UNIVERSAL FILE TYPE PREVIEW FOR MOBILE DEVICES

摘要

Systems and methods for providing content previews to mobile client devices of files stored in a web-based collaboration platform are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system includes a wireless communication interface. The wireless communication interface sends a request to preview a file uploaded to the web-based collaboration platform. The uploaded file has a source format. The wireless communication interface subsequently receives preview information for accessing and manipulating the preview of the uploaded file. The preview information includes a scheme for accessing one or more file segments of the preview of the uploaded file. The file segments are byproducts of a conversion of the file from the source format to a target format and have a requested preview format. The system further includes a viewer to access the one or more file segments of the uploaded file using the scheme. The viewer displays the accessed file segments on a touch screen. The displayed segments are responsive to swiping actions on the touch screen, the swiping actions determined based on the source format.