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Steve L.'s avatar
Steve L.
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8 years ago

V2 Obj-C equivalent to [DBFilesystem sharedFilesystem].status.anyInProgress

Is there a V2 Obj-C equivalent to the Sync API [DBFilesystem sharedFilesystem].status.anyInProgress ?   That is,  how can I test if there are uploads in progress after fileRoutes batchUploadFiles...
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Greg-DB's avatar
Greg-DB
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8 years ago
Hi Steve, no, unfortunately the SDK doesn't offer anything analogous to status.anyInProgress, but I'll be sure to pass this along as a feature request. You'll need to keep track of this state via your app's logic instead. (I.e., set some state when kicking off the operation, and unset it when the response block runs.)
  • Steve L.'s avatar
    Steve L.
    Helpful | Level 6
    8 years ago

     Thanks Greg.

     

    The specific situation I'm trying to accommodate is where a user repeatedly changes a file (e.g. editing an online document or cropping a photo).  Is it sufficient to just call fileRoutes batchUploadFiles repeatedly and the document at Dropbox reflects the last invocation?  Or do I need to add logic to queue repeated updates to the same document?

    • Greg-DB's avatar
      Greg-DB
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      8 years ago
      The exact behavior in that case would depend on which of the calls succeed first, and what write mode you're using, so it would be safer to queue these up in order.
      • Steve L.'s avatar
        Steve L.
        Helpful | Level 6
        8 years ago

        The asynchronous and non-deterministic nature of the API will make that (ahem) "interesting".

         

        One final question: do you know of any situation (apart from the app terminating) where the responseBlock in a fileRoutes batchUploadFiles API call will fail to run?  

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