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clabmusic
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago
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solution to make available offline for Android?

I'd like to give a solution and also ask if anyone has a better one for the problem of downloading file folders or multiple files folders to your android devices. I was wondering if anyone has a foun...
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    Vicker
    2 years ago

    Hi, clabmusic ,

     

    When you copy the link, notice that the link ends with something like `dl=0`, which means not directly downloading. Once you change that to `dl=1`, you should be able to download it immediately.

     

    Merry Christmas 🙂

     

    Cheers

    Vicker

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Vicker
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2 years ago

Hi, clabmusic ,

 

When you copy the link, notice that the link ends with something like `dl=0`, which means not directly downloading. Once you change that to `dl=1`, you should be able to download it immediately.

 

Merry Christmas 🙂

 

Cheers

Vicker

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clabmusic
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

Great tip! Thanks!

Happy Holidays to you too!

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