if you do a google search for `cordova UIFileSharingEnabled` VERY little comes
back. How come, in general, the community simply does not know about these
keys?
Sorry, on a bit of rant....mind blowing how this has escaped so many for so
long.
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