8.2   How can I put my library on my iPhone?

EagleFiler stores your files in standard formats, and iOS can read most of them. There are several different ways to store your library so that it can be shared between a Mac, iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch:

Cloud Storage

You can store your EagleFiler library in the cloud. These apps let you access storage from a provider such as Dropbox or iCloud Drive, with support for many file types:

• Files (built into iOS 11) supports iCloud Drive and can connect to Dropbox and other services if those apps are installed. It lets you view files by tag and also assign and unassign tags to files. This works better with files in iCloud Drive than in Dropbox. Recommended.
• Readdle Documents can do full content searching of text, HTML, iWork, Microsoft Office, PDF, and RTF files. You can manually download select files or folders or set an entire library to automatically sync between the iPhone and the cloud. Recommended.
• Working Copy uses Git to synchronize with files stored on a cloud provider or your own server. It supports searching and editing of text files and can display lots of file types. Recommended.
• GoodReader can view many types of files and can search text and PDF files.
• If you have Dropbox for Business, the iOS app supports full text search without downloading all the files.

These apps focus on supporting plain text files:

• 1Writer is a Markdown text editor that can directly edit and search files in EagleFiler libraries that are stored in Dropbox or iCloud Drive. Recommended.
• iA Writer. Recommended.
• Editorial can do full content searching (as well as editing) of text files. Recommended.
• Byword
• Droptext
• Textastic
• See also the iOS Text Editor roundup.

These apps support editing rich text files:

• TextEditor
• RichTexture
• Apple’s Pages app can display RTFD files but will save them in .pages format if you make changes.

The How can I access my library from multiple Macs? section lists a variety of services such as Dropbox and Google Drive that provide both cloud storage and an iPhone app for viewing your files in the cloud.

Device Storage

You can store your EagleFiler library directly on the iPhone and share it with your Mac (via Wi-Fi) using one of these apps:

• Air Sharing
• GoodReader
• Readdle Documents

Other

• Apps like EML Viewer can view e-mail message files that EagleFiler has saved, if your EagleFiler library is stored in iCloud Drive or otherwise accessible to other apps.
• easySearch provides full text searching for a variety of document formats.
• SyncBook is a pair of Mac and iPhone apps for viewing and editing notes. It can integrate with EagleFiler via a symlink.

Importing From iOS to EagleFiler

Please see the Importing From iOS section.

Encryption

Note that encrypted libraries can be stored in the cloud but can only be natively accessed from a Mac, not from the Web, an iPhone, or an iPad. Many cloud providers do keep your files encrypted on their servers, however. There is a third-party app called Disk Decipher that allows access to encrypted libraries from iOS.