Cant download file to android phone from dropbox

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New member Level 2. Explorer Level 4. Richard You might like the android app "dropsync". You wil see your Dropbox folder you may need to provide Dropbox credentials if it is the first time Select the dropbox folder.

Long Press the folder s you want to download. Hi Richard I have been using the app DropSync for years on multiple android devices and it works a treat with dropbox.

Thanks, for that. I shall give it a go. Work Smarter with Dropbox The way we work is changing. Sound good? Let's get started. Who's talking. Top contributors to this post Richard B.

WoodrowDunn New member Level 2. Vicki B. If you can't open files saved in your Dropbox on the Android app, it could be because the file is corrupted. Try viewing the file in a third-party application to find out if there's an issue with the actual file:. If you cannot view the file in another app, your file may be corrupted.

If this is the case, you will not be able to view the file in the Dropbox app. The Dropbox Android app requires an internet connection to open, preview, and upload or download files.

If you can't complete one of these actions, verify that you have a strong WiFi or data connection and try reloading your file.

You may encounter issues downloading large files from the Dropbox app on your mobile device. Unfortunately our mobile clients do not have a "resume download" feature, so large files usually those larger than MB may not download properly.

This is especially true over a mobile connection, where connectivity can be intermittent. If an upload is failing on your mobile device, you can try uploading the file via the Dropbox desktop application on your computer.

Step 3. Tap the Menu logo shown with three bars on the top left side. Step 5. Hit the three dots on the right side of the photos you want to download. Step 6. Choose "Export this file" and then click "Save to device". Let us see how to back up your photos on your Android phone: Step 1. Launch the FoneDog Toolkit After downloading the tool on your computer, start it and you can enter the homepage.

Step 8. Choose backup files to restore Your backup files will be listed and the latest one would be on the top. Step 9. Step Leave a Comment Comment. Method 1. Launch Dropbox. Tap the Dropbox icon an open box on your home screen or app drawer to open Dropbox.

Log in. Look for the file you want to download. All the files and folders you have on Dropbox will be displayed. Navigate through the folders by tapping on it until you find the file you want to download.

Download the file. Once the file has been found, tap the down arrow on the right side of the file. A menu will pop up. Wait for the export to complete. Note that this method only allows you to download one file at a time.

Method 2. Find centralized, trusted content and collaborate around the technologies you use most. Connect and share knowledge within a single location that is structured and easy to search. I am trying to write an app in Android that when requested will download a specific file from DropBox if the file is available. I have gone through all of the tutorials in the developer section on the DropBox site but I don't think they are really detailed enough as each of the tutorials seem to have bits missing and I haven't been able to get any of them to fully work.

This leads me to believe that I have missed something out so I was wondering whether there was a decent tutorial anywhere that properly explains the process of downloading a specific file rather than bringing up DropBox for the user to select the file from dropBox so that I can follow it through and hopefully will help me to understand where I am currently going wrong.

I know there are lots of questions similar to this but most of them state that they can get part of the process to work and need help on a particular part but I don't seem to be able to get anything to work other than the actual linking to my DropBox account I have created a DropBox app and have added the keys etc.

If anyone can help point me in the direction of a decent tutorial that properly explains this process I would be grateful. I thought I should expand on my issue which hopefully will help to identify the problem that I am having. I have created an app in the App Console which allows file sharing; this has also given my key and secret code.