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Kien L.'s avatar
Kien L.
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10 years ago

Dropbox Chooser API doesn't work

I'm a newbie to mobile app development and I'm trying to follow this tutorial https://www.dropbox.com/developers-v1/dropins/chooser/android But the problem is when I click the button "Chooser", i...
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Greg-DB
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10 years ago

If you want to use the Android Dropbox Chooser, yes, the official Dropbox app needs to be installed, since the Chooser is built into the official Dropbox app.

If that won't be sufficient for your app, you can use the API itself build your own file list, get thumbnails, etc.:

https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/java

That would be substantially more work though.

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