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Jesse FeilerImplementing iOS and macOS Documents with the Files Apphttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4492-0_3

3. Matching a Document to a Document Format

Jesse Feiler1 
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Plattsburgh, NY, USA
 
In this chapter, you will see how to match a document as described and defined in your app’s code to an actual runtime document object. This is the heart of putting documents to work. This chapter covers the three basic points you need to address:
  • Preparing for iCloud

  • Setting up your document in your app

  • Managing document types

Preparing for iCloud

You may wonder what iCloud has to do with documents, but the answer is quite simple. As you start to use more and more aspects of iOS and macOS, you’ll see that network connectivity and iCloud are ...

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