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Kevin H.27
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9 years ago

BadResponseException: Bad JSON

Dear Dropbox Community, I am using the Dropbox API v2 for my Android app. Lately I have been seeing issues when trying to download a file with client.files().download() where the file does not (yet...
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Greg-DB
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9 years ago

Thanks for following up. So, it sounds like you're seeing it for 100% of your calls to client.files().download()? Are other methods also failing, or are they working properly? 

I still can't seem to reproduce this though, even with the additional conditions you mentioned. Are your users seeing this issue too, or is it only happening for you?

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