Chart of Accounts cannot be uploaded to Android

[john_mike]

Thank you for the reply Greg.  Agreed I do not think gnu can read from
dropbox.  Had to download to device.
On Mon, Aug 28, 2017, at 08:38 PM, Greg Feneis [via GnuCash] wrote:
> This may not be an issue with GnuCash for Android. 
> 
> I don't think Dropbox on Android work the same way as Dropbox on
> a laptop> or desktop computer does. 
> 
> On my Android device, the Dropbox app seems only able to display
> and allow> access to the contents of my Dropbox folder, but doesn't keep
> these files> and folders on the device for other Android apps or me to
> directly use.> 
> I think if you want your GnuCash for Android app to access a file
> from your> Dropbox, you'll have to use the Dropbox app (or some other means)
> to bring> that file to the Android device for GnuCash for Android to work with.> 
> 
> Kind regards, 
> 
> Greg Feneis 
> 
> 
> On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 10:07 AM, Mike Stillingfleet < 
> [hidden email]> wrote: 
> 
> > Hi David , 
> > 
> > Many thanks for your replies. It confirmed that the procedure
> > that I was> > following was correct which in itself was a great help. 
> > I repeated the procedure without success. But then exported the file> > from dropbox to the device's download folder. 
> > I did the import and it worked. 
> > 
> > Why I cannot import the file from dropbox is still an unknown. 
> > 
> > But I cannot thank you enough I was about to give up and was
> > looking at> > switching to one of the other free systems which would have been a> > painful waste of time. 
> > Regards 
> > 
> > Mike 
> > 
> > 
> > On Mon, Aug 28, 2017, at 02:09 PM, DaveC49 [via GnuCash] wrote: 
> > > Hi Colin and John_Mike, 
> > > 
> > > I also just imported the Coa from Dropbox. Just save the coA to 
> > > Dropbox  Again same procedure on Android 3 bars->Settings-> 
> > AccountPreferences- 
> > > >Import GnuCash XML When the OPEN FROM menu comes up select the 
> > > DropBox and then the file.> 
> > > David Cousens 
> > > David Cousens 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
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