The lovely and very simple Dropbox Android app was updated overnight, bringing a whole heap of visual tweaks and some extra functionality to everyone’s favourite stuff-aggregating Android app and desktop tool.
You’re now able to make new folders from your phone. Imagine that. And you can download files to your phone without having to open them, if you want the security of knowing you’ve got a local copy of something in case of a network outage. Minor tweaks, but welcome tweaks nonetheless.
Here’s the full list of what’s new, courtesy of the Dropbox blog:
- Reworked menus to make importing and creating new items clearer.
- Added “Upload Any File” (still need to install OI File Manager or similar directory
browser to browse directories)
- Added “New Folder”
- New option menus on long-hold of a file
- Can Delete files
- Can Download files to local cache without viewing them
- Can now Share to other apps (e.g., video to YouTube, images to Picasa/Flickr, etc.)
- DropText now lets you create a new text file. Also preserves Unix/Windows line endings (new files are created with Unix line endings). Landscape mode works properly. Odd text encodings should be supported better.
- Misc caching and downloading bug-fixes
- Uploads new changes properly for Keepass and Docs To Go edits, as well as many
other apps.
- AMR audio files now play properly
- Opening a .url file now opens a web browser with the embedded link
- Opening an .epub file starts Aldiko properly, if installed
- Opens .cbz files in Droid Comic Viewer, if installed
- Opens text/html files in Dropbox WebView, with JavaScript enabled (built-in Web Viewer
wasn’t enabling JavaScript). 1Password exported html files now work properly.
- Fixed streaming music & video file playback on Froyo (Android 2.2). Was causing
the music player to force close.
- WMA files will play, if your phone supports WMA (most Android phones don’t).
And here’s the new downloading feature of the app in action. Watch us download a file to our SD card, LIVE!
Get the new Dropbox Android app via the Android Market right now, or update direct from the maker. There’s a QR code over there, if you’re a typing-phobe.
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