#132 Remove APG as file handlers for all files ! When I try to open any file it asks if I should open with APG

[Anonymous]

Originally created by: prasd....@gmail.com

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Simply try to browse to a file and click it

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
It should be opened by the suitable application.
But it shows open by the suitable application or APG.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Android Froyo.

Please provide any additional information below.

I installed APG from here and I see that every file I try to open
(even music, videos) it asks if I should open with APG or
the correct program. Why is it even asking about AP ?!!!
This is a real pain with the APG program and I don't understand why
this invasive and annoying method was used in the APG program.
Please remove this and suggest a way to get rid of this option for already
installed APGs.

At least during installation it should ask if I want to associate every file with APG.

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by: rand...@mason.ch

What if you want to encrypt a music file or a video?  It is really good to have it open any file type for me.  Also, the number of file types is low, so you only have to face this once for .txt, once for .mp3, once for .doc, once for .pdf, once for .mp4.  It's more helpful for me to have every file possible and then to filter out the ones that I won't probably encrypt.

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by: prasd....@gmail.com

EVERY time I click EVERY file it will show this screen?
Dont you realize how bad that is ?
There are probably 20 apps that one uses, and while APG is used
probably 1% of the time, it will show the 99% for all file types like
this ? It is a real annoyance.

At least you should have an option in the software to let the user
choose whether
he wants this association or not.

On 6/20/12, android-privacy-guard@googlecode.com
<android-privacy-guard@googlecode.com> wrote:

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by: francwal...@gmail.com

First I was annoyed by this universal file handler as well, but indeed as Randall said, APG can encrypt every filetype, so it is logical to set it like this.
It would be nice if there was a setting to install APG only as k9mail integration without the general crypt capabilities for those users which don't need this and are annoyed about the global file-handler, but I think this is not possible at install-time, I guess then you need two APG install versions.

But anyway, everybody is free to compile APG by his own, so you just can correct the <intent-filter>  in the AnrdroidManifest.xml to fit to your wishes.

frank

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by: mik...@tuomisalo.com

I agree, that it is a real annoyance!
Wouldn't it be much better, if encryption would be done only via APG menu, so that you would first open APG, select "Encrypt file" and choose the file. It makes no sense to suggest encrypting every single file I try to open!