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elodie
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9 years ago

Cannot share a preview

Hi Dropbox support team,   I would like to be able to share a document between the dropbox app and and my android app. My app supports the following intent filter:   <intent-filter> <action ...
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Greg-DB
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9 years ago
Unfortunately, the Dropbox Android app doesn't currently support content links, but I'll be sure to pass this along as a feature request.
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elodie
New member | Level 2
9 years ago

Hi Greg,

 

Thanks for your quick answer.

 

It's true that supporting content links would solve my issue but I don't think it's the only problem.

 

When the document is saved in Dropbox I can read the file from the Uri passed by dropbox

(format is file:///storage/emulated/0/Android/data/com.dropbox.android/files/XXX ) even if it's not a content link.

 

But when I try to share a document that is not saved yet, the Uri passed by the dropbox app doesn't seem to exist. I get a FileNotFoundException.

 

Would it be possible to pass the Uri passed by the mail client as a temporary solution?

 

I don't see how the "share to" option in the dropbox preview screen is supposed to work otherwise. Does it work in some cases?

 

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    Greg-DB
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    9 years ago
    Thanks for elaborating. I'll have the team take a look to see if we can offer a solution.

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