Content type/UTI to open CSV in app

Question

How can I write the CFBundleDocumentTypes property of my .plist file, to allow the app to be displayed in the "Open in..." dialog in the other applications?

That's mine, but it doesn't work

<key>CFBundleDocumentTypes</key>
<array>
    <dict>
        <key>CFBundleTypeIconFiles</key>
        <array/>
        <key>CFBundleTypeName</key>
        <string>Readings</string>
        <key>LSItemContentTypes</key>
        <array>
            <string>text.csv</string>
        </array>
    </dict>
</array>

score 51 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 16 '11 at 11:34

51

Found it: public.comma-separated-values-text

answered Jul 16 '11 at 11:34

albianto

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Apple's constant is `kUTTypeCommaSeparatedText`. – Thecafremo Nov 10 '17 at 16:39
From iOS 15 and macos Monterey becomes `UTType.commaSeparatedText` – Joannes Sep 14 '22 at 08:18

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 11 '18 at 15:32

Please consider the general UTI provided by Apple (here fig 1-2). In your case public.text should be enough, but you might be interested into public.composite-content if you want handle for instance .doc and .docx files as well.

Your code might be modified as follow

<key>CFBundleDocumentTypes</key>
<array>
    <dict>
        <key>CFBundleTypeName</key>
        <string>Readings</string>
        <key>LSItemContentTypes</key>
        <array>
           <string>public.text</string>
           <string>public.html</string>
        </array>
    </dict>
</array>

Content type/UTI to open CSV in app

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