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[Android Apps and Games] Lister Of Smeg:
Hi @kevinco1 ,

Thanks for this info, unfortunately I am not rooted yet... still on stock/factory firmware....

Cheers, Lister
[Android Apps and Games] mcichy10:
Hi. Has anybody problem with accessing to android/data or android/obb? There are apps that have access (e.g. x-plore or solid explorer) but I want to use FX Explorer. Is there any solution for this?

I'm using xiaomi.eu MIUI 14 (android 13)
[Android Apps and Games] SigmundDroid:
data no: denied in this version of android

obb yes: folders but no items in there (at least not shown)

but: can access it via System (Root)
[Android Apps and Games] roanv:
Feature request:

Can we get an option to always show folders first?

This is an existing option but currently it only works when sorting by name

I'd like to also have folders first when sorting by something else
[Android Apps and Games] aostrom:
I just upgraded to a Pixel 8 Pro from my Pixel 6 Pro. I'm wondering if it's possible to re-arrange the icons on the home screen - none of the suggestions earlier in this thread about long-pressing the icon work (didn't work on Pixel 6 either).

Thanks!

Andy
[Android Apps and Games] roanv:
That button isn't available to you?
[Android Apps and Games] WhoIsJohnGalt1979:
I also upgraded to Pixel 8 Pro, the root add on app is not longer available for download in the playstore for this phone. Any thoughts?
[Android Apps and Games] NeoteriX:
For what it's worth, I too upgraded to the Pixel 8 Pro, and similarly ran across another Nextapp app delisted, SystemPanel2: https://xdaforums.com/t/app-4-0-roo...-does-not-clean.3552690/page-12#post-89101122

Normally the dev is pretty communicative and engaged with the community but has been noticeably less so over the past several months. I'm really hoping everything is okay with them!
[Android Apps and Games] osm0sis:
FX must ship an arm busybox since it fails to do `ls /` (in the root diagnostics in FX) on Pixel 8 Pro. Installing my busybox module in Magisk and switched FX to use it in the advanced root settings got things working.

CC: @tliebeck
[Android Apps and Games] Ultramanoid:
Over the past four years at least. Since the pandemic began, if not earlier. In fact there was a bunch of people worried ( I was one of them ) about Liebeck being a victim of the disease.

It's unfortunate for us when it comes to FX, but everyone has a life. Development has taken the backseat in his, and that's fine.
[Android Apps and Games] Fishawy:
How do you make that "switch"? I wish to apply the same on MiXplorer.
[Android Apps and Games] osm0sis:
FX has a setting for it under Settings > Developer/Root > Busybox Path, not sure what MiXplorer has.
[Android Apps and Games] petryrety:
Hi guy's. Is there any option to start automatically web server when internet connection is detected? In the application, I did not even find an option to start the server at boot or when detecting the Internet connection. I have a server that runs 24/24 on Nvidia Shield TV Pro and unfortunately sometimes I find the server closed. Thanks in advance!
[Android Apps and Games] joy427:
Isn't it possible to bring back translucent background support in the upcoming update???
[Android Apps and Games] JackSlaterIV:
Hi, I would like to associate certain files with a specific app. But this seems not possible in Fx, because when I tap on a file it always asks which app it should open it with.

Can you tell me how to make this association permanent? Is it a bug? Other file managers allow this.

I am using Android 11.

Thanks for any help.
[Android Apps and Games] Marko Indaco:
Hi, I don't know if is possibile because I never try it. Indeed, for that operations I use an external app. There's lot of this kind of apps that (usually) recognize the extention type and give you a list of compatible app to open file the first time, then, you can tick an option like "remember this choice" so, the next time you want to open certain file, it will be open with the specific app you previously choose.
[Android Apps and Games] JackSlaterIV:
I don't know if these apps work in this case. Can you name some?

However the last working version of Fx which allow file association is 8.0.3.
[Android Apps and Games] Marko Indaco:
Hi, I use this: https://xdaforums.com/t/app-4-0-better-open-with.2831738/
[Android Apps and Games] userx404:
Maybe someone could help to identify a issue with SMB.

My QNAP-NAS always blocks my phones IP address because it detects access with SMB1 protocoll. I've set FX to use SMB2+ for this host but it looks like every now and then there would be a SMB1 request.

LOS 20

Sonx XZ2c

FX 9.0.1.2
[Android Apps and Games] PhilipTD:
Frequently, when I tap a homescreen shortcut to a particular folder on Google Drive, I get this error:

The bookmark's destination is not accessible or does not exist.

The destination does exist, and, when I tap the homescreen shortcut that points to Google Drive cloud storage, it opens "My Files" fine.

It’s been happening for some time with various Drive folder shortcuts. I guess it has something to do with symlinks?

Any help would be awesome.
[Android Apps and Games] joy427:
No update since long... is dev still alive?
[Android Apps and Games] Nebrassy:
This is far from the longest time the app had gone without an update
[Android Apps and Games] ZellZoy:
Seems like Google is blocking fxs access to drive again
[Android Apps and Games] SyCoREAPER:
I have it set that FX Editor has its own icon but it seems to be an intent rather than it's own standalone app as whenever I try to edit say a .js file FX Editor is not offered as a default app
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Are you seeing this performance testing each client at roughly the same time? And is this happening in proportion to folder size?

I'm not seeing this kind of performance, navigation seems to take less than a half second for me with FX.
[Android Apps and Games] peterbonge:
Yes.

Just a little bit. With the other apps this is almost not noticeable. With FX this is noticeable a little bit.

I've tested some more: If I switch folders the rotating "wait circle" rotates at least 1.5 times and often more than 2 times.

And I've noticed that the app doesn't really exit anymore. At least not as before. If I re-start the app (after exiting with the back key) it always scrolls to the bottom.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Looks like the Dropbox performance is actually a bug. Authentication information wasn't being retained properly between connections. Fixed locally now, will test and have a build out later today.

The second issue you're seeing is a bug as well, it's not related to exiting but rather that we're not persisting the scroll bar position when leaving the main activity of the app. Per the Android life-cycle specification, FX doesn't ever actually self-terminate (per various Google people, you're not supposed to).

Thanks again for the reports!
[Android Apps and Games] rasheedl:
ignore - mistakenly posted with tapatalk
[Android Apps and Games] everlethal:
For me the speed on Box and Dropbox is the same. Slowly when go back, so maybe cache is good idea.

The only way for uploading is copy/paste, correct me if i'm wrong. Choose file and upload, if it's possible?

And about sharing files, can you add skype and gmail, not only bluetooth?
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
All three cloud services are having the same basic performance issue in 0.122. Will be releasing an update later on today (likely after midnight, so technically early tomorrow).

Cut/Copy/Paste is the only current way to upload. Remote files only support "Send"-ing via FX's internal OBEX push client. The reason for this is the files will be streamed directly from the remote server.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
0.125 is out.

This release corrects the bug/performance issue in 0.122 with regard to browsing cloud services (Dropbox/SugarSync/Box). The issue was that we were not properly maintaining HTTP connections to the services, such that there was an approximate half-second additional delay on each request. It should work much more quickly now.

Media streaming support has been added to the Dropbox implementation as well, so you should now be able to stream audio/video files from all three services (where bandwidth allows).

Thanks again for reporting this!

Please note that it may take thirty minutes to an hour to actually appear in the market.
[Android Apps and Games] Crashdamage:
Dropbox is working perfectly in 0.125. Many thanks!

Sent from HTC G2
[Android Apps and Games] peterbonge:
Yes, Dropbox is much better now.

But the problem with the scroll bar position still exists.

And I've just noticed that "exiting" the app doesn't log-out. If I re-start the app after less than 5 minutes I can open everything without entering the keyring password. The keyring timeout is set to 5 minutes, but shouldn't exiting the app ignore this timeout and log-out automatically?
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
The scrollbar bug wasn't fixed in 0.125, it's toward the top of the list now and I hope to have it corrected soon.

"Exiting" FX isn't really terminating the app. You're not supposed to do so per the Android spec, but most file managers do actually exit. Some file managers are even particularly explicit and downright annoying about telling you that they are "running in the background". My best guess is they're doing this to avoid battery drain issues due to incorrect Wi-Fi Lock/CPU Wake Lock management with regard to network/background operations. These apps all invoke System.exit() when you attempt to exit, which goes against the advice of the Google developers who created and maintain Android.

There is really not supposed to be such a thing as "exiting" an Android app. A more detailed write-up with many references is available here: http://android.nextapp.com/site/fx/doc/exit

Pressing back twice in FX simply takes you to the home screen.
[Android Apps and Games] peterbonge:
I know that. And I know why it is how it is. But I think the app should log-out if I exit leave it.
[Android Apps and Games] Nucleotide:
Loving the cloud storage addition. Thanks a lot. :)

I agree with others above that a PIN is much more preferable, or at least should be an option.

I've got a keyring set but it's simply a 4-digit PIN which I type in twice to create a min 8 character password as required.

For network connections I just use this (the keyring/8-digit PIN) instead of typing in what is a complex password each time. When you are using the app multiple times a day a PIN is 'MUCH' more efficient. :)
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
The issue with using a PIN is that it offers no protection. It would be trivial to write a utility application that would break your keyring and reveal all of your passwords.

I do like the idea of offering a PIN as an alternative to automatic access via plaintext password (it provides better "casual-access" security than plaintext and is low effort to enter). It just needs to be a new feature, i.e., a fifth option in the password option list.
[Android Apps and Games] iXNyNe:
This may have been brought up already but I'm having issues searching the thread from my phone.

Anyway my device (any many others) includes its own Bluetooth share menu option for sending files and such. It works perfectly. The Bluetooth included in this app does not work at all. Can there be an option to disable it (saves screen real estate) in a future version so that only my native sharing menu is shown?
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Are you referring only to the Bluetooth push server? This should be disabled by default.

In any case, I do want to add the capability to disable various items on the home screen via the settings, and Bluetooth is on that list.
[Android Apps and Games] Nucleotide:
Adding the PIN option would be fantastic. I don't want to be typing in my password each time but I also don't want it left wide open to anyone who may grab my phone which is why I'm using the keyring option the way I am.

There is no protection at all using the Cloud Storage option at the moment. I've entered in my username and password once for Box, and my PIN to authorise FX to access DropBox and now it lets me straight in - no prompts for passwords or PINs. Using the actual DropBox app at least requests a PIN each time I try to access it.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
You can protect your Dropbox and Box accounts with your keyring password. You'll have to recreate them in FX to do so though. Make sure you have a keyring password set and then choose Connect->New Dropbox. Check the "keyring password" box below the name on the first screen.
[Android Apps and Games] iXNyNe:
i dont think i mean the server

i mean the item that shows when you attempt to send a file

example:

i find a zip file i want to send to another device, i tap and hold and the file's menu comes up - open, open with, details, archive, rename, send, cut, copy, delete, cancel

i press send

then i see send directly using:

bluetooth

send as attachment using:

bluetooth

docs

dropbox

gmail

etc...

my device has bluetooth file sending built in and accessable through the standard share menu, which is being displayed under "send as attachment using:" so i have no need for the bluetooth at the top under "send directly using:"

also the bluetooth option at the top doesnt seem to work for me, at all, i've tried various settings and it just doesnt work - but my built in bluetooth works fine

so basically i'd want to disable the top option to save screen real estate (since my device has it built in anyway it's not needed) and avoid confusion (because i constantly hit the wrong one even knowing which one doesnt work)

i'll provide screenshot in a bit

Edit

Screenshot http://db.tt/iVBOzbIp
[Android Apps and Games] Terrarist:
Putting in a request to view animated GIFs
[Android Apps and Games] xmavrickx2005:
Thanks!

Great app!! Not going near Astro after this ..
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
How does it fail? Is it just not completing the operation or does the FX crash? If the latter is there any chance you can post the relevant exception from your log (adb logcat)?

In any case I'll probably wind up adding a "disable all internal Bluetooth support" setting. This is also necessary because some devices don't have Bluetooth but act as though they do for application compatibility (or at least the Kindle Fire seems to do so).
[Android Apps and Games] iXNyNe:
this happens

http://db.tt/vz6GslKh

No crashing.
[Android Apps and Games] zalitoh:
WOOOWWWW!!!! It is very Interesting!!! I need this aplication because i see this very stable :o
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
0.127 is available.

This release is mostly minor bugfixes.

Fixed scrollbar position bug (please test)

Clipboard is now removed the moment a file operation is started involving it, rather than when that operation has completed.

Clipboard now shows root location of its contents.

Fixed bug where tapping notification of running transfer operation could reset state of open windows under certain conditions.

Operations in the operations activity can now be viewed in detail by tapping on them. You can also open the containing folder of copy/move/download operations from the operations activity.

Filenames are now shown (in some media players) when streaming media.

Operation detail dialog:
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
At this point I would especially appreciate minor detail or even "nitpicking" bug reports. FX is fairly close to 1.0, and though it may be a "beta" the intent is to maintain release-level quality. A few annoyances here and there can really degrade the user experience, so if you see something that bothers you, please let me know!
[Android Apps and Games] jcsy:
still u guys havent solved the

EXIT APP with BACK

Enter Active Apps

Select FX

FX editor comes up

FX always using about 7MB of RAM and never exits

posted a few pages back
[Android Apps and Games] iXNyNe:
i typed up a nice long response describing everything but all my nitpicky requests are in the thread already anyway (and my response timed out when i hit submit)

working permissions from details menu, rather than separate window (it's already there, just make it editable, maybe a little wider to take up the extra space on the left)

dont require checkbox to confirm actions that arent done with root (just popup and hit ok)

on the main screen dont display both system and system root if root module is installed (i really doubt anyone who would install the root module will have any reason to access system without root)

and my other nitpick i havent mentioned is the clipboard menu being at the top - i'd much prefer the clipboard to be attached to the main buttons, and switch to top or bottom based on user preference (the main buttons already switch with the checkbox to move them to the top) i would find it much easier (and more logical) to have the clipboard attached to the menu items (basically putting any button that has an action other than navigation in one place)

my main supporting reason for this is cut and copy come from the menu (which i normally keep at the bottom) and i find it irritating that paste (clipboard) is separated

that's all i've got for now - i havent played much with the remote/cloud related stuff or the media related stuff, just file structure and root management - i'll try and make some time to get some use in on the other features and give feedback soon

let me know if you'd like screenshot of anything im talking about
[Android Apps and Games] rosswaa:
I find the selecting multiple files by highlighting them with a swype really annoying, its really sensitive to how much and the direction you swype causing it to not select the file especially files on the edge

Another thing is transferring files over FTP, large files especially hangs at 99% even though it completes the transfer

Apart from that its an amazing app and can't wait for the paid version :D
[Android Apps and Games] rosswaa:
+1 for the clipboard being at the bottom with the main buttons
[Android Apps and Games] peterbonge:
There is an alternative: Click on "View" and select "Multiple Select".
[Android Apps and Games] rosswaa:
Yeh not long figured that out lol
[Android Apps and Games] peterbonge:
Now the app remembers the scroll position. That isn't really better. Shouldn't it reset the scroll position? The old versions (before Dropbox support) always started at the top.
[Android Apps and Games] Nucleotide:
I agree with this. If nothing else, an option to at least turn it off. I'd like to see it turned off for root operations as well, or at least the option to turn it off.

As soon as you access System (Root Access) you get one warning message, then when you mount system as writeable you get another warning with a check box. I really don't think it's necessary after that to keep requesting people to check a box to confirm the operation.

---------- Post added at 09:33 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:02 AM ----------

I think I found a little glitch.

If you tap on System (Root Access) on the home screen, straight away the Root Access Authorization message appears. If you tap anyway outside of this message, the message will disappear and nothing happens - the little loading spinning circle just keeps on spinning. :D

Could make it so that if anything other then OK is pressed, you are automatically taken back to the home screen?
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Does your task manager still bring up the text editor when doing this with the current version? If so, this is likely a bug in the task manager scanning our manifest and not picking the correct task. If it only affected older versions of FX, then it was due to a since-corrected bug in FX's manifest.

With regard to exiting though: believe it or not you're not supposed to provide an exit button within an Android app. I have a write-up on the matter here: http://android.nextapp.com/site/fx/doc/exit

Other file managers provide true exit buttons, and it's become a part of Android culture to think that they are necessary, similar to auto-killing task killers. I really don't want to do things that are against the Android API.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
It's still starting from the top when navigating down, right? It should just be remembering scroll bar positions on previous levels. If you go up and level and then back down, the scroll bar should always appear at the top.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Thanks, fixed locally, will be in next version. Actually I'm also just going to turn off "outside clicks" to cancel dialogs on ICS...we always have a cancel button and the back button will cancel as well. It's especially painful when entering a bunch of network connection information and then accidentally touching outside the dialog.
[Android Apps and Games] jcsy:
yes i am using the latest

every app that Active App picks up, it has always been 100% spot on and never had this problem

it always see's what apps i have running, and can switch to them properly

only for FX, when I thought I have exited properly, Active apps shows its still running and when I hit the icon to resume, its pointing to FX file editor :D

this Active app, was built from SAMSUNG's task manager so let me get a samsung user with their built in to test for you as well :)

why dont you give it a simple try :)

dont get me wrong against EXIT and BACK, but it might be some leaks or bug keeping it there, or Active apps / Samsung Task manager's fault altogether
[Android Apps and Games] peterbonge:
Sorry, I don't understand what do you want to tell me. Maybe I wasn't clear enough.

1. I start the app, scroll to the media section and "exit" the app (2x back key). I re-start the app and it shows the media section.

2. I scroll to the network section and "Exit" the app. I re-start the app and it shows the network section.

The pre-previous versions always showed the search field and bookmarks when re-starting the app.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
The reason you probably haven't seen this before is that 99% of apps on the market have a single home screen activity. This does appear to be a bug in "Active Apps". I just tried downloading it and am seeing the same behavior with the current version of FX on a Nexus One (completely stock/never rooted test device).

I just looked at SystemPanel (our own task manager). It opens the FX main activity correctly (rather than the text editor). The code in SystemPanel that does this is:

public static synchronized boolean openTask(Context context, String packageName) {
PackageManager pm = context.getPackageManager();
Intent intent = pm.getLaunchIntentForPackage(packageName);
if (intent == null) {
Toast.makeText(context, context.getResources().getString(R.string.toast_process_cannot_launch),
Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
return false;
}
try {
context.startActivity(intent);
} catch (ActivityNotFoundException ex) {
Toast.makeText(context, context.getResources().getString(R.string.toast_process_cannot_launch),
Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
return false;
}
return true;
}

I'd recommend filing a bug report with Active Apps, feel free to send the above code. And it's a very excusable bug on their part, Android documentation is quite limited about how you're supposed to go about adding two or more launchable activities to an application (and how you define a default). FX was bitten by a similar bug in earlier versions where we weren't specifying the default activity correctly in our manifest. This turned out to be extremely unfortunate for FX, as it wouldn't allow FX to be launched from the Android market, and caused a good number of users to uninstall it immediately or even issue 1-star ratings until it was fixed.
[Android Apps and Games] iXNyNe:
For reference this is not an issue with ice cream sandwich 's recent apps feature
[Android Apps and Games] zs0mby:
in windows network when i connect to my pc why can't i open other shared folders except "users" folder ? when i open another folder this message comes up "Access to host 192.168.1.100 was denied due to invalid authentication (incorrect user name, password, or inadequate permissions.)

I am using windows 7 32 bit ultimate...please help...thanks