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McBruceAP500
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1 month ago

View HTML in Safari rather than the Dropbox mobile app on iOS?

Is there some easy way I am missing of viewing an HTML file from the iOS Dropbox app in Safari rather than in the in-app viewer?  I have only been able to make this happen by a convoluted process inv...
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Walter
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1 month ago

Hey McBruceAP500 - thanks for using Dropbox and posting on our Community!

I'm not sure if that would do the trick for you, but have you tried exporting or downloading the HTML file(s) to your device first and opening them via Safari from there?

Let me know and we'll take it from there. 

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    McBruceAP500
    New member | Level 2
    1 month ago

    More of a wish that there was an option to ‘view in Safari’ in the iOS app: I make an HTML file on my PC using some new code I don’t completely understand but AI claims to :) and want to see what it renders like on the iPad or on the iPhone.

    OTOH, it may well be that there is little difference between the in-app browser and Safari, in which case it is a moot point…..

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