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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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Daphne
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6 years ago

Thanks for getting back to me here DrRob!

 

There's not much else I can suggest here I'm afraid, but if you haven't already, I can suggest having a look at Jay's previous post here.

 

Cheers!

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Van van Van
Explorer | Level 4
6 years ago

Hello,

 

I'm having the same issue. Has been going on for a long time now. I've used Dropbox and KeeppassDroid for years, but this issue has been there for the past year or so. Can't you Dropbox people repro and fix this? All you need is an Android device, Dropbox and KeepassDroid. It's tempting to see a conspiracy against Keepass use here.

Making the file available offline only temporarily improves the issue.

What is it that makes Dropbox or the Android system think that these files with names ending in .kdbx are PDF's to be opened with Google Drive's PDF viewer? Does Dropbox use pieces of Google Drive? Does it save files in a location associated with Drive?

Please give this some attention. Synchronizing my passwords between Windows 10 and my phone is the reason I use Dropbox.


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