Looking to an app to sync a file from s3 to android phone
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So I keep my password DB on s3, but for the life of me, I cannot figure out which android app I can use to synchronize the file to my phone.
Edit: Found this tutorial on how to build an app to do something close. Wonder if I can just have an app be a provider that keepass can open the file from.
https://www.numetriclabz.com/integrate-amazon-s3-to-android-tutorial/
I'm sure someone has done this. There's no way that I need to build my own app to do this, right?
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@dangeruss Keepass2Android lets you choose a standard Android file provider, if you find one or can throw one together.
Personally, I just use Dropbox.
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@parody said in Looking to an app to sync a file from s3 to android phone:
@dangeruss Keepass2Android lets you choose a standard Android file provider, if you find one or can throw one together.
Personally, I just use Dropbox.
Yea I end up having to save my file to dropbox every so often to have it sync over, but ideally I'd just have a file provider that supports S3. Is there one out there?
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@dangeruss Folks from a Google search seem to like this sync program:
FolderSync - Apps on Google Play
FolderSync enables easy sync of files between cloud storage and Android devices.
I use DropSync Pro to handle automatic updating, FWIW.
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@parody said in Looking to an app to sync a file from s3 to android phone:
@dangeruss Folks from a Google search seem to like this sync program:
FolderSync enables easy sync of files between cloud storage and Android devices.
I use DropSync Pro to handle automatic updating, FWIW.
Thank you very much! FolderSync worked great (at least I think it did) and I'm now able to use KeePass on my phone.
Maybe one of these days I'll set it up for my wife too.
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@parody Man remember the old Microsoft FolderSync? Sigh. Nostalgia.
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@blakeyrat said in Looking to an app to sync a file from s3 to android phone:
@parody Man remember the old Microsoft FolderSync? Sigh. Nostalgia.
The power toys or whatever?
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@tsaukpaetra Yeah but it became part of their weird "Live" app package, then was renamed to something like "LiveSync" then they removed the computer-to-computer direct syncing which made it utterly useless to me and my friends.
Today we have OneDrive.
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If you want something purely peer-to-peer, I like this (from the makes of BitTorrent):
Get Active Everywhere
Get active, current, and accessible file-based data everywhere you work using the storage you have today with Resilio.
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@mzh said in Looking to an app to sync a file from s3 to android phone:
If you want something purely peer-to-peer, I like this (from the makes of BitTorrent):
Get active, current, and accessible file-based data everywhere you work using the storage you have today with Resilio.
That looks cool on the surface, though I can't figure out how connections work... as in, is there a centralized tracker still or would I have to mess with port forwards and dynamic DNS services?
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@onyx said in Looking to an app to sync a file from s3 to android phone:
@mzh said in Looking to an app to sync a file from s3 to android phone:
If you want something purely peer-to-peer, I like this (from the makes of BitTorrent):
Get active, current, and accessible file-based data everywhere you work using the storage you have today with Resilio.
That looks cool on the surface, though I can't figure out how connections work... as in, is there a centralized tracker still or would I have to mess with port forwards and dynamic DNS services?
From their security/privacy document (pages 14-16) (blog post), there are settings for whether to use Resilio's tracking (to find your other computers) and relay (if a direct connection can't be established) servers. It can also search a LAN or use specific addresses and ports.
There's also SyncThing for anyone that wants open source, but I found it harder to use.
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@parody said in Looking to an app to sync a file from s3 to android phone:
FolderSync enables easy sync of files between cloud storage and Android devices.
Recommendation seconded, I use it too
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@blakeyrat said in Looking to an app to sync a file from s3 to android phone:
@parody Man remember the old Microsoft FolderSync? Sigh. Nostalgia.
Also, Briefcase.
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@heterodox said in Looking to an app to sync a file from s3 to android phone:
@blakeyrat said in Looking to an app to sync a file from s3 to android phone:
@parody Man remember the old Microsoft FolderSync? Sigh. Nostalgia.
Also, Briefcase.
That's the one I remember, mostly because it was on my list of things to uncheck when installing Windows. I didn't have a need for file syncing back then. Honestly, I don't have much of a need for it now, yet here I am with so much online storage space (across multiple services) that I could maybe put everything I've ever done out there. Younger me, reading a book while backing up his Mom's computer to floppies, would have had his mind blown.
