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[Android Apps and Games] Cocolopes:
its there any way to hide the tmp folder in home screen? And the networks shortcuts to?

On my defy...from ICS...yes!!! in your face Motorola!!!
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
What's the path to the /tmp folder, and what's the filesystem type? This is very likely a ROM-specific issue, but I can add a rule to FX's storage detection to avoid it. Are you running hashcode's stuff? (Actually need to put that back on my Droid3).

There's no way to disable network shortcuts in current version without disabling all full-version features. Plan is to offer ability to disable each type though. (May also wind up grouping all network stuff into a single entity rather than SMB + FTP + SSH).
[Android Apps and Games] Cocolopes:
Path: tmp/ in the root folder...

About the other thing you ask me...I realy have on idea...:D

I have a Motorola defy...with cm7...that's all I can tell you...sorry...:banghead:

But I remember in the first beta the temp folder its not there...

On my defy...from ICS...yes!!! in your face Motorola!!!
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
0.114 is now available on the Android market. The existing root module beta key is unchanged, you don't need to update/re-download it.

The focus of 0.114 has been toward network functionality including media streaming support. You should be able to stream just about any format provided you have the appropriate player (e.g., there are a few Android MKV players on the market, and they appear to work well with FX...high-end stuff can even tolerate 720p).

If your player won't work with FX and it should, please first try copying the file to the device and seeing if it will play directly.

Media streaming from SMB, FTP, and SFTP

Anonymous SMB connection support

SMB workgroup browsing

mDNS-based network browsing to locate advertised SFTP/FTP servers.

“Traditional” multiple select mode available (in addition to Swipe-to-select)

Changed “Network Status” to “System Status”

ROOT: Corrected issue where error message displayed when attempting to calculate a composite checksum on a folder containing broken symlinks.

This release contains a permissions change due to the addition of the mDNS-based network browsing. We now have to request the permission "CHANGE_WIFI_MULTICAST_STATE".

Make sure you're really updated to version 0.114...the Android market appears to be having some difficult serving out the new version instead of the old (0.108). Just go to Tools->About to check your installed version.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
This should be corrected in 0.114, thanks again for the report!
[Android Apps and Games] elban:
Hello,

I'm using a non standard dpi value (200). Your application show as incompatible in the android market, so I cannot update it without rebooting. Is there a way to make it compatible? It actually looks pretty good at 200 dpi on my galaxy S2 :-)
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Thanks for the report, I actually didn't realize that 200 dpi required special support. Does it just not show up in the Android market at all? Do most apps appear to be there, with only FX missing? Can you see SystemPanel or WebSharing?
[Android Apps and Games] Nucleotide:
Nice update.

I like the multi-select addition but when I'm using it on photos, everytime I select a photo, all the thumbnails/files are reloaded/refreshed. It makes using multi-select very slow and somewhat useless when working with photos.

Working with other files and folders such as pdf, txt etc, it works perfectly.
[Android Apps and Games] lichongwei:
Nice apps. Great job.:D:D
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Wow...I've seen this bug but it was fixed several days ago. Just tried it on a couple devices and it's not present. What ROM/device/Android version are you using? (EDIT: just saw your sig. :))

And you're in Images->Camera or somewhere similar? List view or S/M/L thumb view?

Edit^2: Not seeing behavior on either a Xoom (ICS), GNex (stock), or Rezound (stock)....I definitely know what you're talking about and it's quite unusable that way...just can't make it do it here (YET).
[Android Apps and Games] Nucleotide:
Interesting. I've tried various locations on the sdcard and on the phone itself, both list and icon view.

/sdcard/Pictures

/sdcard/media

/system/customise/reource

/system/media/gpu

Wherever there are pictures the issue seems to be present.

That said, on the home screen under the Media heading, if I select Images and then either one of Camera, Image Folders or All Images, the issue isn't present. Multi-select works perfectly here.
[Android Apps and Games] elban:
I have an app in the market (Odometer Speedometer Widget) and it shows, I didn't do anything special, so I suppose it might depend on something you set in the manifest or, alternatively, on the resources available in the apk. Just guessing...

Anyway Fx shows in the market but it won't let you install it. Many other apps have the same problem.

Systempanellite can be installed, same for websharing.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Thanks, seeing it now, will take a look into it pretty quick here.
[Android Apps and Games] Ultramanoid:
I couldn't find a way to change icon set. Maybe consider including a non-dynamic one ? On the theme tab after giving internet permission to FX only a Faenza icon set would be offered, but that would further require installing Play Services and the Play Store.

( Rant, not FX-specific : The adaptive icon concept is broken by definition from the start. An icon should be instantly recognizable among other icons, that is the whole purpose and point of icons. By shape and colour at the very least, if obviously size has to be kept within a standard for usability reasons in a coherent UI. Killing the shape differentiation, and killing the colour differentiation, basically gives you a list of almost equal items from which to choose, which makes the filename the actual differentiator, same as a bunch of equal folder icons, where only the folder name allows navigation. )

Edit : FX-specific; I've been testing extensively the micro build, and honestly, the only thing I would need often from the full version and doesn't have is the ability to disable specific services from an application, so for now I'm switching despite having paid for the full one.

The UI really takes a serious usability hit with the dynamic icons; in icon view is bad, but in list view since the icons are reduced, it is even worse.

The traffic cone icon is immediately recognizable as VLC.

Because of Android, now it must be inside a circle.

Because of FX, now it must be inside a circle, inside a rounded square.

At least there is a bit of orange colour left, instead of blue everywhere like with the other 5 icons I put in a screenshot.
[Android Apps and Games] thedicemaster:
I'd really like to be able to tell the difference between a movie, an image, and a song.

it would be best to have icons with shapes determined by the type of file:

images - square

music - round

video - horizontal rectangle

documents - vertical rectangle

folders/archives - the "old" folder shape

edit: the app's own icon doesn't work either.

it's totally nondescript, and stands out now only because it's one of the few icons in my drawer to actually use the "standard" shape.

it's an icon that, at least on my phone, makes no sense at all.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
I don't think adaptive icons fundamentally break their purpose. It's a background color of a standard shape. Well implemented, I think it can provide a continuity between items, which makes it easier to "instinctively" recognize that a collection of things are all of the same kind/behavior.

Putting everything on a bright white background is terrible of course, as Google did with its horrible implementation for its own "Play" apps.

The idea with the FX "dynamic" adaptive theme is that all the icons appear to take up the same basic space for more continuity in the user interface. I want everything in a neat grid that's easy to scan.

I don't want to add more icon themes to the base app, they tend to be large. As of 8, all versions (including Micro and full-without-plus) now support icon themes (as an aside, they also all support zip encryption, only media/network are in Plus now). I haven't exhaustively analyzed cold-start app launch performance vs. resource/class size yet, but right now FX takes 300-350ms to cold start on an SD835, which is a very good thing for a file manager. MU version takes 200-250 on same device.

I do want to make more icon themes available (7.x, classic, updated Faenza). Would be available off Play Store as well.

I need to work on alternate background colors for dark themes. Attached is progress for next version with regard to APK icons.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Much of that was present in 7.x, the big issue (in default/icon view at least) is that there's a noticeable difference in the distance between the label text and the icon image, which I think winds up being unattractive and more difficult to scan.

In 8 there's a new view-by-kind implementation that groups items by exactly the criteria you listed (with the addition of "other files"), with sticky-scrolling labels for each category.
[Android Apps and Games] deechte:
Happy New Year [MENTION=2954544]tliebeck[/MENTION]!

Any chance on some love for open as/open with for non-standard file types and extensions?
[Android Apps and Games] osm0sis:
My only note on icons in the new beta so far is that when the shape is set to circle it would be nice if the circular adaptive icons from APKs filled the whole circle in FX's listing, rather than being a circle within a circle.
[Android Apps and Games] thedicemaster:
is it intentional that the folder icons are completely opaque in the "plain" theme?

in all other themes the "background" is slightly transparent.

I like the subdued color of that theme, but the opaque background prevents the folder icon from looking like a folder.

that's exactly what's wrong with uniform icons in a file manager.

people instinctively recognize that a collection of things with the same shape are of the same kind/behavior, but files of different types will have different behavior despite having the same shape.

and for the recognition of icons as being files/apps, they're already separated from interface icons by being in a designated zone with their own alignment making shape redundant.

the only way I see all icons being the same shape working is if there's a clear shape within the shape, with uniquely shaped borders for every (broad) type of file.
[Android Apps and Games] mbc07:
I received the beta through Play Store and I liked the changes overall, buuuuuuuut...

...that splash screen is super ugly! On my device it's just a small and square FX icon (the same from before adaptive icon design) on the middle of a gray-ish background. It looks out of place and doesn't resemble the splash screen of any other app I have installed that also have a splash screen, which generally is made of a big and single color, "outlined" app icon (similar to the one used in the notification drawer / status bar) on top of a solid background of the "main" app color (e.g. blue for Facebook).

The other variant I often see is the one utilized by Google Apps, white background, big and flat app icon centered on the middle and the single color variant of the developer logo at the bottom center.

Anyway, I don't mind having a splash screen (especially when correctly implemented -- which seems to be the case for FX -- instead of just hard coding a N seconds delay, which I saw on some lazily developed apps), but I hope you improve its design, the current one is super ugly IMHO

Edit: oh, just noticed the color of the icons utilized in the settings screen are still hard-coded to teal. Any chance of making them match the currently selected theme while you're revamping the visuals?
[Android Apps and Games] thedicemaster:
I fixed the app icon.

my biggest problem was that it was too round, which doesn't fit with my idea of a file manager.

turns out my launcher was set to squircle, setting it to 30% rounded corners gave me back a decent FX icon without negatively affecting any other adaptive icons.
[Android Apps and Games] Ultramanoid:
I don't know what weird glitch made me have an option with icons the first time I tried Micro. Uninstalling all versions and installing Micro only I realize there's only the dynamic set available.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Micro was seeing the icons in the 7.2 full version as an icon pack (technically, it is).

Also changing the behavior a bit more with regard to the icon-Matryoshka doll problem... app icons no longer render with a border if they're being presented inside a view that provides one. (See attached).
[Android Apps and Games] HTCCM11/2:
I have fx 7949 and some bugs/errors in app.

Lost sort files by Type witch i use this one, only have name, size, date, kind, where is Type?.

Actually i have Clutter and mayhem in our files.

Icon apk or pictures is to small, i didn't know what file exactly it is. Bring back earlier sorting files and photos Icons.
[Android Apps and Games] peterbonge:
So far I like the new Beta, but I have a problem with the home page (using the icon layout). On every device I have 3 columns now instead of 4. I know that I can use the zoom function, but that is working very strangely:

On my HTC U11 life:

50-91% = 3 columns

92-94% = 4 columns

95-157% = 3 columns

158-200% = 2 columns

On my Amazon Fire Tablet:

50-98% = 2 columns

99-200% = 3 columns

The latter is really very strange. Fewer columns with smaller symbols ...
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Column calculation has changed in 8. First (as in 7), the column count is calculated based on how wide the screen is divided by how much space each column requires. But in 8, the column count is then reduced if all items can fit on the screen with fewer columns.
[Android Apps and Games] oblyvision:
Edit: Nevermind, something's wrong with my ROM
[Android Apps and Games] thedicemaster:
[MENTION=8146381]Sridhar Ananthanarayanan[/MENTION]

you shouldn't quote long posts like that, especially when you're not specifically replying to that post.

those shortcuts to filters you mentioned aren't filters at all, they're the media view.

FX doesn't actually does any filtering/searching for these sections, it shows files tracked by android's media scanner.

and a size filter already exists:

the size option in the search function.

it is limited to presets though.
[Android Apps and Games] TheMystic:
Edited the post to remove the quote.

Can’t file managers do the filtering part themselves? It would be helpful if that can atleast do that for files in internal storage (except the Android folder).

Did you mean sorting by size feature?
[Android Apps and Games] thedicemaster:
[MENTION=8146381]Sridhar Ananthanarayanan[/MENTION]

if you hit search you can include criteria.

one of those allows you to set a size range.
[Android Apps and Games] TheMystic:
I was looking at the search bar on home page. Found out that it is available inside folders. Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] HTCCM11/2:
Fix tumbnail size, is too small for example APK instalator size . Bring back sorting by Type .

When System Status, File System , Cleaning Tools will by upgraded ?
[Android Apps and Games] Crescendo Xenomorph:
any chance to open 7zip & rar file?
[Android Apps and Games] xysen0:
Is there any possibiilty to script jobs in FX explorer?

I would like to automate image copy process
[Android Apps and Games] thedicemaster:
FX doesn't have an option to schedule tasks, but you can use batch scripts to simplify complicated repeated tasks.
[Android Apps and Games] xysen0:
batch scripts?

Is there any CLI in FX explorer maybe?

Or should I find any cron manager for (nonRooted) Android?
[Android Apps and Games] thedicemaster:
sort of.

it's not a full CLI, but if you try to open a .sh file in FX it'll offer to run the script in it and will display the output.

so you can't just type in individual commands, but you can run a batch script and view the output.
[Android Apps and Games] osm0sis:
shell script, not batch. I think that's the confusion.
[Android Apps and Games] Ultramanoid:
I would like to bump this question. Running my own custom built system, completely Google-free, I have not been able to certify any of my devices to use Play Services and their store, even in a temporary setup just to copy the apk files from applications I bought.

I have been steadily removing any applications exclusively distributed through the Play Store. Because it is frankly beyond uncomfortable and plain unreasonable to have to wipe completely a device, install temporarily a stock OEM system, install Play, copy apk files, wipe the device again, restore my own system... Even on a weekly, and increasingly monthly basis. Enough.

Not to mention I don't know a single developer happy with Google, and the formerly 'don't be evil' advocates take 30% of my money instead of paying a fairer share to developers, while doing pretty much nothing for them ( fine, except exposure ), or me.

Almost everything I have and use at this point comes from F-Droid, developers' own releases ( XDA, Github, well-known open-source sites, etc. ) and while I keep apk files from things paid for in the Play Store, this is it for me. FX is one of the few things for which I paid I still would like to keep, and pay for again as needed, but not through Google ever again.

Edit : May as well add, things I have paid for through donations, PayPal, etc, I have often paid for more than once, and I know I'm not the only one. We value the work done, and pay accordingly, and repeatedly. A coffee tip once from which the big G drinks a third seems utterly insulting. ( Speaking as a developer myself. )
[Android Apps and Games] Henkl:
Okay.. it is your choice to stay clear from google play store and not install it.. however you make it rather difficult for yourself now. Any particular reason to avoid the play store (not being an advocate of google in anyway)?
[Android Apps and Games] Ultramanoid:
Veering off-topic... Not difficult for me at all. In fact, exactly the opposite. And even if it was difficult, I won't be running plain malware. Which is what we used to call things like Firebase or AdMob.

Edit : Just posted this in another thread. Google is an advertising company that monetizes private information. Exactly and precisely. They engage in data mining, nothing else. They don't have 'free' products or services. I come from the 'old age' almost forgotten, where we used to pay for services and products with money. If you like the new invasive model in which people are spyware-ed to death, fine.

Edit 2 : Adding to the reasons already present in the original post.
[Android Apps and Games] Henkl:
I get it...I am on your side.

However not installing google play services and the play store impairs the phone a bit.. and makes things to install rather cumbersome. I uninstalled everything else from google (like google, gmail and everything else...) location services blocked everywhere I can. I try not to give private info where ever I can.. And I am glad I live in europe.. where governments are trying to damn the "personal info" hungry US resided companies.

But I like comfort... and usability of things and services..
[Android Apps and Games] -moos-:
I'm with you on it. Android sans Google is the way to go for me too.

As for my request, I get ignored here, and I even mailed the team to get an answer, but my mail get ignored too sadly... :crying:
[Android Apps and Games] stelakis1914:
Please add support for SFTP in network connections. It's very critical for many users.
[Android Apps and Games] thedicemaster:
it's right there in the options for new network locations:
[Android Apps and Games] stelakis1914:
I don't think they are the same.
[Android Apps and Games] thedicemaster:
SFTP is short for SSH FTP, which is short for Secure SHell File Transfer Protocol.
[Android Apps and Games] stelakis1914:
It will be very nice to add a feature in media player to play all files in a folder.

Very useful on music listening to hear whole music albums or playlists.
[Android Apps and Games] mbc07:
I'm having a weird issue with latest FX beta on my phone. Upon opening the app, it'll show the home screen then freeze for 2 to 5 seconds (sometimes even showing "FX is not responding"). After that short freeze, the app works fine without any performance issue, but this freeze at startup when cold starting the app is happening 100% of the time. I tried reinstalling the app but it didn't change anything. My phone specs are at my signature...
[Android Apps and Games] KaMyKaSii:
You'd better start a logcat, reproduce the problem, stop the logcat and then upload the file here
[Android Apps and Games] peterbonge:
After 6 weeks of using it I can say that I absolutely don't like this. I prefer to have the same layout on all my devices. With version 7 it was possible (at least for me), with version 8 not.

I think it would be better to add an option to set the column count.
[Android Apps and Games] Ultramanoid:
I agree. I would very much like to be able to set the column layout myself. It's destroyed my muscle memory of several years using the same icon layout on the home screen, and all these weeks later I still hit the wrong icons, again and again.

Also, but probably unrelated, the new home does not allow any icon on it to be tapped while a copy / move operation is ongoing. Annoying bug.

Another bug I recently stumbled upon is the silent death of the archive explorer. Archives can still be extracted, but cannot be browsed as usual to see the contents. Nothing solves it but force closing the application, a complete deletion of data and cache, then reimporting settings, and restarting FX.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
The freeze happens during the first "Finsky" entries shows in the logcat, which I assume is from Google Billing API? I'm a FX Plus user but I bought the standalone Plus Add-on through the Play Store instead of doing the IAP within FX itself, if that helps...[/QUOTE]

Apologies for long delay...there is a way to rule out IAP entirely.... go to Settings, tap the build number a bunch of times to enable developer mode, and then check the "Disable Google Play Billing" (forget exact text) option.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
These second two bugs are very strange...not seeing the second one at all, any steps to replicate beyond copying/pasting big file (and then tapping home screen icons?)

The third bug...is it repeatably caused by anything archive in particular? There may be an alternative workaround for this by going to System Status and killing archive connection. That said, I haven't seen anything sticking here.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
FX 8.0 Beta 2

Changes vs beta1:

Tighter icon-text spacing on home screen, but only with new 8.0 default theme.

Fixed bug with large directory listings in Google Drive not showing all files.

Added workaround to allow enabling/disabling packages with Android 9.0.

Hiding manually hidden subdirectories from recent files listings

General UI tweaks/cleanups in various places.

Bugfixes

FX and FX Micro can be installed at same time. FX Micro can be installed alongside FX 7.2 if desired.

More to come, still need to look into other issues pointed out here (e.g. need to look into the new icon grid resize behavior that is disliked).

Direct Download: http://android.nextapp.com/fx/r7955/FX_r7955.apk

Direct Download (MICRO Version): http://android.nextapp.com/fx/r7955/FXmicro_r7955.apk

Beta Testing G+ Community: https://plus.google.com/communities/101301040394875566704 (join community, then go to https://play.google.com/apps/testing/nextapp.fx )