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Change "App Folder Name" on dashboard - implications?
I'm using the Dropbox API in my iOS app to allow users to sync data files to their DB account. With some lack of foresight, I chose an App Folder Name that is not conducive to future expansion, t...
To clarify, you as the developer, as well all versions of your app, don't need to know the name of the app folder in any particular account, nor will changing the "App folder name" setting interfere with your app's API calls for new or existing users. You don't need to do anything special in your app's code to handle this. The app always just communicates with its app folder in the connected account, whatever its name may be. (Similarly, users can already just rename their own app folder to whatever they want at any point in time without breaking the app.)
Thank you for your reply!
So if users currently have files in app folder "foo", and I rename that in my console to "bar", those existing files will NOT be seen in the new versions of my applications (which would now be using the new name)? (But old versions of the app *would* see the old version of the files in the old folder?)
Is there a way for me as the developer to access the files in the old folder from my new app, so I can automatically migrate them to the new folder for the user?
Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffTo clarify, you as the developer, as well all versions of your app, don't need to know the name of the app folder in any particular account, nor will changing the "App folder name" setting interfere with your app's API calls for new or existing users. You don't need to do anything special in your app's code to handle this. The app always just communicates with its app folder in the connected account, whatever its name may be. (Similarly, users can already just rename their own app folder to whatever they want at any point in time without breaking the app.)
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