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rotello
Helpful | Level 5
3 years ago

Dropbox on Android suddenly unable to open Text / .MD file

I ve a shared folder on my android 11 (kernel 4.4.177) in there ive a text file FILE.txt , which i renamed File.MD (markdown) so i can share with my usual note editor on MAC. it has been working perf...
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BenDBX
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3 years ago

Hi Everybody,

 

Thanks for bringing this to our attention. This feature was not deprecated, but we are aware that some file types (including html) are not opening properly on mobile. We are actively working on a fix. I will update this thread with more information when I have it!

 

Regards,

Ben

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vseavello
Explorer | Level 4
3 years ago

on the files I've needed to edit I've simply changed the extension from .html to .txt, made the change, then changed the extension back. I'd much prefer to have an option to edit .html files instead of render them. In fact, I'd prefer edit to be the default.

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