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Make folder available to other apps on Android?

Make folder available to other apps on Android?

sargon2
New member | Level 2

I'd like to use Dropbox to sync Obsidian markdown files on my Android phone and tablet (since the official Obsidian sync corrupts my files).  How can I do that? I tried doing "Make available offline" but that didn't make the folder available to other apps, only within the Dropbox app.  I tried DropSync but that only syncs once every hour, which is not often enough for using Obsidian.

 

Thanks!

 

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Rich
Super User II

@sargon2 wrote:

I'd like to use Dropbox to sync Obsidian markdown files on my Android phone and tablet (since the official Obsidian sync corrupts my files).  How can I do that?


That's not really something that Dropbox can do automatically. There's no way to make a folder available to other apps on the device, and files or folders marked as available offline aren't directly accessible though the Android file system; only through the Dropbox app.

sargon2
New member | Level 2

Well Dropbox should get working on this feature then.  Making files and folders available across devices used to be Dropbox's core function.

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