performExternalDragDropOfFiles() on iOS

[eyalamir]

Currently the implementation of performExternalDragDropOfFiles() is blank on iOS.

Has anyone found a way to make it work and drag files from an app/plugin?

[eyalamir]

Any ideas? Has anyone been able to implement that functionality?

[reuk]

There’s no support for this directly in JUCE at the moment, but drag and drop was discussed here quite recently:

Drag and Drop files to Juce component (iOS, AUv3)

Hi there. I’m looking for a way to implement native iOS file picker that allows drag and drop and a way to make a target out of Juce component. Take a look at this video please to get the idea: youtube link I know I should deal with Obj-C native classes (which is going to be hard as I haven’t touched it for few years) and I’m wondering has this question been explored by anyone. Any advices on where to look in UI classes (both iOS and Juce) or general suggestions are welcome.

[eyalamir]

Thank you @reuk.
I have used the information in that thread already to implement Drag and Drop of files into a Component, and it works really well on iOS.

However, that isn’t solving the use case of dragging files from a Component into the outside world. I’ll respond in that thread too.