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Syncing dropbox files on Android - third party apps?
Hi everyone,
As you may know, Dropbox doesn't sync files on Android any more as of last year or so (see this, for example). They used to be in sdcard>Android>data>com.dropbox.android>files,...
Hannah
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHey PunkyFickle, thanks for joining us on the Dropbox Community!
We really appreciate your feedback on this.
While you can't actually sync local versions of your Dropbox files on your phone's memory at the moment, there is a similar idea, which you can find and up-vote here.
And you never know, it might get implemented!
Let us know if you have any more questions.
We really appreciate your feedback on this.
While you can't actually sync local versions of your Dropbox files on your phone's memory at the moment, there is a similar idea, which you can find and up-vote here.
And you never know, it might get implemented!
Let us know if you have any more questions.
Hi @Hannah,
Thanks for your reply.
Well certainly, I still have the questions regarding the use of these third party apps or other workarounds, which is the very reason for me creating this thread. 🙂 I of course don't expect you as a Db support team member to take a stance on that regard, though, these indeed are questions to the community.
Not to want to seem dismissive, but "it might get implemented!" sounds a bit hypocritical, since the "similar idea" we are talking about was a "feature" that was effectively removed earlier by a change in the way Db manages local files on Android (see for example all the huffy comments in the thread you linked)...
On that regard, would you have any idea of why that was done in the first place? To ensure privacy/data safety? Overlooked in a technical change because usage analysis showed that most people do not edit files on their phones anyway? It goes against what Db essentially does on all other OSs (purely loading local files from and to the server), so I'm genuinely confused – especially so since I am biased by the issue I have and what I have read about it, which logically makes me only see the downsides of it.
