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Uploading Files

Native mobile platforms support a method for uploading a file. You provide a path to the local file to be uploaded, the name or title of the file, and a description. If you know the MIME type, you can specify that as well. The upload method returns a platform-specific request object that can upload the file to the server. When you send this request to the server, the server creates a file with version set to 1.

Use the following methods for the given app type:

App Type Upload Method Signature

Android native

App Type	Upload Method	Signature
Android native	`1FileRequests.uploadFile()`	`1public static RestRequest 2uploadFile( 3File theFile, 4String name, 5String description, 6String mimeType) 7throws UnsupportedEncodingException`
iOS native	`1- requestForUploadFile: 2name:description:mimeType:`	`1- (SFRestRequest ) 2requestForUploadFile:(NSData )data 3name:(NSString )name 4description:(NSString )description 5mimeType:(NSString *)mimeType`
Hybrid (Android and iOS)	N/A	N/A

1FileRequests.uploadFile()

1public static RestRequest 
2uploadFile(
3File theFile, 
4String name, 
5String description, 
6String mimeType) 
7throws UnsupportedEncodingException

iOS native

1- requestForUploadFile:
2name:description:mimeType:

1- (SFRestRequest *) 
2requestForUploadFile:(NSData *)data 
3name:(NSString *)name 
4description:(NSString *)description 
5mimeType:(NSString *)mimeType

Hybrid (Android and iOS) N/A N/A

Mobile SDK Development Guide

Uploading Files