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Samnis
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4 years ago
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New users cannot connect to Dropbox

Hi, I have released the new version of my app. The app has the objective-c SDK updated to the latest release (5.0.5), and I have updated the code to support scopes and short-lived tokens. But I hav...
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    Greg-DB
    4 years ago

    If you've updated your app's code to use scopes, you should also migrate your app to be a scoped app. You can do so via the app's page on the App Console. (This won't prevent users of old versions of your app from getting access tokens. Dropbox will just grant the default scopes you have set for your app in this case.) You do not need to change the "Access token expiration" setting though. 

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Greg-DB
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4 years ago

If you've updated your app's code to use scopes, you should also migrate your app to be a scoped app. You can do so via the app's page on the App Console. (This won't prevent users of old versions of your app from getting access tokens. Dropbox will just grant the default scopes you have set for your app in this case.) You do not need to change the "Access token expiration" setting though. 

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Samnis
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4 years ago

Thank you very much Greg, it worked :-)

 

Best regards,

    Mario

 

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