Question 1

How can I customize the look and feel of FileBrowser in my iOS app?

Accepted Answer

FileBrowser offers customization through properties like excludesFileExtensions and excludesFilepaths, and you can modify its presentation, but deep UI changes might require subclassing or additional code beyond the basic options provided.

Question 2

FileBrowser vs QLPreviewController: which one should I use for file previews?

Accepted Answer

FileBrowser provides a full file browser with search and management features, while QLPreviewController is Apple's built-in solution for previewing files. Use FileBrowser for comprehensive file navigation; QLPreviewController for simple previews without browsing.

Question 3

How do I handle when a user selects a file in FileBrowser?

Accepted Answer

Use the didSelectFile closure to define custom behavior when a file is selected, such as logging the file name or performing actions based on the file type, as demonstrated in the advanced usage section of the README.

Question 4

Does FileBrowser work with SwiftUI or is it only for UIKit?

Accepted Answer

FileBrowser is built with UIKit, so to use it in SwiftUI projects, you'll need to wrap it in a UIViewControllerRepresentable, as it doesn't have native SwiftUI support out of the box.

Question 5

Can FileBrowser browse files outside the app's documents directory?

Accepted Answer

Yes, you can initialize FileBrowser with a custom NSURL path to browse different directories, but it's limited to local file systems accessible to the app, not network or cloud locations.

Question 6

How to exclude ZIP files from showing in FileBrowser?

Accepted Answer

Set the excludesFileExtensions property to an array containing 'zip', as shown in the README example, to hide files with that extension from the browser, ensuring only relevant files are displayed.

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