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Files App View Controller?

In Pages, Numbers, and Keynote 3.3 for iOS, Apple has done away with its custom file manager and instead uses the a version of the iOS 11 Files App to allow the user to choose and save files within the applications,

The Files-like document picker User Interface on Pages and Keynote 3.3 for iOS 11: pages keynote

Is this a publicly available view controller that developers can implement in 3rd-Party Applications?

Apple mentions in a user support document that these apps "work together" to present this view. Link: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208077

Solution

  • It is UIDocumentBrowserViewController.

    As far as "how did they make it the root view controller of the app? Isn't [it] usually presented from another View Controller?"

    Check this page: Adding a Document Browser to Your App.

    Always assign the document browser as your app's root view controller. Don't place the document browser in a navigation controller, tab bar, or split view, and don't present the document browser modally.

    There are a lot of useful resources on that page, but a lot seems to hinge on your app being "Document Based" (About Document-Based Applications in iOS).