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andersmusikka
5 years agoHelpful | Level 5
Make offline files visible in the android filesystem
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 sys...
SpicyLemon
Helpful | Level 6
> This is the expected behavior of the Android app, so it wouldn't be possible to change it for offline files to be visible outside the app
When I pay Dropbox every month, I'm paying for a service that keeps files in sync across multiple devices. I don't pay you for just the Android app. The Android app is just one element of the service you provide. What I expect from it is the same service I get everywhere else: keeping a folder on the device in sync without me having to think about it.
In other words, the current Android app behavior is NOT the behavior I expect from Dropbox. Go back to your roots and maintain the functionality that brought me to you in the first place.
simpson b.
4 years agoCollaborator | Level 8
No. Clock off.
- Love, Dropbox team.
Oh by the way, since I'm a developer myself, I read up on restrictions in Android 11 and 12, turns out, you can access the folders just fine, just not with Dropbox. Third party tools can, other apps can and some of the browsers even support Dropbox. Best 4 bucks I ever spent.
There's a list on reddit in r/Android with all the tools that can access restricted folders and can sync from cloud services, some from dropbox some from competing services. I don't have the time to read on linking so I'll just say: if you know where reddit is and what r/Android means, it should take you under a minute.
I mean I GUESS I don't care who syncs it. Bit disappointed, but from what I care this issue is solved.
There's this guy who says he syncs his savegames between PC and Android from 4 days ago so I'm happy. 😀
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