Can't open kml from Dropbox in Google Maps

[Patrick Mathewson]

I am trying to build an app that relies on an externally stored kml file. I placed a kml file in a dropbox public folder and created a link. When I paste the link into the google Maps Android app, I get the message ”This Community Map could not be displayed because it contains errors”. If I paste the link into the web google maps othing happens at all. But I know the kml is good because I can open it in google earth.

The link in question is: http://db.tt/EXgVbbvy

From research I did this should be possible. Am I missing something?

[Rafael Caraballo]

The thing is the link you are using returns a web page, not the file. To get the link that returns the file you have to right clic on the download button and copy the url.

https://dl.dropbox.com/s/96be6syi20eonx4/Test.kml?token_hash=AAE_JreIiiGqAVA4Sp_ArJYS-P9GfUEfheILQ9VXzxOkag&dl=1

You will get the link shown above, notice the domain (i think its a domain if it isnt just corrrect me plz) starts with dl, different to the one you are posting. That link would return the file and you can use it as a url for a kml layer