Show App Group Containers in the new Files app and UIDocumentBrowserViewController

Originator:lextar
Number:rdar://32712296 Date Originated:June 12 2017, 4:29 PM
Status:Open Resolved:
Product:iOS + SDK Product Version:iOS 11 Beta 1 (15A5278f)
Classification: Reproducible:
 
Area:
Something not on this list

Summary:
In order to allow extensions (for example a share extension) to access the parent app's documents, the extension and app often store files in an app group container.

Currently, UIDocumentBrowserViewController and the new Files app seem to only display the standard Documents folder in their UI.

Please add support to optionally show an app group container's documents folder in the new document browser UI instead of the default documents folder.

Steps to Reproduce:
Add a UIDocumentBrowserViewController to an app which stores its file in the "Documents" subfolder of an app group container.

Expected Results:
The app group container documents folder should be shown in the "On my iPad"/"On my iPhone" section of the document browser.

Observed Results:
Only the standard documents folder is shown in the "On my iPad"/"On my iPhone" section of the document browser.

Version:
iOS 11 Beta 1 (15A5278f)

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