iUnarchive is an extension to other Apps like Mail, Safari and iWork for the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch. To open an attachment on the iPhone, you have to tap and hold the attached file's name until a menu comes up. Then choose 'Open in' and/or iUnarchive. Archives received or downloaded can be opened in iUnarchive with the 'Open in...' option. Files in the archive can be previewed and opened in other Apps or sent by email from within iUnarchive.
Supported archives include zip, rar, 7-zip, tar, gzip, bz2/BZip2, LhA and StuffIt, including password support for zip, rar en 7-zip files. Parts of a multi part RAR archive have to be downloaded to 'My Files' before opening.
When in edit mode, the following options are available in My Files:
- Remove
- Move (to another folder in My Files)
- Create Archive (zip or 7z, optionally with password)
- Rename (if one file is selected)
If an archive contains another archive, you can click on the nested archive and iUnarchive will open the nested archive.
File types that can be previewed in iUnarchive include JPG, PNG, GIF, XLS, DOC, PPT, PDF, RTF and iWork (Pages, Numbers and Keynote) files, but also a large number of text files and programming language source files which use syntax highlighting. Supported types include c, h, cpp, hpp, cs, html, css, js, java, php, py, rb, sql, xml, xsl and wsdl.
Use case:
----------You receive an email message with a password protected ZIP or RAR attachment containing a Word document. Clicking on the attachment in Mail shows an option to launch iUnarchive. Once launched, iUnarchive asks you for the password and shows a list of files. When you select the Word document, iUnarchive shows you a preview of the document and allows you to open the document in Pages on the iPad.
----------Files can be uploaded and downloaded with the following Cloud services:
- Mobile Me iDisk
- Dropbox
- Box (.net)
- Google Docs (non-premier accounts cannot upload all file types)
- WebDAV
(Large) Attachments are directly accessible from within iUnarchive for the following Mail Services:
- Mobile Me
- Gmail
- Yahoo! (uses the Yahoo! API)
- Hotmail (POP3, so no folders)
- IMAP
- POP3
Files can also be downloaded from the Web using a Mobile Safari user interface.
To open an attachment on the iPhone, you have to tap and hold the attached file's name until a menu comes up. Then choose 'Open in' and/or iUnarchive.
New in 1.6.2:
- Added the option to create a zip or 7z archive (with optional password) to My Files in edit mode (action button in the lower left corner)
- Cloud-/Mail Service profiles can be given a logical name
- In the edit mode of the home screen, Cloud-/Mail Service profiles can be modified by tapping on it
- HTTPS URLs are displayed with 'SSL' suffix
- Support for iOS 3.1.2 and better
- Fixed a bug where the menu would disappear on the iPad in landscape
New in 1.6.1:
- Password lock on startup of iUnarchive
- ZIP AES 128 / 256 bug fixed
New in 1.6.0:
- Full 7-zip support including password and extended characters for filenames and password
- User interface improvements; easier directory navigation when opening files from My Files or Cloud
- WebDAV improvements (tested with SafeSync and IIS)
- Improved RAR handling
- Added support for ISO
- Option to close the currently opened file or archive
- Fixed a bug when opening two attachments with the same name
Click here to download iUnarchive at the AppStore.
Click here to download the iUnarchive Lite version.
Download the OSX version of iUnarchive here.
Visit the iUnarchive website for more information on iUnarchive.
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