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As per my knowledge, I know we can share files between two apps through App Groups developed by the same developer account/certificate.

But here my question is : Can I do the same thing Sharing file between different apps through App Groups with different apps developed by different developer accounts which handles by my own?

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  • i highly doubt it. – LuKenneth Jul 29 '16 at 20:29
  • Hii Sunil .My requirement also same like you.In my iOS Device am having 2 apps like Demo 1 and Demo 2 .i can share the data between 2 apps. Example i will get data from Demo 1 through Demo 2 .(Demo 1=>Demo2 ). Case 1 : Demo 1 is using different bundle id from one develper account .Demo 2 is using different bundle id from another develper account . Is it possible in iOS ? – chandrika Sep 27 '16 at 11:02
  • @chandrika, Not possible through App Group if apps are from diff. developer account, but you can achieve this by passing parameters(as a data) from Demo1 to Demo2 via [Custom URL Scheme](http://iosdevelopertips.com/cocoa/launching-your-own-application-via-a-custom-url-scheme.html) – Sunil Targe Sep 27 '16 at 11:57
  • Thanks for your Great answer sunil – chandrika Sep 27 '16 at 12:00

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The answer is no.

If you create a provisioning profile with an app group my.app.group and extract entitlements from it, you will see that the group is referenced as XXXXXXX.my.app.group where XXXXXXX is your developer ID, so on another account the group will be YYYYYYY.my.app.group and it will be perceived as a different group by any device.

More info: App ID, Application Groups

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  • Great answer! Also can you please put here any apple documentation link if available? But still I agreed, So accepting you answer. thanks dude. – Sunil Targe Jul 31 '16 at 15:02
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Apple recently launched Files - iOS 11 app, Which may help to do this job.

This is little more steps to share/exchange data between 2 different apps from different developer account but it can be work.

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