Because it's just a basic link to the app in the meantime; same was as the old way of attaching to mail or saving an attachment via the share sheet interface. It's not integrated yet which will come once 11 is released both MS and Dropbox have already announced.
Yes it’s gimped. I have 45GB worth of video locally stored on my iPad (shows up under the TV app in settings) that is not accessible or searchable via the files app.
So the TV app has to be updated to support the Files app?
I don’t think anyone knows their plans for that. Based on history though I wouldn’t expect Music or TV to have openly accessible folders in there. They might surprise us though.
I doubt this will even be possible. Its pretty much just an app giving you access to all your different cloud solutions in one spot
This puts files app as a reduced function Documents app. Barely a shell of iCloud Drive app.
Well that sucks. Why is it so hard for Apple to allow users to access all the files on their device?
Allow all access = one step closer to jailbreak.
What use would this be needed for? Apple wants your media synced via iTunes on a computer or itunes store/apple music apps, not side loaded, to begin with.
You're not wrong. Could be just a beta thing, which is what I'm hoping. No doom or gloom required.
I’m ok if they want to limit access to the true file system but I should be able to access documents or media I load on to my device. For some reason Apple has decided any locally stored file associated with the TV app is off limits. Which makes me wonder then if iOS 11 supports FLAC how do you get that media on to your device and what app would you use to play that media? iTunes doesn’t support FLAC.
I could understand with regards to 3rd party apps but Apple’s own apps? Unless there’s big changes coming to iTunes in the fall but I doubt it.
So what is On My iPad for then? Any documents I’d have in Keynote, Numbers or Pages would be stored in the cloud. The only ‘files’ local to my device are videos I’ve loaded via iTunes. I guess Apple doesn’t consider those ‘files’? Either that or the Files app is a gimped file system. I’ll go with the latter.
Like I said, you don't understand the Files app.
I don’t know what you mean. What’s there to understand? Also I don’t have iOS 11 installed on my iPhone so no I wouldn’t notice that.
I wouldn’t consider those files either. Since you did put them through iTunes, I would imagine them only being used within their respectable media apps (Photos, Music, and TV) unless otherwise accessible through API for obvious reasons.
I don't know exactly what all this is going to look like in the end either but puncture get the sandbox is an explicit goal according to Craig Federighi, on the post WWDC Talk Show (I think he may have even used that word, or very similar). The idea being that it is explicitly with a user's consent. There are a couple of interesting talks up on the Apple site but even having watched them it's all still a bit vague. Couple of more betas and we'll have a better picture of what's coming.
