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nuwen's avatar
nuwen
New member | Level 2
7 years ago

iOS Siri Shortcuts, Using “Get File” With Dropbox

I’m trying to use Siri Shortcuts on iOS 12 to share photos using a shared Dropbox folder. I’ve written a workflow that successfully saves selected photos from the iOS Photos app (or elsewhere) to a s...
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  • palcaide's avatar
    palcaide
    7 years ago

    As we expected, IOS 12.1 update has solved the issue. 

    Now, in Shortcus app, the action “Get File” with Dropbox, woks fine, as it dit in Workflow app in IOS 11.

    Great!!

Jay's avatar
Jay
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Hi Gugavitrola, let us know which response was best, and mark it as a solution so all others can use it too!

palcaide's avatar
palcaide
Helpful | Level 7
7 years ago

I’m sorry Jay, but the initial question remains unsolved: the “Get file” action in Shortcuts app DON’T returns the list of the files in a given Dropbox folder. With or without the “/“ at the end of the path.

The solution given by nuwen refers to the “Save file” action, that works fine.

  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
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    7 years ago
    Thanks for the update, I’ll keep the dev team advised that this issue isn’t related to to the solution provided.
    • palcaide's avatar
      palcaide
      Helpful | Level 7
      7 years ago

      Hey, there!! I got fresh news!

      This morning I reported the issue to Apple support in my country. The very kind man in the phone took note of everything the problem was, and promised he will keep me informed about the evolution.

      But... best of all... I found a lot of people complaining about the same issue in reedit forums. And one guy posted this link to Twitter, where Shortcuts (former Workflow) developers team say they are actively working to solve it. 

      https://mobile.twitter.com/arix/status/1041837594844090370?s=21

      • palcaide's avatar
        palcaide
        Helpful | Level 7
        7 years ago

        As we expected, IOS 12.1 update has solved the issue. 

        Now, in Shortcus app, the action “Get File” with Dropbox, woks fine, as it dit in Workflow app in IOS 11.

        Great!!

  • Tanager's avatar
    Tanager
    New member | Level 2
    5 years ago
    Same issue here with ios 14.2.1 Shortcut to Get File(s) to merge PDFs no longer shows a list of files to select. It shows the list of folders in Dropbox, but won’t advance to the files themselves.
    • Tanager's avatar
      Tanager
      New member | Level 2
      5 years ago
      But it’s not a problem on iPad iOS 13.7
      • Thomas M.67's avatar
        Thomas M.67
        New member | Level 2
        4 years ago

        Same for me ... issue is still there with the 14.3 ... super frustrating, breaking my workflow here :(

        I don't know if it is a Dropbox or an Apple issue. 

        Any aknowledgment here?

         

        Thx

        Thomas

         

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