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Authenticating with a custom mobile app
Hello,
I am developing an app for my company and it needs to access Dropbox files on a regular basis. I often see in other apps the ability to connect with Dropbox, which presumably generates a...
It sounds like you're describing the app authorization flow built in to the official Dropbox mobile SDKs. You can find those here:
- for Swift on iOS: https://github.com/dropbox/SwiftyDropbox
- for Objective-C on iOS: https://github.com/dropbox/dropbox-sdk-obj-c
- for Java: https://github.com/dropbox/dropbox-sdk-java (see Android example here)
If you use the provided functionality there, the SDK will do most of the work for you, such as automatically using the official Dropbox mobile app for the authorization step, when available.
Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffIt sounds like you're describing the app authorization flow built in to the official Dropbox mobile SDKs. You can find those here:
- for Swift on iOS: https://github.com/dropbox/SwiftyDropbox
- for Objective-C on iOS: https://github.com/dropbox/dropbox-sdk-obj-c
- for Java: https://github.com/dropbox/dropbox-sdk-java (see Android example here)
If you use the provided functionality there, the SDK will do most of the work for you, such as automatically using the official Dropbox mobile app for the authorization step, when available.
Thanks for the reply. I am looking through the links you provided to learn more. Do you happen to know if there are any examples of how to integrate the SDK(s) in a React Native app?
- Greg-DB
No, unfortunately the Dropbox SDKs don't officially support React Native.
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