Plugin to read directly a Zotero database on Android

François Maurice

Hi,

Is there an application that can read a Zotero database on an Android device?

I know the applications that are on the https://www.zotero.org/support/mobile page, but that's not what I want.

I sync my files using BitTorrent Sync (This is the quickest way I know to synchronize files between multiple devices. In addition, the files are not found on any server in the cloud !!! ). So I do not want to use the Zotero server to archive and synchronize my files.

What I want is an Android application that allows reading (and possibly modify) references from a Zotero database that sits on an Android device and open files attached to these references.

So I do not want apps like Zandy, Zed, Zed Lite and Zojo, which require a Zotero account to read, modify and open references.


Does anyone know of an application of this kind?

Thanks

adamsmith

no.
It's also not a good idea to use a basic file sync operation to sync a database file. You have a very high chance of ending up with a corrupted database in the end. (E.g. the bit torrent sync doesn't check whether the database is open on multiple points, whether it's properly closed at the time of sync etc.)

tolij1

Has their been any further research on the use of Sync with Zotero? I know that the sofware has been developed much since this post however I would like an option that allows for more secure storage of my research.

Alternatively, based on your post from above, are @adamsmith, can I conclude that as long as I safely open and close Zotero and then sync the directory so that only one instance of my directory is every accessed at one time, I can have my database safely maintained?