Unable to create link with DBX chooser error android

Question

I am attempting to integrate the Dropbox chooser drop-in api into my application. I am running into an abnormal issue. In my app when I launch the dbx chooser, anytime that I select a file the application fails with the following error code:

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Here is the portion of my code that implements the Dropbox API. This portion of the code is where the dropbox api is initially invoked.

public void StartDropboxApplication() {
    // create the chooser
    DbxChooser chooser = new DbxChooser(APP_KEY);

    DbxChooser.ResultType result;

    // determine which mode to be in // TODO REMOVE ALL BUT FILE CONTENT TODO SIMPLIFY by making this a setting
    switch(( (RadioGroup) ParentActivity.findViewById(R.id.link_type)).getCheckedRadioButtonId() ) {
        case R.id.link_type_content:
            result = DbxChooser.ResultType.DIRECT_LINK;
            break;
        default:
            throw new RuntimeException("Radio Group Related error.");
        }

        // launch the new activity
        chooser.forResultType(result).launch(ParentActivity, 0);
    }

Here is the position where the code should then pick it up although it never does.

protected void onActivityResult( int request, int result, Intent data ) {
    Log.i(fileName, "result: " + result);

    // check to see if the camera took a picture
    if (request == 1) {
        // check to see if the picture was successfully taken
        if (result == Activity.RESULT_OK) {
            onPicture();
        } else {
            Log.i(fileName, "Camera App cancelled.");
        }
    } else if (request == 0) {
        if ( result == Activity.RESULT_OK ) {
            onDropbox(data);
        } else {
            Log.i(fileName, "dropbox related issue.");
        }
    }
}

Thank you for any help or suggestions that you are able to provide.

Answer 1

I was able to solve my own issues and get this working. On the off chance that someone else has a similar problem I will detail the solution. The first issue was I was that my APP_KEY was incorrect.

The next issue was that I was attempting to read from a direct link instead of a content link. The direct link provides the application with a link to the file on the Dropbox server whereas the content link provides the application with a cached version of the file. If the file is not present on the device, the SDK downloads a copy for you.