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Cannot add or create a vault using Google's "Computers" location
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Summary
Cannot add or create a vault using Google's "Computers" location
System Setup
- Android: x
- Cryptomator: x
Cloud Type
Google Drive
Steps to Reproduce
- Install Google drive client on the PC
- Create a vault inside the
Computers
location using the PC - Try to add this vault using the Android app
Expected Behavior
Vault can be added
Actual Behavior
Folder of the vault isn't found
Reproducibility
Always
Relevant Log Output
No response
Anything else?
It is interesting that when I don't specify any query parameters while executing the list method against the Google cloud, I get the results from the "Computers" locations too but the problem is, that there isn't a method to know if this is a folder you named "Computers" or it is this Google drive location. There are a lot of requests in this direction in Googles bug tracker like e.g. https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/172775993 or https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/67360473 but I don't think that there is a possibility to implement this without the help of Google...they need to provide an interface to query this folder like they do with Shared drives
:confused:. We need the ID of this folder to implement something similar to the Shared drives
workaround, see https://github.com/cryptomator/android/issues/354
Workaround
You can add a shortcut to "My Drive", then the "Computers" location can be accessed. See How to access shared vaults in Google Drive for further information.
And as far as I know, it's also not possible to access a vault stored in a Google Drive Shared Drive.
@m-p-3 access to Google Shared Drive is tracked in https://github.com/cryptomator/android/issues/354