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Chooser is returning to iOS app, but return to Dropbox link is showing
Hi,
I using the Chooser framework with iOS 9.3 in Xcode 7. Everything is actually working fine, but when I select a file in the chooser and return to the iOS app, the return to Dropbox link is showing in the upper left hand corner of the iOS app. It's as if the dropbox app tried to open my iOS app rather than returning control to it.
Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
- Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
Are you referring to the "Back to" link in the upper left of like screen shown here?
http://www.macworld.com/article/2987105/ios/ios-9s-back-to-button-helps-you-master-multitasking.html
http://www.cnet.com/how-to/how-to-use-ios-9s-fancy-back-button/#That's just a feature of iOS 9. It comes up because the Chooser is built in to the official Dropbox iOS app itself, and so iOS shows that when returning to your app, since it detects the app switch.
Hi,
Thanks for the response. I understand this is a feature of iOS 9. My issue is that your application is simply opening our calling app so the Back button is appearing on our app. The expectation is Dropbox simply closes and returns control to our application so there is no Back to Dropbox link in our app. If this isn't possible, that's ok. But I can't believe I'm the first person to mention it.
Thanks again.
Bruce
- Greg-DB
Thanks for following up. Unfortunately, I don't believe it's possible for an app (either ours or yours) to control/prevent the display of that link.
- Greg-DB
Also, one alternative to using the Chooser entirely may be to use the iOS UIDocumentPickerViewController functionality, for which the official Dropbox iOS app supports the modes:
UIDocumentPickerModeImport
UIDocumentPickerModeExportToServiceI believe since these work using app extensions, there isn't technically an app switch, so the "Back to" link wouldn't show up.
