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kmsbs
Explorer | Level 4
8 years ago
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My uploaded files on Dropbox are 0 bytes/ empty.

I have an app,In this app we are using dropbox v2 for upload or download  a file. I uplaoded a file but it shown as a empty file and 0 byte.
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  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
    8 years ago

    kmsbs In your code, you're actually calling `uploadAndFinish` twice; once on its own, and then again inside your `Log.e` call. When you call the second time, the `inputStream` is consumed, so you end up uploading a zero byte file. Update your code to only do the upload once.

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kmsbs
Explorer | Level 4
8 years ago
hello sir,
any solution
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Greg-DB
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8 years ago

kmsbs In your code, you're actually calling `uploadAndFinish` twice; once on its own, and then again inside your `Log.e` call. When you call the second time, the `inputStream` is consumed, so you end up uploading a zero byte file. Update your code to only do the upload once.

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    kmsbs
    Explorer | Level 4
    8 years ago
    thanks it work fine

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