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Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)?

From Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com>
Newsgroups comp.mobile.android
Subject Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)?
Date 2016-07-30 01:00 +0000
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On Thu, 28 Jul 2016 12:52:35 -0400, nospam wrote:

> i'm just pointing out that each platform has its own platform-specific
> stuff and also that you didn't look very hard for cross-platform
> solutions (which do exist).

If the guy only had android devices, that statement would be true that it's
trivial to find *multiple* ways to transfer files.

But, I have *both* android and iOS devices, and I will agree with tb that
the problem is *never* the android devices; it's always trying to get the
iOS devices to play nice with other systems.

The great news is that the iOS devices play very nicely within the walled
garden; but outside the walled garden, they're a cesspool.

This guy is dealing with that cesspool and I sympathize with him since I've
had to solve perhaps similar problems myself.

To the OP: Everything you do hinges on your details since Apple has
restricted your abilities tremendously - so watch out for the details
because therein lies the rub.

As just one example of where the details on the Apple side are a veritable
cesspool of muck, take the simplest case of transferring a video from Linux
to the iOS device (or vice versa).

On Android, you connect the aDevice to the Linux computer and that's pretty
much all you need to do. No sofware required on either side. You just slide
your files from Linux to anywhere on Android or from anywhere on Android to
anywhere on Linux. It's so easy that you'll see why I call iOS file
transfer a cesspool when you try the same thing with iOS.

On iOS, you connect the iDevice to the Linux computer and you can't see
most of the iDevice's file system. SO, if you have movies in the iDevice,
you can't get to them. You're dead on arrival.

Then, you start stepping deeper into the iOS cesspool, and you find you can
pull out of the muck VLC, which *will* allow you to transfer the movie,
only with huge restrictions - but you can at least do it.

If you switch off of USB cable to WiFi, you find *different* iOS cesspool
issues, again, none of which exist in Android land. 

So, your real problem is that you are stuck dealing with the iOS cesspool.
Good luck. On an *individual* basis, I have solved all the problems you're
trying to solve - but only for a single user (me); but that's why I know
that your problem isn't Android - your problem is the iOS cesspool.

Good luck.

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App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? "tb" <nospam@example.invalid> - 2016-07-26 20:23 +0000
  Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-07-26 16:39 -0400
  Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-27 16:14 +0000
    Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? "tb" <nospam@example.invalid> - 2016-07-27 18:40 +0000
      Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-07-27 14:50 -0400
        Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? "tb" <nospam@example.invalid> - 2016-07-27 19:41 +0000
          Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-07-27 15:43 -0400
            Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? "tb" <nospam@example.invalid> - 2016-07-27 20:06 +0000
              Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-07-28 12:52 -0400
                Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-30 01:00 +0000
                Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-07-29 21:22 -0400
                Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-30 15:59 +0000
                Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-07-30 12:28 -0400
                Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-31 03:12 +0000
        Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2016-07-27 22:32 +0200
          Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2016-07-27 17:16 -0500
            Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-29 04:07 +0000
              Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-07-29 00:35 -0400
                Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-29 05:08 +0000
                Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-07-29 13:02 -0400
          Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-29 04:07 +0000
            Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-07-29 00:35 -0400
              Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-29 05:08 +0000
                Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-07-29 13:02 -0400
      Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-30 01:00 +0000
        Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-07-29 21:22 -0400
          Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-30 16:19 +0000
            Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-07-30 12:28 -0400
            Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2016-07-30 13:21 -0400
              Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-31 03:12 +0000
                Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2016-07-30 23:50 -0400
                Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-31 20:27 +0000
                Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2016-07-31 21:52 -0400
                Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-08-01 05:55 +0000
                Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-08-01 02:11 -0400
                Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-08-01 21:59 +0000
                Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-08-01 18:47 -0400
                Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? crankypuss <undisclosedUserid@gmail.com> - 2016-08-05 08:31 -0600
                Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2016-08-06 04:04 -0400
                Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2016-08-06 13:58 +0100
                Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? crankypuss <undisclosedUserid@gmail.com> - 2016-08-06 08:59 -0600
                Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2016-08-07 02:07 -0500
                Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-08-07 03:57 -0400
                Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2016-08-06 14:08 +0000
                Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? crankypuss <undisclosedUserid@gmail.com> - 2016-08-06 09:10 -0600
                Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-08-06 12:01 -0400
                Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? Nigel Wade <nmw@local.domain> - 2016-08-08 15:51 +0100
      Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? crankypuss <undisclosedUserid@gmail.com> - 2016-08-05 08:28 -0600
    Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2016-07-28 05:02 -0400
      Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2016-07-28 19:48 +0200
      Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2016-07-28 19:18 +0000
      Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2016-07-28 15:26 -0400
        Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2016-07-28 20:02 +0000
          Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2016-07-29 03:31 -0400
            Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2016-07-30 17:50 +0000
              Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2016-07-30 12:49 -0700
                Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2016-07-30 20:18 +0000
                Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2016-07-30 23:19 -0400
                Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2016-07-31 19:22 +0000
                Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2016-07-31 22:02 -0400
  Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2016-07-27 21:10 +0200
  Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-31 00:45 +0000
    Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2016-07-31 22:21 +0200

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