Seamless editing and saving of online content items using applications

An electronic device comprising:

• a data communication interface operable to communicate with an online content management service;
• a user interface including a display and a user input device;
• and
• a processing unit coupled to the data communication interface and the user interface, the processing unit configured to:
• obtain, from the online content management service via the data communication interface, information about a first content item stored by the online content management service;
• display a first interface image for an online content client app, the first interface image including a representation of the first content item and a first control operable by a user to initiate an operation using the first content item;
• detect that the user has operated the first control;
• display, in response to detecting that the user has operated the first control, a second interface image for the online content client app, the second interface image being usable by the user to select an operating app from a set of one or more available operating apps, wherein the second interface image includes a set of selectable icons corresponding to the available operating apps, the set of selectable icons arranged into a plurality of groups, the plurality of groups including:
• a first group of selectable icons corresponding to apps that are installed on the user device and linked to the online content management service,
• a second group of selectable icons corresponding to apps that are installed on the user device but not linked to the online content management service;
• and
• a third group of selectable icons corresponding to apps that are recommended for use with content items having a same type as the first content item;
• detect that the user has selected one of the selectable icons;
• launch the selected operating app responsive to the user selection;
• and
• provide to the operating app item-identifying information for the first content item, the item-identifying information being usable by the operating app to obtain the first content item from the online content management service via the data communication interface and to save a modified version of the first content item to the online content management service via the data communication interface.

A computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon program code that, when executed by a processing unit of a user device, cause the user device to execute a method comprising:

• displaying on a user interface of the user device, a first interface image for a client app executing on the user device, the first interface image including a first control element operable by a user to initiate creation of a new content item;
• detecting that the user has operated the first control;
• presenting, in response to the detecting, a second interface image for the client app, the second interface image being usable by a user to select an operating app from a set of one or more available operating apps, wherein the second interface image includes a set of selectable icons corresponding to the available operating apps, the set of selectable icons arranged into a plurality of groups, the plurality of groups including:
• a first group of selectable icons corresponding to apps that are installed on the user device and linked to the online content management service;
• a second group of selectable icons corresponding to apps that are installed on the user device but not linked to the online content management service;
• and
• a third group of selectable icons corresponding to apps that are recommended for use with content items having a same type as the first content item;
• detecting that the user has selected one of the available operating apps;
• presenting, in response to the user selection, a third interface image for the client app, the third interface image including a second control element operable by a user to specify a name and path to be used for storing the new content item by the online content management service;
• directing the user device to execute the selected operating app;
• and
• providing to the selected operating app, from the client app, an instruction to create a new item and item-identifying information for the new content item, the item-identifying information being usable by the operating app to save the new item to the online content management service.