How to share photos, folders etc. within dropbox programmatically? (iOS) - ios

Is it possible to create a shared folder by myself with dropbox SDK? Or just share a link of one file to someone, and then that someone could get this sharing notification programmatically with dropbox api?
I want to make a small app for photos sharing, for example, A shared some photos to B, and then B can directly see those photos within his own client app. A and B used different dropbox accounts.
Appreciate your help.


Today, there's no programmatic way to invite people to a shared folder. But you can create share links (like right-click, "Share Dropbox Link" on the desktop). Those links aren't tied to a specific user... anyone who has the link can see the file. So there isn't any sort of notification in Dropbox to the user you're sharing with. You would need to send a notification within your app to the other user giving them the URL.

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Is there any SDK like google drive which can be integrated within the app without logging into Google drive?

I was creating an app (iOS App) that has almost all the similar functionality to google drive. Below are the features.
Uploading of documents
Sorting the documents by (A-Z) or (Z-A)
Creating a folder and uploading the documents in the same
Sharing the uploaded documents with other users
Sharing the uploaded documents to guest users like temporary access for 30 to 60 mins
Concurrently editing the documents and multiple users and showing the cursor which user is editing what line.
I want these above features within the application means I don't want to open any other dependent app. So I have gone through the google-SDK iOS app but the problem with that is to use any of the above features I need to sign in via google then only will be able to use that so it's kind of opening google drives within the app.
I need help Are there SDK or cloud providers who provide the above-desired features and can act as cloud services.
Like a user, signup uploads the document and can share, and edit along with other users. No need to sign in to other third-party accounts.
Thanks in advance!

Upload files from dropbox/box account to a public cloud using an iphone app

I need to transfer files from the drop box account directly to a public cloud without downloading the files and storing it in the application sandbox. Does Apple allow this?

I am looking at the same and did not find it. It should not be due to Apple allowing or not; but dropbox app does not have the function. E.g. to send a photo from dropbox, sharing function only sends a link in my apple mail.
Only possible solution I am exploring is using airfile (not sure of other apps AFAIK now), clicking on sharing allows me to open it in other app (buggy 4 my test nw) or to send via email.. send via email sounds ok since i can select photos in airfile, see the actual pic in the apple mail and send it via to flickr.
Hope that idea helps!

Can I open photos straight from the photo gallery into my app?

I have an app that allows the user to select photos from their library and then use them but I am looking for a way they can be opened straight from the Photos app that list all the photos.
It would be in the same way that when you click to share a photo you can use services like Twitter, Facebook and Email them etc. I have looked into assigning the app the document type so that the images can be opened from say an email attachment through the quick look but I am wanting it to be accessible from the photo gallery itself.
Is this even possible or are apps not aloud to be listed in the share list?

How to get images from email or desktop into iOS app?

I know this is a very basic question, but something I'm never quite sure of, is how do you get images from say your email, or from your desktop (say a Mac) into your iOS app?
Let's say I develop an app and I want people to be able to put their company's logo into it, how would they do that? I presume they don't have their company logo in their phone, so how would they get it from another source into the app? If they linked to it on the web, wouldn't that just open a UIWebView to show it? i.e it wouldn't load the actual .png from the web direct to be used by the app or would it?

So, to avoid long comments, I'm putting my answer here, although this is a very general question.
The common thing with all the apps that want an image input, is that they require the user either take a photo with their phone camera, or grant access to the photo library, so that the user can select an image and upload it to the app. If you have used any of the photo-involved apps these days, you should be familiar with this. Example is Instagram, Facebook, Flickr, etc.
However if you really really want to let the user download it off the internet through your app, then you should embed a web browser in your app, allowing the user type in a URL and save the file in that URL to the documents/downloads folder in your app, and then allow them access those folders to browse and upload stuff. A good example of this kind of app, is "NuageApp" which is actually a client for the Cloud App. It's really handy to deal with file sharing the way NuageApp (funky name, huh?!) does, however it's far more complicated to implement that, than the access to the photo library.

iOS show up in list of 'sharing apps'

I dont know what this is called and cant find anything on this...
When your in iphoto and click share a list of apps show up to do the sharing through, facebook and Twitter (if installed) email, sms, etc. How do I get my app in that list so when the user wants to share a photo my application is available to be the one to do the sharing. Im assuming the ios passes the photo to the app and myapp catches it and does work with it.
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This is not possible for 3rd party applications.

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