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Dropbox api Data loading slowly
I have developed an android app which uses Dropbox sdk. iam fetching my data on my loading screen on app, it worked fine when my data was small on my dropbox.. now i have purchased a dropbox and load...
Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox Community ModeratorAre you referring to the actual transfer speed you're seeing when trying to download a single large file? Your connection speed to Dropbox depends on the routing you get between your ISP and our servers, and may be slower than your ISP's rated speeds. The Dropbox API doesn't offer a way to control the speed; it will just try to run as fast as possible.
Sometimes resetting or retrying your connection gets you a different route and better speeds, but that is outside of our control. Some ISPs also throttle sustained connections so if you see an initial high connection speed followed by lower speeds, that could be the reason.
I have a data of approx 50GB on my dropbox which contains audio files. Audio files are small in size but are many. When i launch my mobile (android) application which i have made, i takes nearly 3 minutes to fetch data and show it on screen then i proceed further to interact with audio files to download.. downloading doesnot take time but at the initial start of my application, it takes much time to fetch data to my app
- Greg-DB
Thanks, so you mean it's not the actual file data download that's slow, but rather it's loading the file metadata that's slow? Can you share the code that's running during the slow part so we can take a look?
yes its the file metadata that is loading slowly.
below is my code which uses access token to link my users to my dropbox.
ListFolderTask object takes much time to get data and then set to adpater
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