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PDH's avatar
PDH
Helpful | Level 5
4 years ago

Chose Default apps

Allow the user to choose which app they want to open a file in - for example PDF expert instead of only adobe PDF

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  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
    Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
    4 years ago

    Hey PDH, thanks for sharing your thoughts on this.

     

    You should be able to choose the default apps for previewing your files through our website.

     

    For example, if you navigate to a PDF file in your account on our website and try to preview it, you'll get the option to open it with a variety of 3rd party app integrations which you can find in the App Center.

     

    Let me know if you had something else in mind!

  • adamny's avatar
    adamny
    Explorer | Level 4
    4 years ago

    I think he means Dropbox iPad app. I strongly  support the idea of a pdf viewer choice, say for annotations.

  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
    4 years ago

    That's typically something controlled by an operating system, not another application, so it would be Apple or Google that would need to implement something like that.

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