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title: Mobile apps
path: user-guide/mobile-apps
status: published
---

ScaiDrive has native apps for iOS (16.0+) and Android (8.0+). Both let you browse shares, upload from your camera roll, keep files available offline, and act as a file source for other apps on the device.

## Installing

- **iOS** — App Store, search "ScaiDrive". Open the app, tap **Sign in**, and enter your organization's ScaiDrive server URL when prompted.
- **Android** — Google Play, search "ScaiDrive". Same flow.

Sign-in opens a system browser to complete SSO; the app receives the token and stores it in the secure keychain (iOS) or Keystore (Android).

## Browsing

The shares list is the home screen. Tap a share to navigate its folders. Pull down to refresh.

Tap a file to preview it. Most formats render natively (PDF, images, video, Office docs); files that can't be previewed show as "Open with…" and hand off to another app.

## Offline access

Long-press a file → **Make available offline** to download and pin it. Pinned files appear in the **Offline** tab regardless of whether you have network, and re-sync automatically when content on the server changes.

To unpin: long-press → **Remove from offline**. The local copy is deleted but the file stays on the server.

## Camera upload

In **Settings → Camera upload**:

1. Pick the destination share and folder.
2. Choose **Photos only**, **Videos only**, or **Both**.
3. Pick **Wi-Fi only** if you're on a metered plan.

The app uploads new camera-roll items in the background. On iOS this uses background-task scheduling; on Android, WorkManager. Upload status is in **Settings → Activity**.

## Share from other apps

Both apps register as a share target:

- **iOS** — tap **Share** in any app, pick **ScaiDrive**, choose a destination, **Upload**.
- **Android** — same flow via the system share sheet.

Useful for sending an email attachment or a screenshot straight into a share without leaving the source app.

## Files / DocumentsProvider

ScaiDrive registers as a system file source so the OS's own Files app (iOS) or any file picker (Android, via DocumentsProvider) can browse your shares directly. Pick a file from ScaiDrive when attaching to email, opening in an editor, or saving from another app.

## Signing out

**Settings → Sign out**. Cached offline files are deleted; the next sign-in re-downloads what you pin again.

## What's next

- [Web client](/docs/scaidrive/user-guide/web-client) — full functionality from any browser.
- [Sharing with your team](/docs/scaidrive/user-guide/sharing-with-your-team).