Unable to add existing vault from google drive in "Computers" location

Siddharth_R · October 29, 2021, 3:24pm

I am not able to add and existing vault to the android app. The vault is in my Computers/My Laptop location in my Gdrive but only the contents of My Drive location is shown in the app. I have tried making a shortcut of the required folder to My Drive but Cryptomator app treats the shortcut as just another file and not a folder.
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SailReal · October 29, 2021, 3:57pm

Hey and welcome to the Cryptomator Community ,

Here you can find further information regarding this topic:

github.com/cryptomator/android

Cannot add or create a vault using Google's "Computers" location

opened 07:24PM - 07 Oct 21 UTC

SailReal

type:upstream-bug storage:google-drive

### Please agree to the following - [X] I have searched [existing issues](https…://github.com/cryptomator/android/issues?q=) for duplicates - [X] I agree to follow this project's [Code of Conduct](https://github.com/cryptomator/android/blob/develop/.github/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md) ### Summary Cannot add or create a vault using Google's "Computers" location ### System Setup ```markdown - Android: x - Cryptomator: x ``` ### Cloud Type Google Drive ### Steps to Reproduce 1. Install Google drive client on the PC 2. Create a vault inside the `Computers` location using the PC 3. 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 Unfortunately the workaround of https://github.com/cryptomator/android/issues/362 doesn't help as in the "Computers" locations, shortcuts using `Shift + Z` cannot be created.

Siddharth_R · October 29, 2021, 4:27pm

From what I understand, there is no solution for this probelm yet. I really need this feature as there are files in my drive that I don’t want to sync offline. ( By setting it up such that the entire My Drive folder is synced to my pc I could probably work around this problem right? )

I have tried to get a refund from Play Store but it says that it is not possible due to refund policy. Can I possibly get a refund in any other way? I am a student and I really cannot afford to spend money on this if it isn’t useful to me.

SailReal · October 29, 2021, 4:30pm

That’s correct.

For sure, if it doesn’t fit your needs…just sent you a direct message to initiate the refund.

SailReal · February 17, 2022, 1:19pm

@Siddharth_R using the latest beta, this is now possible using a workaround described in How to access shared vaults in Google Drive (just replace “Shared with me” with “Computers”). If you aren’t already a tester, you can join using this link: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/org.cryptomator