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Gustavo P.2
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10 years ago

chooser android not working

Hello, I am trying to use Chooser in my Android App but when the user choose the file, Dropbox app show the error message: "Dropbox error. Try again later" or "Sorry, an error occurred. Please try ...
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Greg-DB
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10 years ago

Thanks for the sample, Gustavo. The string you've entered as your Dropbox API app key is actually an Dropbox API OAuth 2 access token. These are two different things, and the latter is only used for the Dropbox API, not the Dropbox Chooser. 

Your app key is a much shorter string, and you can get it from your app's page on the App Console:

https://www.dropbox.com/developers/apps

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