It would be great if I could add a PDF to a Paperpile record in my iPad by selecting a PDF from the apple files app (iCloud, Dropbox, etc etc).
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I also want a strong iOS App. I need to manually creat a bibliography entry.
Thanks for the feedback! PDF data parsing and direct attachment are already planned for future updates of the mobile apps, so I’ve added your respective +1s to the topic on our internal tracker 
+1 here.
The only reason for me to switch to Paperpile would be a strong and fully capable iOS App. Adding literature on the go is a must have for me.
Fun fact: Currently, Mendeley allows me to add literature on the go, but not to read and annotate. With Paperpile it is the other way around.
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+1 here as well.
adding already downloaded pdf directly is a must have function on any platform.
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Are there any updates on this front? Has anyone found a work around to use a browser plugin from the app to maybe add pdfs from their html if found?
Please add this feature. I’m sure Claude can help you implement this in like 10 minutes… and for us users its just VERY valuable. The “browse manual” option simply doesn’t work… even after logging in to my institutional account and clicking on “Download PDF”, Paperpile doesn’t manage, but in my browser in the iPhone I am able to download the PDF. And now… awkward… I have the PDF, but… 
No way to make Paperpile have it… 
Welcome to our forum, @Florian_Jug and thank you for sharing your thoughts on this thread. This is a known limitation, and our product team is actively working on it. The new mobile apps we’re planning to release later this year will include a redesigned Browse for PDF flow, with better navigation and retry support, so cases like this should work much more smoothly.