VaultPony 2.0.0 is the release that makes VaultPony an everyday replacement for EDS Lite, not just a VeraCrypt reader. It started from the three points in #3 and grew from there.
The vault in Files
- An unlocked vault is a writable location in the system file manager and in other apps' file pickers: create, edit, rename, move and delete. Read-only and protected vaults stay read-only there.
- A "Lock vaults" Quick Settings tile, and a "A vault is unlocked" notification with a Lock button while VaultPony is in the background. The notification never names a vault or a file.
Auto-lock
- Immediately (the default), or after 30 seconds, 1, 5 or 15 minutes, or 1 hour. The delay counts from leaving the app or turning the screen off.
- "Until I lock it" (#4) keeps a vault open for other apps until you lock it from the notification, the tile or the app. It needs notifications, so the Lock button is always there.
Unlocking
- A Hash menu with VeraCrypt's list (#5, #6): Auto tries every hash like VeraCrypt does, or pick the one your vault uses to unlock faster. A hash you pick is remembered per vault.
- TrueCrypt mode, for volumes made with TrueCrypt 6.0 to 7.1a. They open read-only, and "Convert to VeraCrypt" copies one into a new VeraCrypt container, checking every file. The TrueCrypt file is never changed.
- ext4 volumes (also ext2 and ext3) open read-only (#7). Read-write ext4 is planned for 2.1.
- Ciphers show under VeraCrypt's names, like AES-Twofish-Serpent.
- A wrong password now says so. Before, the message could be blank.
Hidden volumes (#3)
- The create and unlock screens say plainly how a hidden volume opens and what the protect option does. The old create-screen warning gave backwards advice; it now says to add outer files with both passwords.
- The browser labels a hidden or protected session. A plain outer unlock shows nothing.
Files in a vault
- Bulk import and export (#3): many files or whole folders, with a space and 4 GB check first, names fixed for FAT and exFAT, keep both / skip / replace on a name clash, and a summary. Long copies run in a foreground service with progress, Cancel and Lock.
- Free space in the browser and a Volume info dialog.
- Grid view with thumbnails made in memory, sort by name, size or date, search this folder or the whole vault, and multi-select to delete, export or move.
- Video and audio play inside the vault, streamed from it with no temp file.
- Share into a vault from any app ("Save to VaultPony").
- Take photos and record video straight into the open folder. Nothing goes to the gallery or the app's storage. Video recording needs Android 11 or later.
Settings
- Vault list: Show names, Hide names (the list shows Vault 1, Vault 2 and so on), or Don't keep. If "Remember my vaults" was off, you start on Don't keep. Choosing Don't keep removes the list and the saved biometric unlocks for those vaults.
- Password fields work with password managers' autofill. PIM fields are left out on purpose.
- Keyfiles in Change password.
Compatibility
- With a password longer than 64 characters, keyfiles now mix the way VeraCrypt does (its 128-byte pool), so those vaults open in VeraCrypt. Vaults made that way in 1.x still open; change the password (the same one is fine) and they open in VeraCrypt too. Empty keyfiles are refused, as VeraCrypt does.
Permissions
- New: camera and microphone, each asked for only the first time you use it. If you deny the microphone, videos record without sound. Notifications are asked for once, with an explanation; everything works without them.
- New dependency: CameraX 1.4.2, for the camera. Still no network permission.
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