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fbapi
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9 years ago

adding credential hardcoded in android instead of asking the client

I have this code in my android app and I want to publish files to my dropbox not to the user dropbox so the credintial should be hardcoded instead of asking the user for them, so I think this line mD...
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Greg-DB
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9 years ago
[Cross-linking for reference: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45430985/adding-dropbox-credential-hardcoded-in-android-instead-of-asking-the-client ]

The API was designed with the intention that each user would link their own Dropbox account, in order to interact with their own files. It is technically possible to connect to just one account, but the SDKs don't offer explicit support for it and we don't recommend doing so, for various technical and security reasons.

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