Need to see if your shared folder is taking up space on your dropbox 👨‍💻? Find out how to check here.

Forum Discussion

rotello's avatar
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...
Mobile
View
Hannah's avatar
Hannah
Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
3 years ago

Hey Scrappy_Monkey, have you perhaps tried the beta version, like Walter suggested here?

Scrappy_Monkey's avatar
Scrappy_Monkey
Helpful | Level 5
3 years ago

@Hannah, I have not tried any beta versions.  The behavior has been with the versions I stated previously in this discussion.

 

To be honest, I'm really not interested in becoming a beta tester in the off chance the latest beta might fix this issue, because I really don't want to deal with the possibility of other issues cropping up.  I fully understand the purpose and importance of beta testing, so this is not an issue of me not "getting" what it is and the need for users to participate.  Thank you for the suggestion, though!

 

I'll either just deal with the extra steps until it's fixed in a standard release or I will use other apps/methods to operate with these files.

About View, download, and export

Node avatar for View, download, and export
Need support with viewing, downloading, and exporting files and folders from your Dropbox account? Find help from the Dropbox Community.

The Dropbox Community team is active from Monday to Friday. We try to respond to you as soon as we can, usually within 2 hours.

If you need more help you can view your support options (expected response time for an email or ticket is 24 hours), or contact us on X, Facebook or Instagram.

For more info on available support options for your Dropbox plan, see this article.

If you found the answer to your question in this Community thread, please 'like' the post to say thanks and to let us know it was useful!