Ios Share Data Between App And Extension

Adding an app group to your project for core data sharing.

Ios share data between app and extension. It may be useful in both direction app extension or extension app depending on your use case. In the xcode project of your app select the target for your app and go to the capabilities tab. First of all it lets you to share downloaded data between the app and the extension.

To do so you can enable the app groups capability. This post discusses how to use couchbase mobile to share data between your ios app and ios app extension across devices. Now your app and its extension are ready to share the container so it s time to put the data in it.

Your app s extensions run in somebody else s app data sharing isn t automatic. Do the same in the target of your app extension. To enable data sharing use xcode or the developer portal to enable app groups for the containing app and its contained app extensions.

Copy files from your computer to your ios or ipados app in itunes select the app from the list in the file sharing section. There enable app groups. In an earlier post we discussed how you can use couchbase lite as a standalone embedded data store to share data between your ios app and it s app extension on the same device.

Drag and drop files from a folder or window onto the documents list to copy them to your device. Since ios app extensions run as part of a host application rather than as part of their containing app i e. You can however enable data sharing.

Sharing data between ios apps and app extensions the atomic birdhouse. To share data we need to create a shared container between the main app and its extensions. File sharing apps help users to easily transfer files from one smartphone to another smartphone.