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Allow files to open without preview in the mobile app, like they used to.
Drop Dropbox used to open files with default apps without the preview function. That functionality has since been removed. That functionality was very helpful to those of us using atypical files ...
Hey all!
Looks like our voices have been heard.
There was a new release on Oct 17 for Android!
Now, on the preview screen, there is a link to "Open with..." so now we don't need to navigate to the 3 dots etc.
Interesting. I just set up a new phone yesterday afternoon and that update was released after that. I did just update and try it and it isn't really much progress. Instead of clicking the 3 dot menu and choosing 'Open with' now we click the file name and choose 'Open with' button. Still two clicks.
What I'd expect is an option to eliminate the preview attempt entirely, at least after the first failed preview open. The system should be smart enough (or configurable enough) to stop doing something that can never work. Setting: "Always open files associated with an app in the native app"
- The newly implemented behavior gets us back to where we were before the issue was implemented months ago.
It would be nice if Dropbox would just open the file if the default has been specified for the file.
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