Manage Your Content with Box for iOS

The Box for iOS mobile applications give you the power and simplicity of Box on your iPhone or iPad. Create, view, edit, and share content on the go, all from your mobile device.

Table of contents

• Adding Files and Folders
• Copy, Move, or Delete Files and Folders
• Recents
• Saving Files for Offline Access
• Box Notes
• Classification labels

Adding files and folders

To add files from your iOS device to Box:

First, open the Box iOS app and navigate to the folder to which you want to add your files. You can stay on the All Files screen if you want to add files, media, or folders there. Tap the plus icon. Choose the appropriate option from the menu:

• Create New Folder - Create a new folder within the folder you're currently viewing.
• Upload File
• Capture Media
• Choose from Library: Upload a photo or video from your device's media library. Selecting this option opens your media library within the Box app. You may have to grant Box permission to access your media library.
• Create New Box Note: Create a new Box Note in the folder you are viewing.

Uploading files

Choose where to upload files from:

• Tap Recents to upload items from your recently accessed files.
• Tap Shared to upload items from your shared files.
• Tap Browse to upload items from your Apple files.

When you choose Browse, you can select a location from which you want to upload the files: iCloud Drive or On My iPhone.

You can also choose to upload files from your Tags.

Capturing media

Use your device’s camera to:

• Capture photos.
• Capture videos up to 30 minutes long. To take videos of unlimited duration, use the Capture mode.
• Scan documents - Take a photo of a document, convert it to PDF format and add it to Box.
• Record Audio: Create audio recordings and upload them to Box.

Capturing photos

You can enable/disable an option to check every picture after you capture it:

1. Go to Settings.
2. Scroll to Options → Continuous Capture.
3. Tap Camera Settings.
4. Toggle the Review photo after capture .

To make multiple photo uploads faster, turn the Review photo after capture setting off. You can access this option directly from the capture mode - tap the cogwheel icon (settings) and follow the instructions from steps 2 to 4 above.

Copying, moving, or deleting files and folders

To copy, move, or delete multiple items from your Box account using the Box for iOS app on your device:

1. Navigate to the specific file/folder.
2. Select the items you want to move, copy, or delete by long pressing (pressing and holding) on a file/folder. Once you are in Selection Mode (after long pressing at least one file), tap other files to select them as well.
   
3. Tap:
   • Trash Items to delete the selected items.
   • Move or Copy to move or copy the selected items, and then select a destination folder.

Recents

The Recents section provides quick access to your recently viewed files. This includes files accessed on other devices or in the Box Web application. The following files display in this section:

• Previewed files
• Files opened from a shared link
• The last 100 files that you viewed

To access the recently opened section, tap Recents:

Tap to filter the Recents list by:

• All Files
• Box Notes
• Files Shared With [You]

Saving files for offline access

You can save files and folders from Box to your iOS device, so you can access them when your phone is not connected to a network (data or WiFi).

To make a file available offline:

1. Tap the ellipsis (...) next to a file/folder's name in list view or at the bottom-left when previewing a file to open the More Options menu.
2. Tap Make Available Offline.

The file downloads for offline access. Thejob manager displays at the top of the screen as a file downloads, showing the progress of each download. To get more details about a specific job, tap Job Manager.

There are several icons that indicate the offline status of a file or folder:

A yellow circle with curved arrows on a file icon means the file is being downloaded.

A red circle with curved arrow means that the file is being synchronized with the online version of the file.

A green circle with a check mark on a file icon means the file has been downloaded and is available for offline access.

See Using the Status-and-Transfers Icon for details.

Exceptions

• If you do not have sufficient storage space on your device, you will not be able to save the content for offline use.
• Box Notes cannot be saved for offline use.
• When offline, you cannot edit files in third-party applications that need internet access in order to run.

Downloading files

To download files:

• Tap the ellipsis (...) next to the file name in list view or at the top of a previewed file to open the More Options menu.
• Tap Download.

Box Notes

Create and edit Box Notes directly from the Box for iOS app. See Box Notes in Box for iOS for more information.

Classification labels

If your enterprise uses Box Shield and you view or preview a file or folder, Box displays a label showing the content's security classification.

Finally, you can view files that have been annotated, and view comments and notifications associated with those annotations. This accelerates the review and decision-making process by unifying feedback across desktop, Web, and mobile Box apps.