BoxCryptor on Nexus 7 Android

cornarch

On a Nexus 7 tablet, how do you access a decrypted BoxCryptor file using an Android application?

I’ve got Google Drive and BoxCryptor installed on my Windows XP laptop. I’m using KeePass Password Safe on my laptop and saving the data file to the drive Z: BoxCryptor Virtual drive for encrypted backup to Google Drive.

The Nexus 7 tablet has Google Drive installed and I just installed the BoxCryptor Android app (ver 1.3.1) from Google Play.

Also have the Android app of KeePass Password Safe installed and working on the Nexus 7.

On the Nexus 7, I run Google Drive to sync the files from the Google Drive cloud.

If I start BoxCryptor to get a list of decrypted files and drill down to the KeePass data file, and touch this KeePass data file, KeePass will open and load the data file into KeePass.

However, when I start the KeePass app directly, and attempt to load the same file (that I drilled down to in BoxCryptor), I get the message “File Not Found”.

Apparently BoxCryptor doesn’t have a equivalent virtual drive Z where applications can access the decrypted files. So, KeePass is looking for a file that basically doesn’t exist because BoxCryptor is not running to decrypted it. Thus, I can’t directly load the KeePass file with the KeePass app.

Is there a solution where I can start the KeePass app and be able to load the latest downloaded, decrypted, KeePass file from Google Drive?

Or, do I need to always start KeePass by drilling down to the data file through BoxCryptor?

Thanks

Boris

Hello cornarch

The Android version has no virtual drive like the Desktop versions. The files are only downloaded if you need them so you don't have to download the complete content of your BoxCryptor folder.

So to open your KeePass file you always have to use the BoxCryptor app and open the file from there. If you have already downloaded the file and no changes have been made to the file it is not downloaded again because of the caching feature. This means the file is only decrypted and opens in your favorite KeePass app.
After you have closed the KeePass app BoxCryptor automatically deletes the decrypted file an only holds the encrypted one. This is why you get the "File not found" error.

If you want the decrypted file stored on your tablet you can tab and hold the file within the BoxCryptor app and then tab on "Download". However this file is not synchronized anymore so I recommend the first method.

Best regards
Boris

cornarch

Thanks for the response.

Can you confirm that it is NOT necessary to have the Google Drive app installed on the Nexus 7 because BoxCryptor interfaces directly with Google Drive on the cloud?

Boris

Hello cornarch

you don't have to install the Google Drive app additionally. BoxCryptor communicates directly with Google Drive over the Google API.

Best regards
Boris

cornarch

Thanks again Boris. Really like BoxCryptor. Great job.