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kitingChris
5 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 de...
kitingChris
Helpful | 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.
Jay
5 years agoDropbox Staff
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.
- kitingChris5 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!
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