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Q: Select Apps to appear in 'Open In'

It appears that iPad limits only 10 apps to appear in the 'Open In' menus (e.g., the menu in the mail client). Is there any way of selecting which apps will appear here? E.g., I used to be able to see GoodReader as one of the options, but now it is gone and cannot find a way of getting it back in that menu.

iPad 3G 64G, iOS 4

Posted on Dec 11, 2010 7:42 AM

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  • by Michael Morgan1,

    Michael Morgan1 Michael Morgan1 Dec 11, 2010 8:57 AM in response to ozdazza
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    Dec 11, 2010 8:57 AM in response to ozdazza
    If GoodReader no longer shows up anywhere then it's that app with issues. If it's more an issue of no longer showing up on 'full' lists then a whole range of things come to mind:

    1. Does changing orientation make any difference?
    2. Have you tried to scroll the list?
    3. if the list is FIFO, try deleting seldom-used apps to see if that makes desired ones re-appear.
    4. Try deleting and re-installing GoodReader itself.
    5. Consider submitting feedback to request better handling of this in iOS.
  • by ozdazza,

    ozdazza ozdazza Dec 12, 2010 1:43 AM in response to Michael Morgan1
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    Dec 12, 2010 1:43 AM in response to Michael Morgan1
    Hello Michael

    Thank you for your hints! You are really helpful.

    This is what I tried and what happened:
    1. Changing orientation did not make any difference.
    2. I scrolled the 'Open In' list and GoodReader did not appear.
    3. When I deleted one app, GoodReader appeared in the list! However, when I re-installed that same app, GoodReader disappeared from the list again.
    4. I tried deleting and re-installing GoodReader itself, but it still did not appear in the list.
    5. I will now have to submit feedback to to Apple.

    Is there anyone else that has a similar problem, or am I a one-off case? GoodReader's own support FAQ lists this issue, so other's must be experiencing a similar problem. The developer at GoodReader states that this is an iOS4 issue and that only Apple can fix things. Here is a link to GoodReader's page where it states this:

    http://www.goodiware.com/gr-man-trouble.html#notinopenin

    If others could post to this discussion that they have the same problem, I will point this out to Apple in the feedback.

    Lastly, I have tried to find a feedback page to report this issue, but have only found one for issues about using the support website. There is "Express Lane", but that is only for US telephone numbers. I am in Tokyo and Apple Japan do not have this "Express Lane" service. Any pointers to a website link?

    Darren

    Darren McDonald
    Tokyo
  • by Stan2112,

    Stan2112 Stan2112 Dec 12, 2010 6:17 AM in response to ozdazza
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    Dec 12, 2010 6:17 AM in response to ozdazza
    I didn't realise this but yes, the same happens to me. Max 10 in the list and no good reader! I didn't notice that before ios4 however I am likely to have installed many more 'open in' apps since upgrade.
  • by MCKravMaga,

    MCKravMaga MCKravMaga Dec 31, 2010 9:01 AM in response to ozdazza
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    Dec 31, 2010 9:01 AM in response to ozdazza
    This is absolutely an enormous bug that passed by the normally astute Apple engineers.

    To limit thisnlist is bad, to make it non-user modifiable is sinful.

    Unfortunately,this changes, for the worse, the user workflow - I am simply unable to use Goodreader anymore as I should due to this BUG.

    Apple, PLEASE fix this ASAP!
  • by Meg St._Clair,

    Meg St._Clair Meg St._Clair Dec 31, 2010 9:06 AM in response to MCKravMaga
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    Dec 31, 2010 9:06 AM in response to MCKravMaga
    Submit your feedback to Apple here:

    http://www.apple.com/feedback
  • by Michael Morgan1,

    Michael Morgan1 Michael Morgan1 Dec 31, 2010 10:00 AM in response to ozdazza
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    Dec 31, 2010 10:00 AM in response to ozdazza
    ozdazza wrote:
    .....

    Lastly, I have tried to find a feedback page to report this issue, but have only found one for issues about using the support website. There is "Express Lane", but that is only for US telephone numbers. I am in Tokyo and Apple Japan do not have this "Express Lane" service. Any pointers to a website link?


    FEEDBACK

    If you wish to raise issues with or suggest changes to Apple, then you need to talk to them directly. These forums, strictly user-user and for technical support issues, are not an avenue for that. Use the feedback forms set up for the various hardware and software packages:

    Feedback area of Apple Support: http://www.apple.com/feedback
    iPad Feedback Form: http://www.apple.com/feedback/ipad.html
  • by armando48,

    armando48 armando48 Feb 8, 2011 4:39 PM in response to ozdazza
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    Feb 8, 2011 4:39 PM in response to ozdazza
    I have the same problem. I was using Office HD as a conduit to get my annotated pdfs from iAnnotate to Dropbox, but when I installed another annotation app to try out, now Office HD does not show in my "Open In" dialog. This is very obnoxious and disrupts my workflow tremendously.
  • by Jason Zack,

    Jason Zack Jason Zack Feb 9, 2011 1:07 PM in response to ozdazza
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    Feb 9, 2011 1:07 PM in response to ozdazza
    I'm having the same problem. And I agree--GoodReader dropped off the list when I installed some other PDF reading/annotating apps to try.
  • by Sass,

    Sass Sass Feb 19, 2011 11:24 AM in response to ozdazza
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    Feb 19, 2011 11:24 AM in response to ozdazza
    I am having the same problem except I am limited to 4 choices. This is a major goof on Apple's part. I wish thet would concentrate a bit less on always putting out something new and a bit more on putting out something right!
  • by kishdude,

    kishdude kishdude Jan 23, 2012 2:35 PM in response to ozdazza
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    Jan 23, 2012 2:35 PM in response to ozdazza

    As a developer of iOS apps, I can confirm this bug in iOS.  It affects all iOS versions upto 5.0.1.  I have many apps that can manipulate PDF files, but many of my customers complain that my app doesn't show up in the list of apps.  Half of the support calls I get are for this problem and the only resolution is to start deleting apps that do show up until mine does.  I don't know why Apple has this limit of 10 apps, but it is bad both for developers and users.  I have filed a bug report to Apple regarding this, but it hasn't been resolved yet.  Hopefully Apple will fix this in the 5.1 release.

  • by Glorfinniel,

    Glorfinniel Glorfinniel Jan 28, 2012 4:34 PM in response to ozdazza
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    Jan 28, 2012 4:34 PM in response to ozdazza

    I believe the problem may be caused by iBooks. I was having the same problem with both my iPhone and iPod Touch. I deleted iBooks and suddenly all my other PDF-related apps reappeared on the Open In list. I now have a choice of 22 apps on my Touch and 17 on my iPhone. Fortunately, I wasn't really using iBooks, so removing it from my devices has been no problem. I am curious to know if anyone else has the same experience.

  • by TheRealJoxer,

    TheRealJoxer TheRealJoxer Feb 2, 2012 4:54 AM in response to Glorfinniel
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    Feb 2, 2012 4:54 AM in response to Glorfinniel

    Interesting, I have the opposite problem.  I've been trying to open up a document xxxxx.ibooks which is a comics collection converted to ibooks form by the author and put up as a download on his website with the intent of a trial run to get feedback on publishing for the ipad.  So it's not available in the store. 

     

    However, if I try to download it, it will only open up in the dropbox app.  Similarly, once in dropbox, it complains that there are no apps available for opening this title, although it will open it up as if it were an ascii file (not much use!).  I wonder if deleting ibooks and re-installing it may get around this?

  • by TheRealJoxer,

    TheRealJoxer TheRealJoxer Feb 2, 2012 6:35 PM in response to TheRealJoxer
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    Feb 2, 2012 6:35 PM in response to TheRealJoxer

    Strangely installin iBooks 2 not only made iBooks an option from Dropbox, but also Stanza which I hadn't checked.  Go figure, but I guess when in doubt updating all the apps involved can't hurt.

  • by EricOtown,

    EricOtown EricOtown Feb 3, 2012 11:21 PM in response to ozdazza
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    Feb 3, 2012 11:21 PM in response to ozdazza

    This has absolutely driven me crazy for the two years that I owned a iPad and iPhone. I use my IOS devices regularly for business and personal use and I have hundreds of apps on both devices. Probably cllose to 500 or 600 apps. It is a nightmare to get the app that I want to show up in the "Open In" list and this is an inexcusable, ridiculous flaw in IOS. I can't believe that Apple has been unwilling or unable to fix this. They can't be unaware of it so it must be one of the former reasons.

     

    At any one time, I have dozens of apps that work with PDF's, video files, Word Documents, etc. and the majority of time I don't have the app that I want in the list of 10 apps. It is ridiculous to have to delete apps until the app I need shows up. Many time I use the apps in the list for other functions and I have to keep deleting apps and pray until the app I want shows up eventually. Then I have to add them all back and reset them up the way I want them and hope that my files can be resynched back into the deleted apps.

     

    This raises my blood pressure every time I have to deal with this or even think about it. Apple, there has to be a better way. Please fix this. If you want the iPad and iPhone to be taken seriously in business, and I'm pretty sure you do, then this flaw must be fixed.

     

    Does anyone have a better workaround than deleting apps, until gets their head out their butt?

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