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andersmusikka's avatar
andersmusikka
Helpful | Level 5
6 years ago

Make offline files visible in the android filesystem

I think you should make files stored offline on Android available in the file system.   As it is now, the dropbox files marked as 'available offline' are hidden from the rest of the operating sys...
Android
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crckrmn77's avatar
crckrmn77
Helpful | Level 5
6 years ago

@Lusil - Is that a joke? This WAS how Dropbox for Android functioned for the last couple years. It was very useful for accessing my password manager, keeping it up-to-date across devices, and for using podcasts and audiobooks in 3rd-party playlists. The irony is that I am only having this problem on a replacement phone, same model, and identical version of Dropbox. One puts offline files in the scratch folder and they stay there. The new phone will not do that. And, I have tried to ensure settings are identical across devices. If you look at the community posts/comments you'll see that Dropbox pissed off a lot of users by hiding their offline files from them. 

 

This is NOT something you need to develop, just put it back!

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