The Sync API essentially simplifies the process of integrating Dropbox storage into apps. “The chooser was definitely the first step in that… We released it on a Thursday, and over the Friday and over the weekend we saw developers go home and paste a couple of lines of JavaScript, integrate the Chooser, and launch the following Monday with Dropbox integration.” “How do we simplify the story of integrating with Dropbox so that we can get developers everywhere integrating with the service?” has been the main question driving new product development on the API side, Lynch said. That means that helping developers integrated Dropbox access into their apps is of crucial importance to the company’s overall mission, Lynch explained. “Whatever device, whatever platform, whether their computer at home, their smartphone or their tablet, iOS or Android, it doesn’t matter what we want users to be able to expect is whatever device they plug into, they can access their files on Dropbox when they get there.” “Dropbox’s mission is really to let users access their data wherever they are, and that’s not necessarily geographically speaking,” he said. Essentially, Lynch said this is yet another attempt by Dropbox to simplify the lives of developers when it comes to creating apps that can work seamlessly across platforms with remotely stored files, just like the Dropbox Chooser the company unveiled back in November 2012. I spoke to Dropbox Product Manager Sean Lynch about the new API and what it can offer developers. The Dropbox Sync API allows apps for iOS and Android to treat files stored on a user’s Dropbox account as if they were local, managing syncing, caching, offline access and tracking changes easily so that developers only have to worry about building an app, and not the storage and management of the files users create with said software. Dropbox is unveiling a brand new API for developers today that should give mobile app makers an excellent new tool to work with.
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