File Storage

Texpad will store your LaTeX documents either in Dropbox or locally on your iPad/iPod/iPhone. You can browse either of these filesystems from the home button.

iphone-icon    ipad-iconLocal Storage:
The iPad/iPhone storage is the local, on-device storage. Working with this does not require internet connectivity as all files are stored on the device. This storage may be managed via iTunes.
dropbox-iconDropbox:
Dropbox storage requires a Dropbox account and working with files stored in your Dropbox folder requires internet connection. Texpad can access all files inside Apps/Texpad folder in your Dropbox. See below for more details on linking Texpad with your Dropbox account.
tpc-link-iconTexpad Connect:
Texpad provides its own live syncing mechanism for collaborating across your different devices using Texpad, including Macs, iPads and iPhones as well as with other people.

Linking with Dropbox

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Recent files for quick access

Texpad keeps a list of the three most recently opened files. This way you can get to them quickly from the Welcome pane:

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Opening images in Texpad iOS from other apps

You can create an image in any folder accessible via Texpad by either using your device's camera or by importing from your Photo Library.

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Note: We're often asked why Texpad is not listed in 'Open in...' dialogue for images. Users clearly wish to save images directly into their Texpad storage to include in their LaTeX documents. Well, sadly Apple won't allow non-Apple apps to register for images.

Adding existing files to Texpad iOS

To add your existing files to Texpad, use one of the following two methods:

Forcing Texpad to open non-standard included files

By default Texpad, on both iOS and OS X, examines your LaTeX source and opens any subfiles that have been included using tags such as

\include{x.tex}
\input{y.tex}
\usepackage{a}    % a.sty
\usepackage{subdirectory/b}    % b.sty in directory 'subdirectory'

Not only are these subfiles opened automatically, they're listed in the Outline View for you to work with all your LaTeX code as a single project.

On iOS, these tags are even more crucial when working with Dropbox or using the cloud typesetter: files are detected for downloading from Dropbox and for dispatching to the cloud typesetters based on these tags.

If there are files that are not being recognised by default by Texpad, it is very likely to be due to their having a non-standard file extension. You may force Texpad to load such files using the following comment in your LaTeX source:

%force-texpad-dependency: file.ext

Note that the full or the relative path of the file must be specified including the extension.