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Charles H.7
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10 years ago

Android: authenticate using Dropbox app without using SDK?

I am writing an android app that connects with Dropbox using the REST api. It does not use any SDK. Currently my users give my app permission to access their Dropbox account using a web browser, whic...
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Greg-DB
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10 years ago

We don't currently have any documentation for the app authorization flow built in to the official Dropbox mobile apps, but I'll be sure to pass this along as a request for that.

That flow is handled for you in the SDKs, but if you're not using one of the SDKs, we do recommend using the standard OAuth flow in the browser as you mentioned.

The Core SDK is open source though, so you could look at it and replicate what the SDK does, though it'd be safer to just use the standard OAuth flow, since the SDK flow isn't documented.

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