10 Things That We Can do With the Documents App for iOS Without Any Ads or In-app Purchases
In 5 Readdle's Documents one of my favorite iOS apps. without any ads or in-app purchases It is completely free, and app has universal meaning it is optimized for both the iPhone and iPad.
The Documents app is popular on iTunes Apps Store but you need to know about the different things you do with this versatile app. For starters, Documents is a document viewer but if you are only using the app for reading your PDFs, you have only scratched the surface. Here we have a list of things that you can do with the Documents.
1. Document viewer and media player
To open wide variety of files on your iOS device You can use the Documents app. It will supports the PDFs, images, common audio & video formats, Microsoft Office documents, EPUB ebooks and even HTML Web pages.
2. Transferring files between computer and iOS
If your device is connected to the same Wi-Fi network, you can quickly transfer files of any type between the computer and iOS device without any problems. Open the Documents app, and enable the Wi-Fi Drive under Settings and enter the provided IP address in your computer browser.
3. Accessing your Cloud Storage
The Documents app can connect to Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive and other online storage accounts. so you can easily access all your files stored in the cloud from one place. It will download the file to your iOS device for offline access with a Single tap. You can even download and store entire folders from the cloud inside your Documents app.
4. Upload and Sync Files
We can also upload the files of any type from the Documents app to your Dropbox or Google Drive by drag and drop. Long press a file inside Documents and drop it over any connected cloud account available in the sidebar. We can also enable 2-way sync so folder inside Documents will always stay in sync with a specified folder in your cloud storage.
5. Save Web Pages as PDFs
The app has a built-in web browser like Google Chrome, that can save pages directly as PDF files while preserving the layout and formatting. Alternatively, you can choose the download page as a raw HTML file or use the Web Archive format that saves the HTML, CSS and JavaScript in a single file.
6. Download Internet Files on your iOS Device
The web browser on iPhone/ iPad will not allow direct file downloads. If you are trying to open a link that points to, say, a.WMV video/ .RAR archive file, the browser will neither able to handle the file or would give you an option to save the file. As you are using the browser inside Documents to download any file from the Internet just paste the file URL in the address bar and it will save the file locally.
7. Mail more than 5 Photos
But Apple has imposed limitation in their Mail app and it will not allow you to select more than 5 pictures from the Camera Roll in a single message and email. But with the help of Documents You can get around this limitation.
1. Either it will allow the Documents to access your Camera Roll, now tap and select any number of pictures and use the mail option to send the selected pictures via the Mail app.
2. you can also import pictures alternatively into a folder inside the Documents, select them all and choose the ZIP option to create a single archive which you can attach to your email.
8. Moving the files between iPad and iPhone
If you want to carry multiple iOS devices, you can use The Documents app to move the files from one device to another device. but you need to Open the app on both devices, go to Network and connect to the other device. It will be listed under Available devices when both your iPhone and iPad are on the same network. Now select the files and folders that you want to send and tap upload.
9. As a text editor
If you are in the Documents app, tap the Edit button and choose “Text file” under the menu Create New. You will get the access to a notes editor that supports both plain text as well as rich text format. You can create text file as well as edit existing file.
10. Fake your browser
Some websites will refuse to open iOS as do not support Safari. You can easily get from this problem by opening the site inside Document’s browser and changing the user agent to a supported browser. This is a useful feature and is not available inside Chrome or Safari for iPhone and iPad.
In 5 Readdle's Documents one of my favorite iOS apps. without any ads or in-app purchases It is completely free, and app has universal meaning it is optimized for both the iPhone and iPad.
The Documents app is popular on iTunes Apps Store but you need to know about the different things you do with this versatile app. For starters, Documents is a document viewer but if you are only using the app for reading your PDFs, you have only scratched the surface. Here we have a list of things that you can do with the Documents.
1. Document viewer and media player
To open wide variety of files on your iOS device You can use the Documents app. It will supports the PDFs, images, common audio & video formats, Microsoft Office documents, EPUB ebooks and even HTML Web pages.
2. Transferring files between computer and iOS
If your device is connected to the same Wi-Fi network, you can quickly transfer files of any type between the computer and iOS device without any problems. Open the Documents app, and enable the Wi-Fi Drive under Settings and enter the provided IP address in your computer browser.
3. Accessing your Cloud Storage
The Documents app can connect to Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive and other online storage accounts. so you can easily access all your files stored in the cloud from one place. It will download the file to your iOS device for offline access with a Single tap. You can even download and store entire folders from the cloud inside your Documents app.
4. Upload and Sync Files
We can also upload the files of any type from the Documents app to your Dropbox or Google Drive by drag and drop. Long press a file inside Documents and drop it over any connected cloud account available in the sidebar. We can also enable 2-way sync so folder inside Documents will always stay in sync with a specified folder in your cloud storage.
5. Save Web Pages as PDFs
The app has a built-in web browser like Google Chrome, that can save pages directly as PDF files while preserving the layout and formatting. Alternatively, you can choose the download page as a raw HTML file or use the Web Archive format that saves the HTML, CSS and JavaScript in a single file.
6. Download Internet Files on your iOS Device
The web browser on iPhone/ iPad will not allow direct file downloads. If you are trying to open a link that points to, say, a.WMV video/ .RAR archive file, the browser will neither able to handle the file or would give you an option to save the file. As you are using the browser inside Documents to download any file from the Internet just paste the file URL in the address bar and it will save the file locally.
7. Mail more than 5 Photos
But Apple has imposed limitation in their Mail app and it will not allow you to select more than 5 pictures from the Camera Roll in a single message and email. But with the help of Documents You can get around this limitation.
1. Either it will allow the Documents to access your Camera Roll, now tap and select any number of pictures and use the mail option to send the selected pictures via the Mail app.
2. you can also import pictures alternatively into a folder inside the Documents, select them all and choose the ZIP option to create a single archive which you can attach to your email.
8. Moving the files between iPad and iPhone
If you want to carry multiple iOS devices, you can use The Documents app to move the files from one device to another device. but you need to Open the app on both devices, go to Network and connect to the other device. It will be listed under Available devices when both your iPhone and iPad are on the same network. Now select the files and folders that you want to send and tap upload.
9. As a text editor
If you are in the Documents app, tap the Edit button and choose “Text file” under the menu Create New. You will get the access to a notes editor that supports both plain text as well as rich text format. You can create text file as well as edit existing file.
10. Fake your browser
Some websites will refuse to open iOS as do not support Safari. You can easily get from this problem by opening the site inside Document’s browser and changing the user agent to a supported browser. This is a useful feature and is not available inside Chrome or Safari for iPhone and iPad.
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