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Slangword's avatar
Slangword
Helpful | Level 5
2 years ago

Allow files to open without preview in the mobile app, like they used to.

  Drop Dropbox used to open files with default apps without the preview function. That functionality has since been removed. That functionality was very helpful to those of us using atypical files ...
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Hotspur8's avatar
Hotspur8
Helpful | Level 6
2 years ago

I have to use the three dots and choose open with,  and then pick my viewer.  Oddly,  it works normally on my phone. 

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    Hotspur8
    Helpful | Level 6
    2 years ago

    Reported the problem to Dropbox.  Got a crappy reply.  "We don't control that, your device does.  Hey, look it up on Google."  Automatically blames the device, because Dropbox can never be wrong.

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