ARK view

[kirillt]

Definitions

ARK-enabled folders are either:

• Root folders, containing .ark subfolder
• Favorite folders, which are children of root folders and don't have their own index

List of root folders is stored in .ark-roots file in the filesystem root. Each root folder contains list of its favorite folders in .ark/favorites file.

Modes

Filepicker has two main modes:

• File-picking
  In this mode, if we tap a folder, we don't select it and we display its full contents.
  If we tap a file, we select it.

  Example: selecting a folder to open an image in Retouch app.

• Folder-picking
  In this mode, if we tap a folder without subfolders, we select it.
  If we tap a folder with subfolders, we select it and also display its subfolders.

  Example: selecting a folder to save an image in Retouch app.

Views

Filepicker has two main views:

• Classical view, i.e. plain walking through folders hierarchy.
• ARK view, i.e. visualizing ARK-enabled folders.

ARK view

ARK view allows observing and selecting any ARK-enabled folder.

If user doesn't have any ARK folders discovered, i.e. .ark-roots file is missing, the ARK view must be switched-off.

If there are ARK folders discovered in the system, i.e. there is .ark-roots file, both folder-picking and file-picking modes of ARK Filepicker should allow switching to ARK view using a separate tab.

[kirillt]

We only need to finish these 3 details:

• Switch-off ARK view when there is no .ark-roots file
• Remember usage of modes in folder-picking mode
  If user opens filepicker in folder-picking mode, start view which was used last time in this mode.
• Enable ARK view in file-picking mode

Two options for using ARK view in file-picking mode:

• Embed Resource Grid from Navigator
• Allow selecting a folder, but do nothing more.
  Allow user switch back to classical view and open selected folder there.
  With this approach file-picking always finishes in classical view.