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

[kitingChris]

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??

[kitingChris]

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.

[kitingChris]

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]

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.

[kitingChris]

> 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! 

[tputkonen]

Now it seems to work again (version 192.2.2).

[JonCohen]

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).

[wmacghee]

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.

[Institor]

For 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.

[wmacghee]

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

[JonCohen]

This 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.