View decrypted Dropbox files without having to export them

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From christoph.schmidthieber@gmail.com on January 26, 2012 12:53:48

What steps will reproduce the problem? 1. Choose EncFS root on your Dropbox

2. A file browser with decrypted file names pops up
3. This browser doesn't allow you to directly view your files. You'll have to export them first. What is the expected output? What do you see instead? It would be nice if you could choose to view decrypted files directly without having to export them. What version of the product are you using? On what operating system? Please provide any additional information below.

Original issue: http://code.google.com/p/cryptonite/issues/detail?id=1

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From christoph.schmidthieber@gmail.com on January 26, 2012 04:58:20

Not sure how to implement both export and viewing functionality in the file browser. Maybe pressing a file name (rather than a checkbox) will pop up a dialog that offers to export or view the file?

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From christoph.schmidthieber@gmail.com on January 26, 2012 05:02:38

Related to this issue, it would be good to avoid persistent storage of files that are only viewed, but not exported; see http://www.webupd8.org/2011/09/dropbox-access-encfs-folders-on-android.html#comment-421313329

Status: Accepted

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From christoph.schmidthieber@gmail.com on January 27, 2012 10:03:28

As of version 0.0.10, a basic implementation is completed. Long-press file in file browser to open directly. Please test.

As of yet, decrypted volumes can't be re-opened. Instead, they have to be re-decrypted from scratch, which is quite tedious. It would be good to separate the decryption from the file browsing part now that we can directly open files without having to export them first.

A snapshot is available here: https://code.google.com/p/cryptonite/downloads/list https://code.google.com/p/cryptonite/source/detail?r=fb727a5d8769e1d42da0a05e8383fb5a106d5b15 https://code.google.com/p/cryptonite/source/detail?r=da7df7c5ef74cfc143d0b9fdb76c098fb3ac2f1a

Status: Started

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From nilarimo...@gmail.com on January 27, 2012 11:57:57

It doesn't work for me: when I try to open a text file, I get an error saying that it's not a valid PDF file. Cryptonite should ask to select an application / text viewer to open the file (like BoxCryptor does).

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From christoph.schmidthieber@gmail.com on January 27, 2012 13:28:07

Thanks for testing. Does your text file have an extension?

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From nilarimo...@gmail.com on January 28, 2012 05:19:15

No, it doesn't have any extension.

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From christoph.schmidthieber@gmail.com on January 28, 2012 12:10:20

There's been some progress in 0.0.11, but several issues remain:

• Built-in MIME detection support for files without extensions is pathetic on Android. At the moment, we'll fall back to text/plain in most cases if there's no extension. We may have to resort to a 3rd-party mime detection library on the long run.
• Some programs can't handle the URI format and/or the file permissions and won't open the files. Notable viewers that do not work include the Gallery and the DB Text editor.
• Decrypted files are stored in a temporary folder and will only be deleted when the decryption is cleared or when the program is restarted.

Let me know if this works for you. Thanks again for testing.

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From nilarimo...@gmail.com on January 30, 2012 02:29:31

The bug has been fixed!

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From christoph.schmidthieber@gmail.com on January 30, 2012 03:48:50

Status: FixVerified

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From christoph.schmidthieber@gmail.com on February 08, 2012 01:55:49

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