Cloud Content States Framework

One or more computer-readable storage media comprising instructions that, when executed by a client device, implement a cloud content manager module configured to perform operations comprising:

• establishing a set of primary states indicative of synchronization status of cloud content files accessible via a computing device from multiple cloud storage services, the set of primary states defined by an operating system of the computing device for use across the multiple cloud storage services;
• exposing an interface via the operating system to enable registration of the multiple cloud storage services with the operating system including definition of custom states;
• obtaining via the interface state definitions defining one or more custom states for use with one or more of the multiple cloud storage services;
• and
• outputting state indicators indicative of both the primary states and the custom states for cloud content files in association with file system representations of the cloud content files exposed via the operating system.

A computing device comprising:

• a processing system;
• and
• one or more modules configured to implement a framework to perform operations for management of cloud content files at the computing device on behalf of cloud storage providers, the operations including:
• providing a set of primary states indicative of synchronization status of cloud content files for use across multiple cloud storage services associated with the cloud storage providers;
• obtaining one or more state definitions from at least one of the cloud storage providers defining one or more custom states for use with cloud content files associated with the at least one of the cloud storage providers;
• recognizing states associated with cloud content files in connection with rendering a user interface configured to display file system representations of the cloud content files;
• and
• exposing state indicators that reflect the recognized states along with the file system representations of the cloud content files in the user interface, the state indicators including indicators associated with both the primary states and the one or more custom states.