Open iOS 11 Files app via URL Scheme or some other way

Question

My app is now sharing Documents directory on iOS 11 Files app "On My iPhone" section.

(Thanks to this article: Working with the Files App in iOS 11)

Question is how to open this directory or at least File app root page via URL Scheme. UIDocumentPickerViewController or UIDocumentBrowserViewController doesn't help in this situation.

I am looking for a way to do this too. Could not find something yet. — funkenstrahlen, Oct 02 '17 at 15:46
There is a thread about this in the Apple Developer Forums but without any answer yet: https://forums.developer.apple.com/message/257860#257860 — funkenstrahlen, Oct 02 '17 at 15:53

score 6 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 15 '21 at 14:29

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    guard let documentDirectory = FileManager.default.urls(for: .documentDirectory, in: .userDomainMask).first,
          let components = NSURLComponents(url: documentDirectory, resolvingAgainstBaseURL: true) else {
        return
    }
    components.scheme = "shareddocuments"
    
    if let sharedDocuments = components.url {
        UIApplication.shared.open(
            sharedDocuments,
            options: [:],
            completionHandler: nil
        )
    }

answered Mar 15 '21 at 14:29

David Vatlin

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Welcome to stackoverflow, describe how this part of code is working, will make your answer more usable – behrooz Mar 15 '21 at 14:58
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Using this snippet you can find the documents directory and replace the URL scheme from file:// to shareddocuments://, that is needed to open the Files app. – David Vatlin Mar 16 '21 at 13:18
This works as of iOS 15 – GregOriol Jan 07 '22 at 13:05

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 06 '19 at 13:08

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The Files app can be opened with the URL scheme shareddocuments://.

I don’t know if there’s a way to open a specific directory however.

answered Mar 06 '19 at 13:08

Paolo

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 08 '20 at 07:45

    func openSharedFilesApp() {
        let documentsUrl =  FileManager.default.urls(for: .documentDirectory, in: .userDomainMask).first!
        let sharedurl = documentsUrl.absoluteString.replacingOccurrences(of: "file://", with: "shareddocuments://")
        print(sharedurl)
        let furl:URL = URL(string: sharedurl)!
        UIApplication.shared.open(furl, options: [:], completionHandler: nil)
    }

This code would work.

Open iOS 11 Files app via URL Scheme or some other way

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