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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

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.

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kitingChris
Helpful | Level 6
6 years ago
Why is it then offered to be opened as PDF? This answer is totally wrong. Since other apps correctly offer opening with keepass. Dropbox does not use the android internal open with functionality. Instead you choose to implement it on your own.
It is not a fault by keepass it is yours.
But hey then I better switch to nextcloud. This app instead offers me to open it with keepass droid.
Congrats Dropbox for getting me to switch.
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    tputkonen
    Helpful | Level 5
    6 years ago

    Now it seems to work again (version 192.2.2).

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      JonCohen
      Helpful | Level 5
      6 years ago

      Still not working for me on 192.2.2. Perhaps they are testing some experiimental fix by changing server-side configuration (without changing the dropbox binary).

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