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andersmusikka's avatar
andersmusikka
Helpful | Level 5
5 years ago

Make offline files visible in the android filesystem

I think you should make files stored offline on Android available in the file system.   As it is now, the dropbox files marked as 'available offline' are hidden from the rest of the operating sys...
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Dunni's avatar
Dunni
New member | Level 2
4 years ago

This was one of the main reasons I use dropbox on my phone. I use dropbox offline files to sync my ebook collection to my phone;I get a book, I copy to the dropbox folder folder any of my other devices, and it 'magically' appears in my local ereader. 

 

This behaviour worked particularly well for some ebooks I read that are still in development - the author updates their shared folder and my version of the book is updated with the latest chapters. 

 

I've been a paying dropbox customer for several years, but if it's no longer convenient for my use case I'll need to consider other options. 

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