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    <title>topic Re: Why does the official Dropbox Android SDK not contain an intent? in Dropbox API Support &amp; Feedback</title>
    <link>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-API-Support-Feedback/Why-does-the-official-Dropbox-Android-SDK-not-contain-an-intent/m-p/231445#M12616</link>
    <description>&lt;P&gt;The&amp;nbsp;Dropbox Android SDK (like &lt;A href="https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation" target="_self"&gt;the rest of the SDKs for other platforms&lt;/A&gt;) is built on the &lt;A href="https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/overview" target="_self"&gt;Dropbox API HTTP endpoints&lt;/A&gt;, meaning that it enables apps to communicate directly with the&amp;nbsp;Dropbox servers to integrate with Dropbox.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;The official Dropbox Android app itself does offer some intents, unrelated the&amp;nbsp;above API.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Using intents means you don't need to register for an app key, but it also requires that the official Dropbox Android app be installed. The Dropbox API also offers a wider variety of functionality than the official app's intents. You can use whichever you want though.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jul 2017 15:31:02 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>Greg-DB</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2017-07-10T15:31:02Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Why does the official Dropbox Android SDK not contain an intent?</title>
      <link>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-API-Support-Feedback/Why-does-the-official-Dropbox-Android-SDK-not-contain-an-intent/m-p/231272#M12607</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I've recently decided to integrate Dropbox into my simple app. I followed the github official example and the tutorial Dropbox posted for Android.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;However, after expanding my horizons I realized this works just as well, without an app key and other things:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;PRE&gt;&lt;SPAN class="typ"&gt;Intent&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="pln"&gt; intent &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="pun"&gt;=&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="kwd"&gt;new&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="typ"&gt;Intent&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="pun"&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="typ"&gt;Intent&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="pun"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="pln"&gt;ACTION_SEND&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="pun"&gt;);&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="pln"&gt;intent&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="pun"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="pln"&gt;setType&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="pun"&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="str"&gt;"text/xml"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="pun"&gt;);&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="pln"&gt;intent&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="pun"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="pln"&gt;setPackage&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="pun"&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="str"&gt;"com.dropbox.android"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="pun"&gt;);&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="pln"&gt;intent&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="pun"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="pln"&gt;setFlags&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="pun"&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="typ"&gt;Intent&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="pun"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="pln"&gt;FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="pun"&gt;);&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="pln"&gt;intent&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="pun"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="pln"&gt;putExtra&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="pun"&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="typ"&gt;Intent&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="pun"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="pln"&gt;EXTRA_STREAM&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="pun"&gt;,&lt;/SPAN&gt; 
&lt;SPAN class="typ"&gt;FileProvider&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="pun"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="pln"&gt;getUriForFile&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="pun"&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="pln"&gt;getContext&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="pun"&gt;(),&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="str"&gt;"david.projectclouds.MainActivity"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="pun"&gt;,&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="pln"&gt; file&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="pun"&gt;));&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="pln"&gt;getContext&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="pun"&gt;().&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="pln"&gt;startActivity&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="pun"&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="typ"&gt;Intent&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="pun"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="pln"&gt;createChooser&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="pun"&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="pln"&gt;intent&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="pun"&gt;,&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="str"&gt;"title"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="pun"&gt;));&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;Now I want to know what are the pros of using your implementation instead of simple intents? I'm pretty new to Android dev so go easy on me.&lt;BR /&gt;I also am pretty sure the decision was not random. &lt;/PRE&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2019 09:20:51 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-API-Support-Feedback/Why-does-the-official-Dropbox-Android-SDK-not-contain-an-intent/m-p/231272#M12607</guid>
      <dc:creator>davidv7</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2019-05-29T09:20:51Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Why does the official Dropbox Android SDK not contain an intent?</title>
      <link>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-API-Support-Feedback/Why-does-the-official-Dropbox-Android-SDK-not-contain-an-intent/m-p/231445#M12616</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;The&amp;nbsp;Dropbox Android SDK (like &lt;A href="https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation" target="_self"&gt;the rest of the SDKs for other platforms&lt;/A&gt;) is built on the &lt;A href="https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/overview" target="_self"&gt;Dropbox API HTTP endpoints&lt;/A&gt;, meaning that it enables apps to communicate directly with the&amp;nbsp;Dropbox servers to integrate with Dropbox.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;The official Dropbox Android app itself does offer some intents, unrelated the&amp;nbsp;above API.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Using intents means you don't need to register for an app key, but it also requires that the official Dropbox Android app be installed. The Dropbox API also offers a wider variety of functionality than the official app's intents. You can use whichever you want though.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jul 2017 15:31:02 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-API-Support-Feedback/Why-does-the-official-Dropbox-Android-SDK-not-contain-an-intent/m-p/231445#M12616</guid>
      <dc:creator>Greg-DB</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2017-07-10T15:31:02Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Why does the official Dropbox Android SDK not contain an intent?</title>
      <link>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-API-Support-Feedback/Why-does-the-official-Dropbox-Android-SDK-not-contain-an-intent/m-p/231447#M12617</link>
      <description>Thought so,just wanted to be sure. Since my app only requires upload and download using intents was the way to go.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jul 2017 15:33:14 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-API-Support-Feedback/Why-does-the-official-Dropbox-Android-SDK-not-contain-an-intent/m-p/231447#M12617</guid>
      <dc:creator>davidv7</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2017-07-10T15:33:14Z</dc:date>
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