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kitingChris
6 years agoHelpful | Level 6
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 default app open selection??
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- kitingChris6 years agoHelpful | Level 6
Hello Jay unfortunatelly the answers do not help. Mainly because they are wrong. Other apps - that use the android internal "open with" dialog - do open .kdbx files correctly. Only Dropbox INSISTS on opening them with Google Drive PDF Viewer.
Since other apps open them correctly this issue is caused by dropbox.
Unfortunatelly I rely on dropbox to synchronize my keepass files and need to open it from there.
Please fix this ASAP. At least let users freely choose the app they want to use or better use the android system "open with" instead of trying to invent the wheel new. - Jay6 years ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
As mentioned in the other thread, some users have experienced similar issues with other cloud providers, so it isn't related to Dropbox.
I'd recommend contacting the developer of the Keepass app for further assistance on this matter.
- kitingChris6 years agoHelpful | Level 6
> As mentioned in the other thread, some users have experienced similar issues with other cloud providers, so it isn't related to Dropbox.
Jay
As mentioned in the other thread THIS IS NOT THE CASE!
With other cloud providers it works PERFECT.Opening from other apps is working PERFECT.
So it is NOT an issue of keepass but an issue of dropbox.
Dropbox does NOT use system internal "open with" but its own implementation.
I don't know why you pretend to ignore this issue instead of helping to solve it.
But Okay then I will switch to Nextcloud. Provides the same functionality and works with my keepass files.Dropbox is getting worse in the few latest updates!
- tputkonen6 years agoHelpful | Level 5
Now it seems to work again (version 192.2.2).
- JonCohen6 years agoHelpful | Level 5
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).
- wmacghee6 years agoExplorer | Level 4
Exporting the file (from Dropbox) to open with Keepassdroid is not a satisfactory suggestion. The point is that if a new entry is made into the database, this then needs to replace the version stored on Dropbox.
This worked well, perfectly even, until you geniuses decided to fix it. And no, the file extension is known to the Android system, hence it opens it correctly when it is exported.
I'm driven off your platform, probably. - Institor6 years agoHelpful | Level 5For those who have this problem, toggle "offline access" on kdbx file (maybe several times). In one state or another (whether offline mode is on or off, seemingly random) keepassdroid selector appears when you open the kdbx. Make shure to check "always", problem solved (after that kdbx always opens in keepassdroid, no matter if offline is on or off). Works for me on xiaomi mi9 with miui rom.
- wmacghee6 years agoExplorer | Level 4
Holy Cow!
It Works!
It Works, It works, it works.
I had stopped testing replacement software, due to frustration. So this is supreme.
thank you!
Will MacGhee
- JonCohen6 years agoHelpful | Level 5This sort of works for me. However, if you then kill the Keepassdroid app and the dropbox app, it goes back to a failing state until you toggle again.
- Jimadine6 years agoExplorer | Level 4
I've also got this problem, and yeah, exact same experience with the 'Make available offline' suggested workaround. For me the problem is compounded by the fact I'm still running Android 5, and Dropbox recently dropped support for Android < 6. This means I am locked into the broken 190.2.2 version, thus being excluded from any possible future bug fixes for this problem. It definitely used to work fine when launching from Dropbox, so it's 100% the app that's faulty.
For me the simple workaround is not to open Dropbox in order to open my .kdbx file. Instead, open Keepassdroid and (with my settings) it'll remember the .kdbx's filepath to open. It always seems to open an up-to-date copy of the .kdbx file, despite not opening it from the Dropbox app.
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