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create and return shared link to file Android example

I have an android app that uses the dropbox api to upload a file to drop box. This functionality is working as expected. Now I want to create a shared link to the file I just uploaded. I am confused and unable to get this working. Is there an example of how to do this for android that you can point me to? I'm missing something.

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Greg-DB

What library, are you using, if any? For example, if you're using the Dropbox API v1 Android library, you can use the shares method to get a shared link to a file or folder:

https://www.dropboxstatic.com/static/developers/dropbox-android-sdk-1.6.3-docs/com/dropbox/client2/DropboxAPI.html#share(java.lang.String)

I don't have a good sample of using that handy, but usage should just look like:

dropboxLink = client.shares("/path/to/file")
dropboxLink.url // the share link URL