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Make offline files visible in the Android file-system
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 system. This gives a number of problems: 1: When opening a file in an app, that app may put the file path in its 'most recently used documents'-list. However, since the path it gets from the Dropbox-app is not long-lived, the 'most recently used documents'-list becomes unusable, since the links on it become dead rather quickly. 2: It makes using browsing apps, like photo viewers or podcast players, on your offline files impossible. 3: Some apps expect content to be found on the file system. For example, the samsung app used to download content onto a samsung smart watch, expects to find files in the file system. It cannot be used to download files from dropbox onto the smart watch. 4: Sometimes a smart phone is used a bit like a computer. Like uploading files to an FTP-server and the like. A FTP-client typically expects to find files on the file system, and allows them to be selected and uploaded. This does not work with Dropbox. A possible work-around is to export the contents from the dropbox offline folder onto the phones regular file system. This is unsatisfactory because: 1) It feels cumbersome. The number of clicks to send a podcast episode to a smart watch, or to download a .pdf from dropbox and upload to an FTP-server, becomes a few too many. 2) For files which can be edited (like password manager saves, various profiles, text documents etc), the user needs to remember to copy the file back to Dropbox, which is very error prone. Dropbox obviously already has technology to synk a file system folder with dropbox. Could not this functionality be offered on smart phones also?22KViews90likes82Comments
Syncing Dropbox files to Android SD card - third party apps?
Hi everyone, As you may know, Dropbox doesn't sync files on Android any more as of last year or so (see this, for example). They used to be in sdcard>Android>data>com.dropbox.android>files, but the new "available offline" option stores them in the cache of the Db app, which other apps cannot access (you wouldn't be able to locate them with Files, for example), to ensure their safety, I would guess. The only way to use these files on your device apart from through the Db app is to "export" them after they were made "available offline" (so basically to properly download them locally), and it is thus impossible to do what Dropbox is meant to do in the first place : read and write synced files. I personally would like to edit note files on my computer and my phone and to get them synced by Db, but there seems to be no way to reach and edit locally stored (note) files with my note-taking app. The only workaround I found to this problem is using third party app that syncs files with your Dropbox repository, such as Dropsync or FolderSync, which were explicitly meant for that : "New files in your cloud account are automatically downloaded onto your device. [...] This is how Dropbox works on computers but not on Android. Two-way automatic synchronization should be an essential function of the official app. For whatever reason, it is not the case. Dropsync is here to fill the gap." [Dropsync app description] But then I am not too keen on adding more complexity to my workflow, increase the likeliness of some incompatibility or other "technical issues" to emerge in the future and, moreover, to potentially put my professional and personal data into more covetous digital hands than they already are in (free apps that manipulate my data? I sense what the product might be)... So my questions are : has anyone in here ever tried these solutions and did it work as planned? Any (unusual) worries to have regarding privacy with these solutions? And above all (@support people?), is there any way to circumvent the issue without these? Cheers16KViews8likes8Comments
Is it possible to make the Scan options to default to the last used one?
I often use the Scan feature, which automatically takes a black-and-white picture of a piece of paper and crops it. One of the options during that process is whether I want to save the image as a PDF or JPEG. The default is PDF, but I always want to save as JPEG. My feature request is that the default option here would be what was previously selected. That way, I would never have to change this option again (after the first time I change it after my requested feature is implemented). I use the mobile app on Android, but I expect this feature can be added for all mobile platforms.140Views1like2Comments
The middle mouse button scroll isn't working in the File section of Dropbox.
Scenario: Android Samsung S8 Tab in DEX with mouse. Middle button scroll works perfectly anywhere but in the file section of Dropbox. In Home, Photo and account section of dropbox the middle mouse button scrolling works. In file section it is not. Seems like a bug to us. Any take?210Views1like6CommentsCan this app be used on my Android phone in 2025?
I need all the help I can get. Can someone answer this question. I have a android phone Galaxy A53 5G that I bought 2022-2023. I have alot of videos on there that my phone storage can no longer maintain. No I can't use the ones from Google they only do photos. Also I have don't have an computer at all only my phone. I'm trying to be a new upcoming youtuber. So yes I will be making alot of videos. Will this app work for me or not? I haven't used this app before this so I really don't know? Someone please help?204Views1like4Comments
Unable to download Dropbox Paper Android - Was made for an older version of Android
Hi - I have a Fairphone 5 on Android 14 and I recently went to install Dropbox Paper, but the Play Store says that the app was made for an older version of Android and thus am unable to download it. I have tried joining the beta program to see if that changed things, but it did not. Is this a known issue? Is Dropbox releasing an update soon? How can I install Dropbox Paper?321Views1like5Comments
Not getting notifications on Android when a file is uploaded.
I'm using the free version of dropbox. I have the desktop app and android apps downloaded. I have a .txt file in a dropbox folder I created. I shared the folder and I'm following that folder. Per this https://help.dropbox.com/organize/follow-folder When I put a new version of that .txt (always same filename) file in the dropbox folder I want to receive a notification on my phone that a file was uploaded. All notifications are turned on to my knowledge. What do I need to do to get a notification on my android phone when that .txt file is uploaded on my PC thru the dropbox desktop app?Solved877Views1like4CommentsApp not work on device Galaxy S23 Ultra
Good day. I purchased a Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra device, and the dropbox application behaves very unexpectedly on it, I cannot use it. Below is a link to a video with details of the problem. The screen blinks and then nothing loads. https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/m75dre15q5tpd60x1ymjk/Screen_Recording_20230915_114124_Dropbox.mp4?rlkey=nfuvxlvbw0ayzukl5jqk2ckkw&dl=0Solved2.4KViews1like2Comments
Photo Location Information in Android App
When viewing photos it is possible to look at a subset of the 'Exif' data associated with a photo by clicking on the appropriate symbol (ⓘ in the Android App). The Android version shows the location (GPS) data. However, this appears to be wrong and in some cases, nonsensical. As an example, one photo is reported to have Latitude 108.035 N, Longitude 21.2805 E. Windows file properties and other apps report the correct location (approx. geo:51.951 N,1.348 E). Obviously 108N does not exist in the real world! Anyone know what is wrong with Dropbox?1.9KViews1like7Comments
