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Aristide
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9 years ago
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How to switch from one account to another java SDK V2 (Android)?

Hello, Is there a way to switch from one account to another without revoking the accessToken. Since I migrated to V2 I can not manage several accounts with my app. I always come back to the same ac...
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  • Aristide's avatar
    Aristide
    9 years ago

    Ok, Greg K thank you.

    I had this issue because i had used a given class of Android sample.

    DropboxClientFactory.init(dropboxAccessToken);
dropBoxService = DropboxClientFactory.getClient();


    DropBoxClientFactory.init() method check if the client is null before to initiate a new one.

    Solved for me.

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Greg-DB
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9 years ago

The access token you use identifies which account you connect to. You can store and re-use multiple different access tokens to support using multiple different accounts.

 

There's some more information here:

 

https://github.com/dropbox/dropbox-sdk-java/issues/92

Aristide's avatar
Aristide
Helpful | Level 7
9 years ago

Ok, Greg K thank you.

I had this issue because i had used a given class of Android sample.

DropboxClientFactory.init(dropboxAccessToken);
dropBoxService = DropboxClientFactory.getClient();


DropBoxClientFactory.init() method check if the client is null before to initiate a new one.

Solved for me.

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