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simple Android example for APIv2 required
I have implemented an Android code for Downloading / Uploading files to Dropbox App folder based on the old, simple DBRoulette example, which works perfectly well under Dropbox APIv1. I have spen...
Hello Greg,
That was a good suggestion with the link that included the appropriate tip!
I already had the correct Write and Read permissions in the AndroidManifest, but I forgot about the new Android rule introduced since version 23 that requires app users to manually accept the external write storage permission.
It is all working well now, both file Upload and Download.
Thanks for your help.
I had to modify the example Download code to obtain the required metadata for the specific Dropbox file:
protected FileMetadata doInBackground(String... params) { String fileName = params[0]; try { FileMetadata metadata = (FileMetadata) mDbxClient.files().getMetadata("/" + fileName);Please comment if the above code is the correct way to do it.
Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffThe "EACCES Permission denied" error appears to be an Android error about a lack of permission to read/write the local data. That's not about Dropbox itself exactly, but it looks like you need to make sure you have write permissions, e.g., as covered here:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8854359/exception-open-failed-eacces-permission-denied-on-android
Also, the Android sample app only supports 19+, so you may need to change some of the for 14+. What exactly isn't working for you? That's again more about Android itself so I may not be able to offer much insight there unfortunately.
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8854359/exception-open-failed-eacces-permission-denied-on-android
Also, the Android sample app only supports 19+, so you may need to change some of the for 14+. What exactly isn't working for you? That's again more about Android itself so I may not be able to offer much insight there unfortunately.
Hello Greg,
That was a good suggestion with the link that included the appropriate tip!
I already had the correct Write and Read permissions in the AndroidManifest, but I forgot about the new Android rule introduced since version 23 that requires app users to manually accept the external write storage permission.
It is all working well now, both file Upload and Download.
Thanks for your help.
I had to modify the example Download code to obtain the required metadata for the specific Dropbox file:
protected FileMetadata doInBackground(String... params) {
String fileName = params[0];
try {
FileMetadata metadata = (FileMetadata) mDbxClient.files().getMetadata("/" + fileName);
Please comment if the above code is the correct way to do it.
- Greg-DBThanks, I'm glad to hear you were able to get that working. Yes, that code looks fine.
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