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Andika Scofield
Explorer | Level 4
3 years ago

Dropbox duplicates a file when copy from iPhone Files app to Dropbox. Why?

Halo, I'm Andi, iOS dev.   I found an issue when creating files to Dropbox, through "Files" in iPhone. When I save my file to Dropbox from my app, sometimes that file will be duplicated.   ...
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Jay
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3 years ago

Hi Andika Scofield, Dropbox has supported the Files app since it was introduced. The behavior you're experiencing seems to be a device or app-related matter, since no other users are reporting this. 

 

As you're creating an app, are you linking to the Dropbox API? Should I move this post to the API forum for the team there to assist?

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FlyingDutch7
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago
For sure there are more Dropbox users with excactly the same issue, found this issue too last week and it is frustrating because of the bigger harddisk storage i need.

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