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Danny Connell
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5 years ago

Dropbox Auth Page - Email & Password fields disappear, so users can't login

Hi there, I have a "Dropbox Save & Restore" feature in my app, Fudget (www.fudget.com). When the user enables this feature, I popup the Dropbox Auth Page. And when the user starts typing an ema...
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Greg-DB
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5 years ago

It looks like you're running the app authorization flow through a web view. Unfortunately, this is prone to compatibility issues with the Dropbox web site, as the browser engine used by web views like this tend to not get updated and break as web sites are updated. I recommend updating your app to send the app authorization flow through the system browser instead.

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