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kitingChris
Helpful | Level 6
6 years ago

Android: Kdbx files can only opened with Google Drive-PDF-Viewer which is wrong!

Why can I open Keepass *.kdbx files only with Google Drive-PDF-Viewer?? It is no PDF. Why does the dropbox app does not let me choose a different App to open the file with? Why not use the android de...
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Jay
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6 years ago

Hi tputkonen, thanks for messaging the Community!

 

It’s possible that the file cannot be directly opened by the third party app any longer. Could you try instead exporting the file to the app to see if this is possible?

 

If it doesn't work, I'd recommend contacting the app developers to see if they can assist on this matter in more detail.

 

Keep me posted!

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kitingChris
Helpful | Level 6
6 years ago
Other apps like google drive or file manager let it open with keepass as intended.
They use the system default open with dialog. But Dropbox decided to implement it's own and treats keepass files as pdf without letting to choose an app.
Fix this asap! You destroy workflows...
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    JonCohen
    Helpful | Level 5
    6 years ago
    My wife and I both have exactly the same problem. We've been using Dropbox with Keepassdroid for years. Now Dropbox tries to open with the Google drive pdf reader. We can still open the file with Keepassdroid directly, but can't get to it through the Dropbox app. Also same experience with having it work one time only after reinstalling Dropbox.
    • Jay's avatar
      Jay
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      6 years ago

      Thanks for the updates. The Dropbox mobile app can only open files with a valid extension, and one associated with an app that has stated the extension can be opened by them. This is to prevent opening a spreadsheet on a image app for instance.

       

      If the Keepassdroid app isn't showing as an option when opening via Dropbox, then it means that the developer would need to look into this, since the Android device doesn't have the extension registered to that app, and thus neither does the Dropbox app.

       

      After glancing at some search results and recent reviews, it appears users are experiencing the same issue with other cloud providers as well.

       

      I hope they're able to investigate this matter for you in more detail.

      • tputkonen's avatar
        tputkonen
        Helpful | Level 5
        6 years ago

        It seems that this functionality has been broken by Dropbox update and this is completely unacceptable. I don't understand why the application has to prevent opening a file using "wrong" application. Now it's doing completely same thing (opening password file with PDF viewer)!

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