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[Android Apps and Games] thedicemaster:
not a universal android 11 issue.

folders load quickly on my fold 3.
[Android Apps and Games] m0d:
On OP7t it reloads all the time.

Install an app while browsing download folder, app installs, click done, folder refreshes.

Click home button, switch back to app, folder refreshes.

There is some kind of issue with folder refreshing all the time
[Android Apps and Games] Ultramanoid:
No issues here. SONY, Motorola. Again, seems specific to your device / system.
[Android Apps and Games] ipdev:
It has been a while since I did it.

Working off of foggy memory. 🙃

You have to select the root of the external SD card.

"SD Card" is an example and not to be confused with /sdcard which is a symlink to internal storage.

I do not have a device with an external SD card [charged] at the moment to double check.

If I remember correctly you have to navigate to the mount point of the external SD card and choose that. :unsure:

Cheers. :cowboy:
[Android Apps and Games] ipdev:
From the background image, I assume you are on LineageOS. ;)

18.1 since you mention Android 11.

Lineage has a bad issue with lag building on some (mostly older) devices.

cm was the same. ;)

The lag shows up quicker the more you update. :(

If you have BusyBox installed.

You can use fstrim (run as root) to clean up your device.

Example.

flo:/ # fstrim --help
BusyBox v1.33.1-osm0sis (2021-05-06 22:05:29 ADT) multi-call binary.

Usage: fstrim [OPTIONS] MOUNTPOINT

-o OFFSET	Offset in bytes to discard from
-l LEN	Bytes to discard
-m MIN	Minimum extent length
-v	Print number of discarded bytes
flo:/ #
flo:/ # fstrim -v /cache 2>&1;
/cache: 0 bytes trimmed
flo:/ # fstrim -v /system 2>&1;
/system: 114855936 bytes trimmed
flo:/ # fstrim -v /data 2>&1;
/data: 7112704000 bytes trimmed
flo:/ #

Credit to k23m. See my post in one of his threads. xdaThread - Post 2,974 - Link​

Sorry all for a bit of OT. :whistle:

Cheers all. :cowboy:
[Android Apps and Games] TheMystic:
On my 8T running Oxygen OS 11, there is no such problem. Probably incompatible with your OS.
[Android Apps and Games] m0d:
I installed files: https://github.com/zhanghai/MaterialFiles/releases

And, it does not suffer from the same issue of refreshing folder on switching apps.
[Android Apps and Games] TheMystic:
Fx hasn't been updated in a long time. But it works fine on my phone running OOS 11. All the good file managers I have tried work fine. The only possible explanation is incompatibility of this particular app with your OS. Can't think of any other reason.

By the way, Material Files is also available on the Play Store.
[Android Apps and Games] Brandon.Bissonnette:
OP7T Pro McLaren on OOS 11 here. No issues here, maybe it's 7t specific or your ROM/OOS causing it.
[Android Apps and Games] jeffers24:
Hi,

My shield updated to android 11 and using FX I can't access my adroid data folder.

Any plans to update FX for android 11?
[Android Apps and Games] thedicemaster:
"Last seen Dec 12, 2020"

"last updated: 7 dec 2020"

not holding out much hope.
[Android Apps and Games] osm0sis:
FX is already working fine on Android 11.
[Android Apps and Games] thedicemaster:
partially, but it's missing support for new full access permissions which means some previously accessible folders are no longer accessible.
[Android Apps and Games] osm0sis:
Works fine here on my OP8T:

If you're talking about the Shield TV specifically, then that's a well publicized Shield TV Android 11 issue, not something from FX or that FX can fix:

Android 11 for the Nvidia Shield is breaking apps and Plex servers

Scoped storage is probably to blame, but there's a partial fix

www.androidpolice.com

Restore your Shield TV's Plex server and app permissions with Nvidia's 9.0.1 update

You know, for your entirely legal video collection

www.androidpolice.com
[Android Apps and Games] thedicemaster:
galaxy z fold 3 with android 12 here.

picture 1, file manager with the right permissions.(non-root, not system)

picture 2, FX.

not sure of the differences under the hood, but this shows FX is not receiving all the access it can get.
[Android Apps and Games] TheMystic:
He is referring to All Files Access under Special App Access. That is different from the one you posted which is Storage Permissions under App Settings. Since this app is using an older API, that's what you see.

I'm also using OnePlus 8T running on OOS 11. I can confirm Fx doesn't see the Android and OBB folders. I would be surprised if the app can see those folders on your device. Please post screenshots if it does and also your OS details.
[Android Apps and Games] Ultramanoid:
Has anyone heard from Liebeck since the end of 2020 ? Mail, through Play, elsewhere ? Anybody in touch with him from XDA ( mods ) ?

It'd be horrible to learn his disappearance has something to do with the pandemic.
[Android Apps and Games] Tamil009:
ASKING THE XDA MODERATORS OR ANYONE TO CHECK THE STATE OF @tliebeck

SORRY to ask please check if he is alive or not 🙂
[Android Apps and Games] techguyone:
I have to admit FX File Explorer is my go-to, especially for things like web access to share files easily, I haven't seen anything else I'd like to use (and I've tried most things)
[Android Apps and Games] mbc07:
Starting with Android 11, only the system file manager (com.google.android.documentsui -- hidden in most phones but normally accessible via Activity Launcher) have full access to the Android\data folder. Other apps can, at best, get read-only access through special permissions, but even then they can't create or edit new/existing content under that folder...
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
FX development has been ongoing, but somewhat slower than I'd like. Google's late behavior has been fairly frustrating to me. Recently FX was banned for a week for containing an "ad" which actually turned out to be caused by just showing a link to a free and open source theme that could be downloaded (the Faenza icon set). Its Google Drive support was temporarily disabled from Google's side, and it was extremely difficult to get it reinstated. Then it was threatened to be banned for containing an "illegal icon" that had been in place for at least five years (the one that said "NO ADS").

I realize they're trying to clean up the Play Store, but they're throwing good apps out with the bad. And when you get flagged for "violations", there's basically no way to explain yourself (and often there's no way to even understand what they're talking about, because you're already in total compliance with their policies to the best of your knowledge). I still love working on FX but the behavior of Google is downright demoralizing, especially when incredibly privacy-invasive apps seem to face no such penalty.

In better news, FX 9 is mostly beta ready. You can try out a preview release now if you'd like:

http://android.nextapp.com/fx/r8903/FX_r8903.apk

http://android.nextapp.com/fx/r8903/FXmicro_r8903.apk (micro version, no FX+ capabilities or video playback)

Please note this one is a beta-preview and thus not in the beta-channel on the Play Store. Hope to release a real beta there (and here) very soon.

--- Release Notes ---

Updated full-screen content-centric user interface.

Major updates to UI for edge-to-edge usage of screen.

Dimmed content now scrolls under header/navigation bar.

Improved aesthetics on phones with gesture-navigation enabled (content drawn to absolute bottom of screen)

More compact menu/path listing

Monochromatic header bar (vs early Material Design "two-tone" header)

Long press context actions now appear on item ("open with" and "details")

Always dark views (e.g. images and video listings) now appear with dark headers

"Fancy" headers like Web Access/FX Connect now overlay header bar.

New default theme, theme updates.

SMB v3 support (courtesy of the awesome SMBJ open source lib that FX uses).

SSH EC-25519 support

Android 11/12 "Manage all files" permissions is now used where applicable.

Targeting SDK 31 (Android 12).

Removals:

Translucent themes (may be re-added at some point in future, possibly only for home screen)

Minimum SDK is now 21 (Android 5.0). FX v8 can still be downloaded for very old devices (SDK 16-19, Android 4.1-4.4)
[Android Apps and Games] techguyone:
Hey man, I'm just glad you're still with us :)
[Android Apps and Games] Ultramanoid:
The best update is that YOU're still running !
[Android Apps and Games] Marko Indaco:
So happy to ear that FX is still alive. Thank you for you're work and effort on this great manager.
[Android Apps and Games] Abdul Aziz Shakib:
I cannot access files inside this folder. I have given FX file explorer root access, still doesn't work.
[Android Apps and Games] osm0sis:
Glad to see you're well, @tliebeck!

Been testing out the pre-beta, and noticed a couple things:

System (Root) seems to be incorrectly showing a limited version of /data/user_de, which contains only FX and GMS. Downgrading restores the full list. Seems like the Root view isn't actually using root?

Running a script as root seemed to have similar file access oddities.

Can the new floating selected item buttons be themed to match better? The white in the dark theme is a little jarring.
[Android Apps and Games] Tamil009:
Thanks god you are alive

I am a cracker

Your app helped me to find many bugs in android filesystem and my rom

Always huge respect for you

android: sharedUserId is still working!!!!!
[Android Apps and Games] Marko Indaco:
It's a well know issue. If you read the previous post you will find that the dev still working on it for the next app update. Just be patient.

PS

If you wanna know more about "the cause" of this issue, then check for Google Scoped Storage in Internet.

Regards
[Android Apps and Games] paul c:
Great to hear from you again tliebeck! FX is still my go-to file explorer after all these years. Google seems to be making it hard on devs - looking forward to your new versions (y)
[Android Apps and Games] tehdomic:
You don't know how long I've been waiting for more SSH key types for FX File Explorer. I've had to settle for less efficient or secure file transfer methods between my devices. Thank you! 💚 I will keep trying these new betas!
[Android Apps and Games] m0d:
I just installed FX_r8903, first thing I noticed was translucent themes have been removed.

Is this temporary?
[Android Apps and Games] Ultramanoid:
Read the post you quote, please. All of it.
[Android Apps and Games] kerelberel:
Anyone having issues with Dropbox? I can view files, but cannot copy to or from sd storage. Happening on both my new phone (Android 12 & FX 8.9.1.3) and old phone (Android 11 & FX 8.0.3.0).
[Android Apps and Games] Prinçe çharming ap:
I m having the same issue 😐
[Android Apps and Games] evalf:
Same problem with Dropbox here.
[Android Apps and Games] magi44ken:
Nice to see that you are working on v9.0. I have a few feature request that I hope you will consider before moving over from Mixplorer.

1. File Listing: Detail View mode

Is there any chance you can add a Detail View mode beside the List View mode? The main difference is that Detail View mode and List View mode is that Detail View uses two columns to display file list instead of the three columns use by List View. With the two columns, the filename will display on the top row and the file size, date, etc on the bottom row.

The List View with the three column layout makes difficult and eye tiring to see long filename squeeze into a smaller space and less items display screen that result to have to scroll more.

2. Save Open Windows

If FX File Manager gets close by the Android OS RAM management, it doesn't reopen the recent open windows. Can you a setting to allow the user to automatically save open windows and reopen them when the app is restarted?

Another solution is allow user to pin open window so it will reopen them when restart the app.

3. Swipe left or right to change open windows.

Right now, you have to swipe from left edge screen to open the left pane and then select the open window to change it.

It would be lot faster if one can swipe within the center of screen to switch between open windows. The center area starts from 0.5 or 1 inches from both side of screen.

This makes it lot faster to switch between open windows.

4. Flowing Menu button

Add a flowing menu button that includes Add New File, New Folder, New Window, etc on the bottom. Again, this make it faster to perform common task.

Thanks for taking the time to read my feedbacks. If feature 1 and 2 will be in the dolist, I will be happy for buy the paid version.
[Android Apps and Games] pxrave:
He guys I know it's already reported. Dropbox doesn't work anymore. You planning any fix here? I need fast solution? Working Beta available?
[Android Apps and Games] joy427:
I have been using FX from the very beginning of it's release and it's still my 'Most Fav File Manager' for some obvious reasons. I'm very exited to finally get v9 of the world's greatest file manager for android.

However, I have some feature request for the upcoming v9:

1. Plz change the position of Task Bar (Cut, Copy, Delete etc) to the bottom side of the screen (It would be very convanient for one hand operation)

2. Introduce some brand new icon packs and built in themes (especially a Fully Black AMOLED theme)
[Android Apps and Games] joy427:
Plz don't remove Translucent Themes 🥺. It's the most unique thing on FX that can't be found in any other file managers. FX is not FX without Translucent themes...

Plz don't remove my most fav feature from my fav file explorer... 😭😢
[Android Apps and Games] m0d:
@tliebeck

FX file explorer does not set proper attributes for EditorInfo so that keyboards can copy/paste into fields; i.e. selecting rename the pop-up dialog
[Android Apps and Games] kerelberel:
Any update on the broken Dropbox functionality?
[Android Apps and Games] kerelberel:
I get the feeling this app is dead.
[Android Apps and Games] rainman74:
A FTP connection with internet adress does not work anymore! With Total Commander the connection (passive mode) works without problems, with FX Preview 8.9.1.3 no connection is established and the connect spins in an endless loop.

Connection still works in LAN (Port 21):

ftp://192.168.0.1

Doesn't work with a DNS entry over internet (Port 21) - but works in Total Commander:

ftp://894234b4213efz387atsfa.myfritz.net
[Android Apps and Games] rosswaa:
I'm hoping this isn't dead, there's s few bugs nowadays that are just annoying.

On the chance it is can anyone recommend a replacement?
[Android Apps and Games] darkness22:
Switched over to the beta, Dropbox connection is still throwing the same error "A network error occurred."
[Android Apps and Games] dtoxic47:
when can we expect v9 beta?
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
FX 8.9.1.7 Released (Beta, XDA Only Presently)

This release fixes issues with Dropbox and contains other (minor) updates.

Full version: http://android.nextapp.com/fx/r8907/FX_r8907.apk

Micro version: http://android.nextapp.com/fx/r8907/FXmicro_r8907.apk
[Android Apps and Games] osm0sis:
@tliebeck, the above quoted root issues are still present in 8907. This is pretty serious and makes these betas unusable for me. 😕

I also see /sdcard/Android/data is still inaccessible (Android 11+), despite All Files access granted. X-plore seems to have a way around this (tried it on my Shield TV), so perhaps you could adopt something similar?
[Android Apps and Games] darkness22:
Thanks for posting this build. Upon install Dropbox access issue was immediately fixed. So far all functionality appears to be working. Will report back ITT if found to be otherwise.

Also, if there are specific functions / features that need testing let us know! Glad to help out FX's development.
[Android Apps and Games] kevinco1:
Please add support for RAR files, thanks
[Android Apps and Games] mbc07:
Blame Google, on Android 11+ only the system file manager (com.android.documentsui), which is hidden on most devices (but accessible via Activity Launcher) has full access to the Android/data and Android/obb folders, all files access permission does not bypass that.

Google is also actively fixing loopholes that allow bypassing this restriction via updates to system components pushed via Play Store, eventually even X-plore will lose access to those folders once whatever workaround it uses get fixed...
[Android Apps and Games] osm0sis:
I was pretty sure "All Files" was supposed to mean *all* files (on sdcard), and exceptions on the Play Store were to be made for file explorer apps who applied for one.
[Android Apps and Games] mbc07:
Yep, the permission name is misleading. It in fact means "all files except Android/data and Android/obb". Samsung phones, for example, ships with their own file manager, as a system app with the "all files" permission granted by default, yet it also can't access those folders. That's the reality for any file manager app not using workarounds or loopholes that hadn't been fixed (yet) on Google's current implementation of Scoped Storage.

It is possible to apps to use SAF to request user permission to have full access to a specific folder, that request launches the system file manager I mentioned earlier (DocumentsUI) for the user to pick a folder, but in that mode it won't allow picking the root of the internal storage or SD Card and will hide Android/data and Android/obb so you can't even enter them.

The loophole X-Plore and some other apps are using is launching the file picker intent from DocumentsUI with the initial path already set to Android/data or Android/obb thus allowing you to pick them, but Google seems aware of this and will probably fix that workaround soon, just like you could use DocumentsUI to copy/move files to/from the restricted folders around the time Android 12 launched but nowadays you can't anymore. I expect things to get even worse with Android 13...
[Android Apps and Games] rrkas:
I've been using FX for years now, there really ain't any better file explorer for Android imo! My only wish for it is to have an option to always have it open in split view :)
[Android Apps and Games] darkness22:
Access to DropBox is working fine. Transfers are as well, or so I believe. After copying a file / folder from DB to my external card, the process is shown under Tasks as Complete. However in the pull down, the process shows as being stuck at the end, somewhere between 97%-99%. There is no way to clear this notification either. Thank you.
[Android Apps and Games] Omar.Lino:
Hello, first of all congratulations to the developer of this wonderful app. My question is if there is support for the Spanish language.
[Android Apps and Games] aurm:
Hi, and thank very much the author for his work.

I can't manage to not sound nagging, but there are a few things missing to make this ideal for me:

1. Opening text files doesn't default to "Open with" menu when the appropriate setting is selected

2. There's unfortunately no such setting for archives to begin with

3. "Open with" selector can't be exited by tapping background, although it's possible with most FX pop-up windows of the same type elsewhere

4. "Enter path" doesn't default to current working directory

5. It doesn't catch an intent from the App Manager for the data folder of an app

And a few very subjective wants:

1. Being able to use normal font face for the file manager rather than light

2. Swiping the tab card to close it a-la Fulguris browser

3. Being able to also see documents and archives tracked by the media store, a-la MiX

4. Microsoft file types on new file creation trigger my eye, hard to imagine it's used often. But I might know nothing

5. Option to disable swipe to resize.
[Android Apps and Games] danergo:
Hi Folks,

This app is amazing!

I wish to use with some cloud services (dropbox) works pretty well.

Can I somehow do a 'synchronization', ie.: not retry/reupload every file, just upload/download missing files?

I wish to have an offline backup from a Dropbox folder on my phone.

And whenever I add file to this offline folder on the phone I wish to be able to upload the changes to the Dropbox. And also vice versa.

I know this can be done by opening the Dropbox, copy the folder, go back to the offline directory and paste.

Then copy the local directory, go back to Dropbox and paste.

So this is a lot to do for a single task, I'm wondering if we have or will have a simple "FX"-style solution?

Thx!
[Android Apps and Games] 921_j:
if your phone

Before the developer provides switches for this function (maybe?), there is a discount method to achieve this, but you need your mobile phone ROOT and XPOSED EDGE Pro. I believe you understand what I mean: Application to trigger automatic click.

BTW, I also strongly hope that developers will not remove translucent, not just the homepage, keep it all PLZ. It is because of the unlimited semi -transparent effect and the upper and lower splitting views. Let me still treat it as the favorite and the most important file manager without updating it for a long time.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
FX 8.9.1.8 Released (Beta, XDA Only Presently)

This is another trivial release, this one just fixes root access on newer devices, notably by using "global mount access" by default, i.e.:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1279508461370269696

If you're not using the root access features, there's effectively no change from the prior version.

Full version: http://android.nextapp.com/fx/r8908/FX_r8908.apk

Micro version: http://android.nextapp.com/fx/r8908/FXmicro_r8908.apk
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
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[Android Apps and Games] DeerP1976:
Must admit that when I saw updates appear for my all time favourite file explorer it was very pleasant indeed!

I'm interested to see where this Sandbox folder goes and what capabilities it will have in the future that's unlocked via the secret Dev menu.

With regards to the storage issue and gaining access to android/data and Android/obb, I kind of cheated to get it working by going into the default Android file app it takes you to so you can select storage and then choosing another file explorer app as the internal storage which appears underneath the standard option in the Android File App. Once achieved, it works perfectly every time. I don't want to wish to say which file explorer app it was as I don't want to take any attention from this amazing file explorer app. Didn't realise there was a micro variant either until today which works just as well as the main app!

Many thanks to tliebeck for this wonderful app.
[Android Apps and Games] joy427:
Plz bring back translucent theme in the upcoming beta update...
[Android Apps and Games] jolebaltringue:
Yeah I second that, translucent theme and the search icon on the main view in the micro version (that is great BTW) would be great.

Thanks @tliebeck for that awesome app that I have been using for years, you rock!!!!!!!
[Android Apps and Games] woofwoof75:
Do they still update this app at all? Have some problem lately with thumb drives plugged in. the home screen just become blank. Sometimes (actually once) takes very very long to see something... other times just no luck. 😔 It's my go-to file explorer for a long time.
[Android Apps and Games] KaMyKaSii:
On my Android 9 device, in these latest recent beta updates I noticed that now when opening a media file externally (by simply tapping on the file), the file is shared to VLC by streaming the content and not sharing the file URI. This is a problem because I tend to open mkv files still being written and this way of sharing makes it impossible to seek the video. It's possible to get the old behavior if I first select the file, choose "Open with" and then select VLC but that's a job I'd like to avoid. Is it possible to revert the open externally to the old behavior?
[Android Apps and Games] PhilipTD:
I second that emotion on the translucent theme
[Android Apps and Games] rainman74:
@tliebeck has released a new beta in the Google Play Store! Thank you! (y)