we are developing app in xamarin ios and we are using dropbox sync api component, As we know dropbox sync api will soon deprecated what alternative api/components api can we use to authenicate via dropbox app in ios.

In the past you are often wrote that "new SDKs will come along". So, after the launch of v2 API in November 2015 it seems nothing happened right now. There are still just 4 new SDKs. What about an ObjC SDK for v2? Swift is new and buggy and not every developer wants to use it. ObjC is still around (and will be) on a very large code base. I really, really miss the Sync API (as so many others already mentioned). When we can use a new and modern ObjC-SDK?

Using the Core API is the recommended approach. There are existing iOS and .NET (third-party) libraries, and we will be building new ones for API v2 over the coming months. A preview of our Swift SDK just went out yesterday: https://blogs.dropbox.com/developers/2015/05/try-out-swiftydropbox-the-new-swift-sdk-for-dropbox-api-v2/.

Is it even possible to sync with the CoreAPI or is it really just a way of uploading and downloading files while the user waits? Or are you taking the SyncAPI and adding some of the features we had to the CoreAPI? I only just finished adding and deploying the Dropbox Sync API into my app when I found out about the discontinuation of it. 4 months work affected by that. Now I need to find an alternative solution.

"Is it even possible to sync with the CoreAPI or is it really just a way of uploading and downloading files while the user waits?" I'm not entirely sure what you mean. Syncing generally means uploading and downloading files as well as getting notifications when files change. The Core API does all of these things (and is in fact the same API that the Sync SDKs use under the hood).

Ok I see. Then is there an example somewhere or guide that says "if you were doing this or that in the Sync API, you should be doing this instead with the Core API?"

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Vang G.
Explorer | Level 3
10 years ago
I have a question what method to replace SyncAPI now?

Thanks,

Vang Doan
Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
10 years ago
Hi Vang, if you're migrating an existing app, or starting a new app, we recommend using one of the official SDKs for API v2:

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

They don't offer quite the same functionality as the deprecated Sync API though, but they do offer more control over the API calls you can make. So, if you want to offer offline caching, for example, you'd need to implement that in your app's code.
FFos
Explorer | Level 4
10 years ago
Hi Greg,
regarding this question. What happens if I have a sqlite file stored in a Dropbox folder I want to share with multiple apps (not at the same time)? Do I have to upload the whole file every time a user adds/modifies a record? In that case, is the upload smart enough to upload only what has changed of the file, or does it uploads the complete file?

Thanks.
Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
10 years ago
FFos, your question doesn't seem related to this thread, so please start a new thread where we can help you individually:

https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/forums/postpage/board-id/101000014
William P.10
Explorer | Level 4
10 years ago
Seems like I have to use terminal, install and learn new tools to simply try out v2. Is there an example in the Objective-C SDK for API v2 where I can open the project and build it for iPhone in a couple of minutes?
Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
10 years ago
HI William, there's a sample app here, in three versions, one for each supported installation method:

https://github.com/dropbox/dropbox-sdk-obj-c/tree/master/Examples/DBRoulette

Those are set up for use with package managers though, per the installation instructions.

We highly recommend using one of the supported package managers, as they make it much easier to install and keep libraries up to date. I believe it's possible to use the library without using a package manager at all, but we don't have documentation for that in particular. I'll send this along as a request for that.
William P.10
Explorer | Level 4
10 years ago
Thanks, so the answer is no easy example is available. I most likely will be moving my customers to another service since you abandoned such a simple API. Obviously we can expect more of the same in the future. Please pass that on if you can.

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