© Jesse Feiler 2019
Jesse FeilerImplementing iOS and macOS Documents with the Files Apphttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4492-0_8

8. Sharing Documents with Share Buttons

Jesse Feiler1 
(1)
Plattsburgh, NY, USA
 

In previous chapters, you saw how to implement documents on iOS and macOS to save data and share it across your apps. In this chapter, you’ll see another way to share data using the Share button so that you can dynamically share data from one app to another without using a document to store and share the data.

The main points covered in this chapter are

  • Using Share buttons (as a user)

  • Using Share buttons (as a developer)

  • Managing the shared data

Using Share Buttons (As a User)

To share data, you need one app to share the data (sometimes this process ...

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