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[Android Apps and Games] thedicemaster:
i don't think double-tap to select is a good idea, i think it would be a lot slower(and filled with accidentally opening files)

although it's a bit odd, i think sliding over the menu bar to switch windows would work better.

and i have an idea to expand on the file selection gesture to make it more effective for a large number of files: row select/multi-row select.

row select: when a single slide motion for selecting files covers more than half the width of the screen, select all files on the same row(or at least all files under the slide movement)

multi-row select: when row-select is used, check vertical sliding to select more entire rows.

this would speed up deleting or moving a large number of files in a single folder(just yesterday i had to delete about 60 files in a folder of over 100 files, so i had to slide 60 times to select all those files)
[Android Apps and Games] GermainZ:
tliebeck, I have a few suggestions regarding the new Script Executioner:

Make it remember if I ran the script as root or not, for each script.

Add the option to execute non .sh scripts (probably with the "Open With" button).

Have the Text Editor/Script Executioner have a close relationship; for script, allow us to directly edit from the Script Executioner, and directly run from the Text Editor. I assume the option will be grayed out if it's not a script (which means it's not a .sh file *or, if you take the above suggestion into consideration* it was never ran before.

Also, I remember you added .db files to the supported extensions. If the app I use to view these files still isn't being detected, should I contact its dev instead (tried two apps till now, BTW)?

Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] claus1953:
That is the text editor, which is a new part of the file explorer.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Thanks, see what you're saying and reproduced it. This is definitely undesired behavior, looks like there's a bug in the way we persist state before termination.

I'm guessing this is the same issue kretos is describing as well:
[Android Apps and Games] djsubtronic:
Hello, love the app, it's almost become my single standard file browser, but could use a couple more features:

1. "Select all" option

2. Set image as contact icon in addition to just wallpaper

I think that's all for now!
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Thanks, select all will be going in.

Regrettably setting contact icons probably isn't an option, even though it'd be a useful and simple feature to add. The problem is that we'd be flamed in the market comments with statements like, "why does a file manager need to read my contacts, you're stealing my identity!" I realize this probably sounds really stupid, but it would happen, and based on past experience, quite frequently.

For example, SystemPanel is routinely attacked for requiring the "Read phone state and identity" feature, which is used to display telephony state information on its "Device info" screen (even though it's specifically discussed in the app description). Reading personal contact info will likely be an order of magnitude more severe.
[Android Apps and Games] djsubtronic:
Thanks for the response. It's a shame that features can't be added because of idiots that don't understand how a phone works. If they think an app will be stealing their identity, go download something else instead of flaming!

Although, can you not explicitly state in the description of the app what each permission is required for?
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
I currently do so in the description of SystemPanel, i.e.:

I still receive a good number of angry emails/reviews from folks that are just plain certain I'm up to no good even with that explanation. It's not that big of a deal with SystemPanel, but honestly I think contact-access in a file manager would terrify people.

The Android OS/market really needs to let developers list reasons for each permission at the time the user is prompted to confirm permissions.
[Android Apps and Games] pdppdp:
The app works very smooth and fast on my galaxy tab 7.

It's usability for files on the device is nice and works great.

But I also run a Windows Home Server where music and picture files are stored.

For those files I can't choose a music player or picture viewer app.

It just shows me the options text viewer, text editor and binary viewer.

If this would be implemented it would be one of the most valuable apps for me.
[Android Apps and Games] djsubtronic:
That's a shame.

Still, a great app, and lack of contact image adding is not a dealbreaker.
[Android Apps and Games] claus1953:
I am using this file explorer since the first beta and i love it really. Don't know if i missed it but is there and option when i browse the picture folders to just swype to go to the next picture, instead of closing one picture and opening the next?
[Android Apps and Games] poetter747:
Very nice App,

will definitely be my favorite once there is root support.

Some suggestion and one bug thow,

Would it be possible to add a port configuration to the ftp servers? I tried a : in the server name, but that did not work.

When you try to copy/move files that are already there, there is no overwrite option. You have to delete them first. An overwrite option in the upcoming dialog would be nice.

FTP Transfer of files with a comma in the filename don't work. May be you ca have a look at it.

Keep up!
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
0.82 is out. This release is just a few minor bugfixes and extends the beta time period.

The reason for a lack of new functionality in this release (compared to 0.80) is due to effort being concentrated on root access and search, neither of which is quite ready yet.

Thanks again everyone!
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Thanks for the report. You can click the "advanced" button at the bottom of the host editor to select a custom port. Hadn't seen the comma issue before.
[Android Apps and Games] Antzor:
This is the best file manager ever!
[Android Apps and Games] infamous6622:
Im using a galaxy s2, when i delete a file with the stock file manager or astro, a notification on the status bar appears showing a rescan of all my media.

But when deleting files with FX, it never happens so when i go too my stock video app the thumbnail for the movie still appears.

Great file manager, just hope the above is sorted, ability to extract rar and show icon for app apk.
[Android Apps and Games] abitzsong:
Hello, thanks for this good file manager!

I am currently on SGS CM7.1 stable. In FX, my internal storage and media card are shown reversely. It was normal when I was on stock ROM. It's probably not CM7's problem because other file managers are working normally. Is there any reported issue of FX on CM7 yet?
[Android Apps and Games] kay_kiat88:
It's not an issue with FX. It because of the way CM7 mounts your internal and external sd card. For me i could change the way it mounts my sd cards by going into cyanogen mod settings -> applications -> check "Use internal storage"
[Android Apps and Games] h1manshu:
Good Job Man..!

Motorola Defy™
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
This is actually something that can/should/will be corrected in the FX source code.

The underlying problem is that Android has no real API for devices with multiple storage points. I haven't looked exhaustively, but even Ice Cream Sandwich has not corrected this issue (at least not in the expected place).

Different phone/tablet/ROM vendors have taken on different strategies for how to solve this problem when they have two or more storage locations. In the case of the HTC Droid Incredible (first version), HTC mounts the internal storage at /mnt/emmc and the external storage to /mnt/sdcard. This is not documented. FX makes the assumption that the presence of /mnt/emmc indicates the use of the HTC storage layout strategy. It should however be possible to also detect the inverse scenario /mnt/sdcard is the internal storage and /mnt/emmc is external using an existing Android API call.

It may also come down to making the storage points configurable. We currently list all user read-write filesystems with the exception of known temporary/internal filesystems/filesystem types under the "Files" sections. This still occasionally results in some devices having some strange items appear there which are undesirable on certain devices. And given that Android still doesn't provide a proper API to manage storage, FX may unfortunately have to let the user tell it how his/her device is configured (after attempting to make a very educated guess).

To everyone, if FX is displaying your storage configuration incorrectly, please post.
[Android Apps and Games] kay_kiat88:
Ah I see.. I used to have this problem until recently the dev for sgt cm7 kinda "fixed" the mounting issue.
[Android Apps and Games] mistake37:
Gonna stick to FX File Explorer, others will be uninstalled ;). Great work man :D
[Android Apps and Games] #illidan:
Re: [Android 2.1+] FX File Explorer: a "desktop-class" file/media manager

I just realised that now & that's why I'm no app developer:p

On smaller screens the menu bar doesn't fit completely & it needs to be scrolled to access all the options so that's out of the question.

For your situation wouldn't it have been easier to first select all the files & then unselect the ones you didn't want to delete? This situation lead me to a feature request for file selection. Could you add an. 'Invert Selection' option?

Sent from my GT-I9100

---------- Post added at 10:47 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:44 PM ----------

It works for me using aSQLiteManager. FX throws the open with option for .db files.

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Android Apps and Games] thedicemaster:
there's not much difference between selecting 60 or select all and then deselecting almost 60.
[Android Apps and Games] Clyke:
Re: [Android 2.1+] FX File Explorer: a "desktop-class" file/media manager

Sir i send u a pm i hope u to rply me hehe
[Android Apps and Games] #illidan:
Re: [Android 2.1+] FX File Explorer: a "desktop-class" file/media manager

You gave the number of file to be deleted as 60 out of a 100 so what I meant was that it would have been a little less painful to select all & then unselect the 40 you didn't want to delete or you could have just plugged you phone to a PC. Anyway that's not the point.

Maybe for such operations you can have a 'Select in between' option where all the files are selected in between the first & last file you choose like a Shift+Left Mouse click in Windows.

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Android Apps and Games] 2LoT:
Hi,

Sorry for such a novice question. How to "Select ALL" in a folder? I read the help but saw nothing about Select All. May be I'm lazy today but I could find out how to do this action.

Use case: Home / Media Images / Camera: then there are about 30 images listed. I would like to select them all.

I have tried View, Multiple Select but it still require to tap 30 times on each image. It would be more convenient to have an option "Select All" in that View screen. Just to make the opposite of "Clear Selection".
[Android Apps and Games] thedicemaster:
select all is actually under the view button, but it's removed in the media view.
[Android Apps and Games] GermainZ:
View > Select All

It is there. Right next to Multiple Select, actually.
[Android Apps and Games] 2LoT:
Please do this and let me know: Home / Media Images / Camera
[Android Apps and Games] GermainZ:
Yeah, you're right. No such option in Media (never used that before).
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Thanks all on this, yes, this is a UI inconsistency and needs to be corrected.
[Android Apps and Games] 2LoT:
"Tools/Rescan Media" exists in Bookmarks section but not in Media section

May be another GUI inconsistency? The "Tools/Rescan Media" exists in Bookmarks section but not in Media section.

- Created 3 bookmarks: Music, Books, Picture.

- Navigate to any of these bookmarks

- Click on Tools: the Rescan Media icon is visible

Media Section (visible if FX Plus add-on is installed)

- Navigate to either "Images" or "Music/Audio"

- Click on Tools: the "Rescan Media" icon is not visible

I think it would make sense to have the Rescan Media icon visible in the Media section.
[Android Apps and Games] Karister:
That's cool. I like it much more that Astro manager that i was using till now. Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
New View Menu, a.k.a. the death of the "Sort Order Dialog"

I dislike both the first and second iterations of the "Sort Order Dialog". Switching between name, size, and date sorts is done way too frequently to require so many taps. I think is the solution, and will be in 1.5.0.

You'll still be able to sort in reverse order by long-pressing a "sort by" option. The default orders for date and size will be descending (i.e. the most recent dates and largest files will show up the top).

I've also managed to cram 720P/1080P icons into FX without significantly increasing the APK size. The 1.5.0 APK is currently about 5.2MiB in size, including its new features. Many icons are now rendered in layers (e.g. all the folder-with-something-on-top-of-them icons). FX is no longer providing small+large icons for each DPI, but rather dynamically scaling them down from 144x144 icons. The scaling anomalies (shown here: http://android.nextapp.com/fx/junk/scaling.png ) are avoided by also including a set of 64x64 icons and avoiding scaling down by factors that produce those anomalies (e.g. going from 144x144 to 48x48 results in anomalies, going from 64x64 to 48x48 does not). It's not my preferred solution, but it's pretty, compact, and fast. If only we had SVG support in Android. :laugh:

Also, did anyone see a press article anywhere mentioning FX today? And if so, could let you me know where it is? I've noticed an uptick in interest but Google Play doesn't offer such metrics, and none of my Google Alerts have triggered. I can't find anything in news searches.
[Android Apps and Games] GermainZ:
I really like the new sorting, more straightforward and even in the worse case scenario, still slightly faster (if you long tap instead of tapping trice).

I found this:

http://ausdroid.net/2013/03/21/daily-app-sales-roundup-21-03-13/
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Thanks, hadn't seen that. What I'm seeing has no regional bias though, so I think it's something else. It's really odd that I can't find it...heck I get a Google News Alert within a few minutes of this thread being updated.
[Android Apps and Games] #illidan:
Re: [Android 2.1+] FX File Explorer: a "desktop-class" file/media manager

A very good solution to the unintuitive sort menu but if I may offer a suggestion to improve on it. Maybe you ought to use the current sort draw ables, the ones with the triangles (make them green so that they are clearly visible or not, that's up to you) to show the current ascending or descending state of the sort option selected because currently they don't really show whether it's ascending or descending & since there are defaults set as well they could cause some confusion.

Also you should put this in the tutorial so that new users aren't confused as this is the only place in the menu where you can long press an option.

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Thanks! Arrows are now present (only on the selected sort method). Docs will need to be updated. There actually are a few other places long-presses work, e.g., holding down the "New Window" button will clone the current window.
[Android Apps and Games] elban:
Re: [Android 2.1+] FX File Explorer: a "desktop-class" file/media manager

May I suggest to add a visual clue on the menu items that may be long clicked? So the user will know there is a"hidden" feature.

EDIT: on the amiga we had a "folded corner" to indicate an additional function reachable with right click (like in directory opus)
[Android Apps and Games] #illidan:
Re: [Android 2.1+] FX File Explorer: a "desktop-class" file/media manager

Perfect.

See I didn't remember about the "New Window" bit although I read about it a while back. The tutorial definitely needs to be updated.

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Android Apps and Games] Kachar123:
When we search files and delete them from search results they don't disappear from the search results, though files actually get deleted.
[Android Apps and Games] iXNyNe:
Re: [Android 2.1+] FX File Explorer: a "desktop-class" file/media manager

This is a really good idea
[Android Apps and Games] elban:
Re: [Android 2.1+] FX File Explorer: a "desktop-class" file/media manager

I've found a little bug: when creating a new window by long clicking the new button, the red number of windows over the menu is not updated (it doesn't appear even though I have 2 windows now).
[Android Apps and Games] Nucleotide:
I can confirm this as well.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Thanks! What's really amusing is that I saw this and fixed it before 1.4.0. I then either somehow CTRL+Z'ed it back in or changed something else with the menuing. :)
[Android Apps and Games] Nucleotide:
In any case, I learnt something new - that you can actually long-press the New Window button. :D
[Android Apps and Games] elban:
I did it many, many times... that wild ctrl-z thing! ;)

that's why I suggested the visual clue :)
[Android Apps and Games] bruce7373:
Re: [Android 2.1+] FX File Explorer: a "desktop-class" file/media manager

I flashed a new ROM (AOKP, clean install) and restored FX (app and data) with Titanium. All my settings are intact but when I try to access network or cloud, FX freezes then my system reboots. Strangely, though, I can access network locations via desktop shortcuts.

I know I can just reinstall and start over, but I'd sure like to avoid the hassle. Any ideas?

Edit: Never mind guys. Even installing FX fresh didn't work. I could set up a remote location, but after exiting it would still crash when I tried to go back in. There were other problems with this ROM, so I chucked it and restored my old one.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
This is beyond odd. We're talking about the entire device spontaneously rebooting, correct?

Does this happen the moment you open the network/cloud screen or does it occur when you tap on a connection.

Can you get a logcat? Does any FX-related exception occur?

If it's when you try and access the network/cloud screens, try going into the settings and disabling "Show Server Availability". That's probably the only "mildly exciting" thing that happens on those screens that wouldn't happen via the shortcut.

Does browsing as root work, or does it cause a reboot as well?

EDIT... didn't read your updated post before responding, doh. :)
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
I'm uncertain on the visual cue..it's a good idea but most people still won't get it. It'd be one thing if there were a standard visual cue used across the whole of Android, but I don't think it will have much traction just in FX. These behaviors do need to go into the docs, but the issue here is that I can almost guarantee that no one reads the docs. FX is certainly designed from the perspective that no one will ever read the docs (e.g., that's why that tooltip about swipe-to-select is shown at install time and when View->Multiple Select is pressed).

Any features that are accessible via long-pressing another feature's button will be optional/unnecessary. I hesitate to put any important functionality in long-presses, given that I frequently get reviews/questions from people asking why there is "no way to select multiple items" in FX.
[Android Apps and Games] elban:
Re: [Android 2.1+] FX File Explorer: a "desktop-class" file/media manager

The fact that it will be understood by few doesn't mean it's not useful or does any harm :)
[Android Apps and Games] Szczepanik:
I do read the docs and the page on Windows Management does not mention "long press" (yet)

http://android.nextapp.com/site/fx/doc/windowmanagement

Cheers

Tom
[Android Apps and Games] bruce7373:
Re: [Android 2.1+] FX File Explorer: a "desktop-class" file/media manager

Yeah, sorry, that ROM (Mr. Robinson's AOKP PUB ) is history. I probably should have waited for a response, but I was getting so frustrated with it (and TiBU, too, but that's another story), I just said to hell with it.

To recap: clean installed the ROM, rebooted, restored my TiBU backup (apps and data). Everything looked good. All my desktop shortcuts to my networked PCs worked. But when I tried to access Network or Cloud on FX's home page, it froze for about 10 seconds, then the tablet rebooted (I tried several times). So I did a fresh install of FX and was able to set up a remote connection, but when I backed out and tried to access the network listing again, it froze and rebooted. Meanwhile, all of the desktop shortcuts (which I restored with Nova) still worked. Go figure.

I didn't try any root functions, sorry. By this time I was over this experiment and just wanted the official AOKP again (which is great on the Nexus 10), so that's where I am now. ;)

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HTC Vivid (ICS)
[Android Apps and Games] Szczepanik:
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A number of people have found that Google Alerts have not triggered recently. If you

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Hope this helps

Cheers

Tom
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Anyone here happen to have an ASUS SL101 Eee Pad Slider?

I've been having an email conversation with a user who is seeing FX crash randomly, but there's no actual failure exception. Something is either killing FX or (more likely) the VM is dying. It's entirely random, and sometimes he's seeing the device hang for 10 seconds with a black screen while using FX. I've never seen anything like it.

I have a TF101 and so far have been entirely unable to replicate the issue. I know they're rare, but if anyone here is using an SL101 with FX, I'm curious if you've ever seen this issue?

Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Hello all,

I've uploaded a test release for the upcoming 1.5.0 build.

New features in this test release include (vs 1.4.1):

Full-resolution icon support for devices up to XXHDPI (480 DPI).

Added "Apps" section to FX Plus (under "Media" heading). Browse user apps, system apps, all apps, or view apps by permission.

Fixed issue with SMB connectivity and fully qualified domain names.

Updated "categorized" view menus, with sorting options displayed directly in the menu.

The APK size has increased by a bit less than one megabyte due to the larger icons. FX now downscales all icons from two sets of icons, one rendered at 64x64px and the other at 144x144px. The 64px set is used to avoid rendering some very annoying anomalies in Android's image scaler.

The Apps section is part of FX Plus. If you have the free root module as well, even more capbility is added: with root, it can show you usage of the /data partition organized by app. Just tap "Usage View" when viewing the list of apps. Enabling/disabling system apps is also possible if root access is permitted.

Thanks for testing! There's still a little bit more going in to 1.5.0 but I hope to have it available fairly soon.

The new 1.5.0 test release (r274) can be found here: http://android.nextapp.com/fx/r274/FX_r274.apk (NEW TEST RELEASE)

If you'd like to downgrade back to 1.4.1, it can be downloaded directly here: http://android.nextapp.com/fx/r268/FX_r268.apk (OLD 1.4.1 RELEASE FROM MARKET)
[Android Apps and Games] Nucleotide:
New version looks damn good. Loving your work! ;)
[Android Apps and Games] paul c:
Downloading now, the Apps section is a great addition, looking forward to sorting them by size and permissions :)

Very nice, been navigating round the new apps section. A couple of things I have thought of so far:

In terms of app size, could there be an option to show the size of its data too?

Permissions - it would be great if a long press on an app here would give the option to freeze the app. I have a really annoying issue with bluetooth and my car's controls not working, and I'd love to be able to freeze all bluetooth-sharing apps one by one to see if I can nail down the issue.

Edit - I can disable/enable system apps from the list, but not user apps. Is it practical to do this for user apps?