Open in + UIDocumentInteractionController : how to filter options in SDK iOS 6 (canPerformActions is deprecated)

Question

Since the new SDK was release (iOS 6), the delegate method documentInteractionController:canPerformAction: of the UIDocumentInteractionControllerDelegate<

Answer 1

Agreed on the fact that deprecating 'canPerformAction' in the delegate is troublesome, we lost the fine grain control we used to have.

However, if all you want is to allow a document to be opened in another app, and wanted to remove Copy, Print and even Mail, I guess you are better off using OpenIn version of method to present the UIDocumentInteractionController?

i.e. for your UIDocumentInteractionController use presentOpenInMenuFromBarButtonItem:animated: or presentOpenInMenuFromRect:inView:animated:

(instead of presentOptionsMenuFromBarButtonItem:animated: or presentOptionsMenuFromRect:inView:animated:)

This way, by default, it will only show apps that can open your document, and hides Mail, Copy and Print.