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[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Are you normally able to access the other folders using the same username/password with other products/devices? This just sounds like a permissions issue on the computer. What other folders are you seeing, and were they deliberately shared?
[Android Apps and Games] technohowl:
downloaded and a great app
[Android Apps and Games] mistake37:
Now others file managers removed from my phone :)

@tliebeck: Could you add settings backup/restore funcion?

Thanks and keep up the great work :D
[Android Apps and Games] zs0mby:
yes they are deliberately shared and i see the folders that I selected to be shared :)...if it's a permission issue on the computer do you know how to fix it?...and thanks for your answer :)
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Getting Windows file sharing right can be a lot more difficult than it probably should be (on the Windows end). I'd recommend testing it with another computer or a competitor of FX to first isolate the problem.

The error you're seeing is simply "Access Denied". I do see it myself (correctly) when attempting to enter folders of a computer to which access isn't allowed by a remote user.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
As I sit waiting for 7am to buy Google I/O tickets, I figured I'd post a preview of the next update. :D This is not out just yet.

This update will restructure the network section (FTP, SSH, and SMB servers) into a single entity, similar to the current version's cloud storage. The network section was simply getting too large, and I noticed a good number of novice users being a bit puzzled about it. It was only going to get worse when WebDAV is eventually supported.

The network views (both cloud and the combined SMB/SSH/FTP "network" view) can now be viewed by category. This will be the default (alphabetic is still available from the "View" menu).

Also being added in the next release is the ability to bookmark network locations (including those on cloud services).

Regrettably you're going to lose all of your saved bookmarks due to database changes. I unfortunately may have to reset network connection information as well (not certain on this just yet).
[Android Apps and Games] peterbonge:
I found a problem with the text viewer and editor: They don't show German umlauts correctly if the file is saved in ANSI format.

The text editor from Dropbox and the HTML viewer from Android are showing the files correctly.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Thanks, currently the viewer/editor only support UTF-8 (and thus 7-bit ASCII as well). This definitely needs to be fixed very soon.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Character encoding detection has been added to FX, it will at minimum be in the text file viewer for the next release (very soon). The editor requires a bit more work, as additional UI code is required and it may not make the cut in time.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Version 0.137 is now available.

The SSH, FTP, and Windows (SMB) connections are now grouped into a single "network" item (similar to the way cloud connections are grouped). The network and cloud views can be viewed alphabetically by server name or categorized by type.

This release adds major improvements to the bookmarking system. Bookmarks may now be added to network and cloud locations. You can create bookmark groups (select "New Group" when creating a bookmark). You can also choose to add bookmarks directly to your Android homescreen (currently adding bookmarks to the homescreen must be done from within FX, the ability to add them *from* your homescreen will come later).

My apologies for the inconvenience, but all NETWORK CONNECTION AND BOOKMARK INFORMATION WILL BE DELETED with this update. There was a bug in the database definition in the old version.

The text file viewer now features character encoding autodetection. The text editor is still limited to UTF-8 only (this will be corrected in the future, but couldn't make the timeline for this update).

This release has a permissions change (create shortcuts) so it will not auto update.
[Android Apps and Games] Nucleotide:
Sweet. Thanks alot. Will update shortly. :D
[Android Apps and Games] peterbonge:
I really like the new system! Good work! I have just one suggestion:

If I open a desktop shortcut the back key should directly close the app. Just like if I'm on the home screen. If I want to go up one level (instead of closing the app) I still can tap a parent folder in the top bar. Of course this should reset the special back key behavior.

And I've noticed that this version still remembers the scroll position of the home screen. Will this not be changed?
[Android Apps and Games] spyrale:
I'd really like to bookmark system folders, but seems it's not possible, am I missing something?

Tapatalked.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
I don't know on this one, I certainly see the merit of it, but it's also going to add some confusion. The home button does exactly what you want in this scenario though.

Remembering scroll bar positions is very critical to making navigation work smoothly. I think what needs to be done here is that the home screen scroll position should be reset any time you open the app. For instance:

If the home screen is scrolled half way down, you tap the home key, then tap FX: the home screen scroll bar will be at the top.

If your on the home screen, scroll down, tap "Network", and the tap back: the home screen scroll bar position will be restored to where it was when you left it.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
It's not possible in the current version.

To everyone: do you want to be able to bookmark system locations as root or just as an unprivileged user?
[Android Apps and Games] doumer:
Root please!
[Android Apps and Games] spyrale:
root of course :-) I don't think unprivileged user need to bookmark system folders.

Tapatalked.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Out of curiosity, what would you bookmark as root? /data/data, /data/app?
[Android Apps and Games] spyrale:
/system/app, /system/etc/init.d, /proc/, plus the two you mentioned.

Tapatalked.
[Android Apps and Games] everlethal:
Awesome work. Have everything now. Root, cloud, bookmarks ,.....
[Android Apps and Games] iXNyNe:
+1 for init.d here, but i honestly dont use bookmarks, browsing to the root directories manually is just another deterrent for people who dont know what they are doing to stop them from messing up their devices, but then again it's also a gateway to them possibly ending up in the wrong place and doing even more damage

hand me blueprints to a submarine and i probably couldnt fix or improve anything on my own, but with or without the blueprints i sure could do some damage
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Not a big issue to put them in though, and I can certainly see some ROM-of-the-week types. I'm not going to add default root bookmarks or anything like that, I was just curious as this wouldn't be something I'd personally use. I tend to be either stock or CM on my "personal" phone/tablet.
[Android Apps and Games] peterbonge:
That sounds very logical. That's how I would expect it. If I go up one level the previous view/position is shown. If I start the app the always the top of the home screen is shown.

Didn't the old versions (some versions before Dropbox support) act like this? I'm sure they did.
[Android Apps and Games] waterpolo:
Can you add audio support for .ogg files?

When I try to open an .ogg file then I can choose to open in a text viewer.

It should be like the .mp3 files.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
There actually already is a media type association for .ogg and .oga to audio/ogg. Are the files being opened in the FX text viewer or some other application's? If the latter, the problem is likely that the device has been accidentally configured to open audio/ogg files with that app.
[Android Apps and Games] everlethal:
Same to me.
[Android Apps and Games] paul c:
Coming back to this discussion... I like the predictable behaviour of the back button, but I also like avoiding multi-taps. For example, if there were an exit button, with 2 taps, I would be out of the app (menu, then exit).

With Android's recommended back-to-exit, you need to tap back out x levels, which for me seems to be typically 4-6. And it's not easy to know just how deep into the app you are, hence how many taps are needed.

So, maybe not orthodox as per Android style guidelines, but much more ergonomic :)

(+1 for an exit button!)
[Android Apps and Games] spyrale:
you can simply use home button and you are out with just one click:p

Tapatalked.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
The "use back to exit apps" conventional wisdom is largely based on the idea that "finishing" an Android activity (a user interface screen) is the only way to allow the system to reclaim its associated resources. There is a little bit of truth here: Android will assign a lower priority to an application that has no open activities, and will reclaim its memory before others that do have open activities.

Having an open activity won't use any more CPU/battery than not. And all applications in memory are subject to being terminated (with their data persisted as per the design of the application) in the event that more memory is required for other apps.

I hope this doesn't sound offensive, but the basic problem with most conventional wisdom on Android memory management is that it really isn't wisdom. It's mostly repeated "knowledge" from people who replaced a Windows mobile 6 device with an Android 1.5 device that had almost no memory. This knowledge has carried forward to Gingerbread and ICS devices. Android was designed so that users should never have to think about memory management and exit applications. 1.x wasn't perfect in this regard, but 2.3+ do it well.

If the design permits, and I need to investigate this further, I'm going to add a "Close All Windows" button to the Windows menu. This will require pressing-and-holding, and will cause the main activity of FX to "finish" itself. This will not actually remove the app from memory as some other file managers do (they do so in complete violation of the Android API, see: http://android.nextapp.com/site/fx/doc/exit). It will however give you a blank slate in FX the next time you open it, and if you don't have any transfers active, it will likely cause Android to remove the app from memory sooner (provided the memory is required by other apps).
[Android Apps and Games] Nucleotide:
Just a suggestion, but would it be possible to place check boxes next to all folders/files to allow for multi-select instead of using swipe or View -> Multiple Select.

Swipe can be a little inconsistent sometimes and View -> Multiple Select is just extra unnecessary steps, and you can't navigate between folders while it's on. If you turn it off and navigate to another folder, you lose your selections.

Having a small check box to the far right of each folder/file would just make things a lot more efficient IMO. As soon as a file is selected, a little bar appears at the top stating how many are selected, estimated size perhaps, and allows you to still navigate between other folders and not loose you selections. The bar would also allow you to drop all selections if need be.

Just a thought. :)
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
I can see the point here, but I really don't want to have checkboxes in FX. If you make them big enough to tap easily, you wind up losing critical screen real estate. If you make them smaller, you'll wind up accidentally hitting them. And in the icon view these problems are magnified quite a bit.
[Android Apps and Games] paul c:
Yes, from what I see on my Desire HD (not the latest, but at least a very comfortable amount of RAM), Android does a good job of managing apps. The "home" button is an option too :)

However, and drifting slightly off the original topic, I opened BatterBatteryStats last night, and with 17 hours on battery, there were partial wakelocks for a total of 21 minutes linked to FX - this was 23% of all wakelocks.

I had been linking to a computer on my home network during the day, moving a couple of small files, both via LAN and FTP, so this could be the cause - when the device goes to sleep, somehow FX is trying to recover the connection? I can't be sure now, but I certainly was backing out of the app a good number of times, maybe not all..

Actually, I would prefer a more agressive "stay-awake" mode in LAN/FTP, since I have not been able to maintain the connection/file transfer when the device goes to sleep (even using Juice Defender settings like keep connection alive when there is data being transferred) - however the other side of the coin is being able to remove FX from memory once transfer is over, or to stop it causing wakelocks.
[Android Apps and Games] Nucleotide:
Maybe no check boxes by default but an option to turn them on in list view only? :D

I love FX but the way that multiple-file select is implemented just doesn't do it for me. Check boxes would just make things 'a lot' easier IMO.

It's not going to work in icon view at all - definitely agree with you there. That would get messy.

I've been trying out Holo File Explorer (not planning on replacing FX with it - but this is where I got the idea of check boxes from) and I think it's implemented really well. They are to the far right and don't seem to get in the way at all.

Anyway, just food for thought really. Maybe an option in the future, maybe not, but in any case, FX is brilliant and is my file manager of choice and will remain so for now. Nothing else compares at the moment.

On that note, any idea when we could expect the full version? ;)
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
FX will create a minimal wake lock (and a Wi-Fi lock, if necessary) for any active "session" or "operation". These locks will time out 90 seconds after they are last used (if the screen is on) or after 10 seconds (if the screen is off).

You can see (and directly manage) all locks in the "System Status" screen (tap Windows menu, then Operations, then System Status). If you see these wake locks hanging for any reason (i.e., connections show open even though they're not transferring anything, have been canceled, etc), please let me know immediately (this type of issue would be the highest priority).

I have seen some unfortunate out-of-spec behavior on HTC handsets when the display goes to sleep. I first noticed it with our WebSharing app on the Nexus One and Incredible (1). The device's network throughput will be slashed by a factor of 10, apparently due to the phone going into a lower-power state than it should be. This only causes the transfer to proceed more slowly and very likely burn MORE battery.
[Android Apps and Games] waterpolo:
File expert app opens the .ogg with audio player.

I haven't an option to open in audio player, I can only choice for text viewers.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
What extension are your Ogg Vorbis files? FX associates .ogg and .oga with Ogg Vorbis, opening them with a media type of audio/ogg. Do they have a music note as their icons?

Edit: re-reading your post, you mention .ogg, but still curious if they have the music note icon?
[Android Apps and Games] everlethal:
When you open ogg with root privileges then it shows text editor. When you open ogg without root privileges then you can open it with music app. Also the icons are music both ways
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Thanks I didn't realize/notice you guys were trying to do it as root. Fix will be in next release.
[Android Apps and Games] r33p:
*burp**fart*
[Android Apps and Games] ExilHh:
+1 for root bookmarks
[Android Apps and Games] rosswaa:
FTP still fails, the operation just dissappears yet it shows the notification saying its downloading, its just a crashed notification though as the percentage doesn't increase

And it still hangs if it gets to 99%
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
This is downloading from an FTP server to the phone or uploading from phone to an FTP server? Will a single file do it, or do multiple files or directories have to be selected?
[Android Apps and Games] rosswaa:
Downloading from a server to the phone, happens on any large file. I only download large files so not sure about small ones

If I upload it also hangs at 99%
[Android Apps and Games] Vulpix:
Hey Tileback, great app again. I bought SystemPanel a long time ago and will definitely get this app because I like the interface. Now for the bug report. :D

Any idea why there is a blank button at the bottom right of the screen? I'm using Galaxy note with the new leaked ICS ROM.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
The menu buttons have a maximum size, and tablets (and giant phones :D) can wind up having extra space as a result. The highlight effect is a bug though, hope to have it removed in the next release. Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] iXNyNe:
Maybe to fix this you could center the buttons? Or make the space that's not a button a different color or texture?
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
The look is actually as desired. For tablets, there's a large amount of excess space available. It just needs to not "activate" when tapped.
[Android Apps and Games] iXNyNe:
Ah that makes more sense.
[Android Apps and Games] spyrale:
feature request: would be possible to compare two files size (maybe other parameters too) side by side?

Tapatalked.
[Android Apps and Games] rosswaa:
Still adds hidden files to the gallery, I dkbt know why but it seems to ignore the .nomedia or .folder
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Are you seeing both scenarios occurring, or is it just adding media for hidden folders (i.e., .folder)?

I did just manage to fix a bug where it would still scan media in hidden (.folders), but it appears to accurately avoid .nomedia...still looking.
[Android Apps and Games] Guanfy:
Feature Request: When browsing pictures via a network share in sequential order (ie a comic) that you can directly move from picture to picture in sequence without having to back out of one picture to select the next one.

This file manager is fantastic. Keep up the good work!
[Android Apps and Games] rosswaa:
I only really do hidden folders, its easier but it seems to leave them in gallery if they're in any folder with .Nomedia

Also the ftp file transfer hanging problem doesn't happen over wifi, only over mobile nefwork
[Android Apps and Games] Nucleotide:
I'll +1 that feature.
[Android Apps and Games] mikenow:
Data stored by FX

hey, I'll +1 the above suggestions about returning back to a search result!

Could someone please explain to me why FX uses so much 'data'? I've only bookmarked about 10 folders, but my 'data' storage is growing daily. It was about the 5th largest app I have a few days ago, and I just looked again, and it's now right below Maps, with 'data' at 5.97MB

I'm not using FX for anything else - no networking , no root, no nothing, but exploring my SD card and bookmarking several of the diff photo folders.

So why is FX storing so much data for bookmarks? Or am I missing something here about how that works?

Any insight would be great, as I'm having to keep a close eye on that data storage to avoid the OOM problems. HTC Droid Incredible 1/stock Thx
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Looked into this and it appears that the web views (used for certain cloud authentications and for the internal help) are saving cached data. This is definitely a bug and needs to be corrected, thanks for bringing it to my attention!

You can see the contents of FX's data directory even without the FX root access module. Just open the "System" catalog and tap "Tools" and then "Go To Path". Specify /data/data/nextapp.fx as the path. The reason this will work is because FX itself owns that directory. This won't work for looking at other applications without the root module though.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Thanks, this feature should be landing in the next release (for both local and remote filesystems).
[Android Apps and Games] mikenow:
Thanks!

Thanks for your response! Yeah, there's a file in \databases called File.db that is 5.7Mb. The webview, net and bookmark files are all small kb size. Just that one file.db. I didn't do the cloud stuff, but I def read your fantastic internal help a few times.

Thanks again for looking into that! Can I delete that file.db at some point or will an update take care of it?
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
File.db is actually the search index, and that is a fairly good sized one. Just looking at my personal phone, I have 2211 folders and 13881 files, with a File.db size of 2.8MB.

If you do want to delete it, just go into the search and press "Tools" -> "Index Status" and then "Clear Index". The index will be recreated if you search again. If /data size is critical and you don't use search you really don't want this DB to exist, you can also remove the quick search box from the home screen in the Settings ("Home Screen" section).

The Incredible (1) actually has a decent size /data partition though, my test device shows 748MB. You can always move FX to the SD card as well if space is critical. Having more space on /data won't generally affect application performance though.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
I just tried grabbing the latest version and pressing the menu key, tapping "more" and then tapping "exit". It does indeed completely exit the application by invoking System.exit().

Here's a log of what happens:

09-14 13:49:34.005 31679 31679 I AndroidRuntime: AndroidRuntime onExit calling exit(0)

09-14 13:49:34.020 1243 1243 I WindowManager: WIN DEATH: Window{461c2ca8 xcxin.filexpert/xcxin.filexpert.FileLister paused=false}

09-14 13:49:34.028 1243 1247 I ActivityManager: Process xcxin.filexpert (pid 31679) has died.

09-14 13:49:34.028 1243 1328 I WindowManager: WIN DEATH: Window{46300b00 Toast paused=false}

09-14 13:49:35.450 1243 1251 W NotificationService: Object died trying to hide notification android.app.ITransientNotification$Stub$Proxy@461876f0 in package xcxin.filexpert

09-14 13:49:35.450 1243 1251 W ActivityManager: setProcessForeground called on unknown pid: 31679

09-14 13:49:43.990 1243 1253 W ActivityManager: Activity destroy timeout for HistoryRecord{461ab148 xcxin.filexpert/.FileLister}

Android is responding to this as an application failure. According to the Android engineers, you should NOT do this.
[Android Apps and Games] Cocolopes:
I know you are working on this project...but I have an idea for an app...maybe you´ll be intrest in developing. If you are not...sorry to bother...http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1263819
[Android Apps and Games] everlethal:
This app with root access will be perfect. And one more thing if i can suggest, astro manager have an option that allow you to download any kind of files.
[Android Apps and Games] kay_kiat88:
any plans for 2 panel viewing when in landscape? (good for devices with big screen such as galaxy tab 7)
[Android Apps and Games] Cocolopes:
I don't know why the explorer keep running. I'm using the browser and when I get back to the home screen using the home button the explorer shows up. It's like its always running.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Yes, but this will probably be post 1.0.