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0 pointsMBCook11y ago0 comments

That's the share screen, and it's quite different from intents.

There is simply no way on iOS to choose another app to be your default web browser, mail client, SMS client, central photo repository, etc. Apps can say "You can send photos here" but there is no way for one app to advertise to another "You can ask me for photos".

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ssmoot11y ago

Ah. You're right. I stand corrected. I could see how that could be useful if I were, for example, an Instagram user.

MBCookOP11y ago

That's the kind of place where it really bugs people. They use Instagram for everything but still have to deal with Photos.

It's similar for people using Chrome or a 3rd party calendar or mail client. Any link anywhere in the OS, unless specially setup by the app developer, will open the Apple app. There is no way to tap on someone's email address in Address Book and have it open Mailbox or Sparrow.

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