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Using Dropbox offline with HTML/JS webmapping app (iPad)
Hi, I have an HTML/JS webmapping application which needs to work offline on iPad (and sync back to base when online). Dropbox seemed to provide the only workable solution. Users should be able ...
Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox Community ModeratorThe Dropbox API and JavaScript SDK do not offer native offline functionality unfortunately, but I'll pass this along as a feature request.
In order to make a Dropbox API call, such as to upload files using /2/files/upload as you have in your code, the client does need an active Internet connection. We have an official JavaScript SDK you can use, but it doesn't offer the ability to automatically queue up API calls offline. If you need offline support, you'll need to implement that in your own code. Apologies I don't have better news for you!
Many thanks Greg,
I've been looking at (potential) solutions to this issue for a month or more - so many dead ends and red herrings - many to do with iOS/iPad (solution works fine on Windows).
I believe I have tried every JS library out there (often more than once), but am still unable to get my web portal to save a text file (GeoJSON) on the iPad - apart from displaying the text in a browser window, which the client doesn't want.
I thought dropbox might prove to be my salvation - especially with the automatic sync to base - but it appears not.
It would be good to see this capability in future releases.
Cheers,
Mark
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