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Guy G.7's avatar
Guy G.7
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11 years ago

Authentication to dropbox on tvOS

I want to authenticate to dropbox in tvOS. However, when dropbox opens the authentication dialog, there is not way for the user to fill it- the UI does not meet the tvOS requirements. So I want to op...
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Lars M.4's avatar
Lars M.4
New member | Level 1
11 years ago

Not sure if I follow your suggestion you gave earlier - not used dropbox that much earlier (from a developer perspective).

Entering credentials on the AppleTV will not be any problem, since it supports using the iPhone or iPad as an input device, AFAIK.

Since the tvOS doesn't support any local storage larger than ~0.5MB/app, we have to use cloud services for storing/retrieving data that we don't want/can deliver with the app download. So in my opinion, it is very important that you support tvOS :-)

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