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[Android Apps and Games] simonleung2000:
hello, thank you for your great app, I got problems when using the app.

I am able to view mobile content but cannot upload and download content when I use "Web Access"

i got this error message on my PC, what can i do or what i make wrong?

thank you for your help
[Android Apps and Games] techguyone:
I get the same problem, if I use any browser other than Chrome, no idea why. Chrome is my default browser on windows 8.1 64bit.
[Android Apps and Games] simonleung2000:
Hi, ,how to generate thumbnails for network location when using 3g/4g？

Thx
[Android Apps and Games] mbc07:
Hey [MENTION=2954544]tliebeck[/MENTION], I recently joined a Google Play Family Library and I have FX Plus Add-On bought on my account. The Google Play Store page shows the Family Share icon in the FX Plus Add-On listing but it doesn't appear in the library of the other members of my Family Group. Is that intended (e.g. the Family Library icon is wrongly showing in FX Plus Add-on) or I'm missing something?
[Android Apps and Games] NovaViper:
For some reason on my LG G6 running 7.0, whenever I go to exact files from zip files from ANY storage place, I keep getting this error message saying Access was Denied.

Here's the error log: https://hastebin.com/divisetane.sql
[Android Apps and Games] m0d:
Latest stable would be useful, too.

Archives not working anymore:
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
FX 7.1.0.0 (Beta) Released

Hello all, sorry for the lack of postings lately. I hope you didn't all think I was sitting around staring at a television. Well, actually I was doing exactly that, but now we have Android TV support. :D

The first 7.1 beta is available, changes include:

Full Android TV Support.

Tablet mode with fixed (non-sliding) navigation drawer.

Keyboard navigation supported throughout.

Animated directory/list layout effects.

New Media Player with more features and improved format/streaming support.

Bugfixes.

The Android TV mode is a significantly modified UI (see screenshots) optimized for televisions and operation with a simple "buttons-only" remote control (requiring only a four-way directional control, Enter, and Back buttons). In TV/leanback mode:

The left panel/slide-out drawer is locked open.

The menu is placed within the fixed left panel (above the list of open windows).

The clipboard and selection context menus are also shown in the drawer when they are active.

Split-View is still available, but uses a top/bottom layout (rather than left/right, as would normally be used in a landscape orientation).

A dark theme is used by default.

TV/Leanback mode is automatically enabled on TV devices. It is intended to be comprehensive, i.e., the entirety of the app may be used with a seven-button DPAD+enter+back+home controller.

EDIT: In this release, the following features still require a pointer-controller (e.g. mouse) to operate:

Image viewer menus (left/right buttons presently only switch images).

Image viewer pan/zoom.

Reordering playlists and bookmarks.

Overall view zooms (e.g. pinch-zooming in file listings).

(Please report any other cases where a feature is inaccessible via a simple remote.)

A third UI mode, "Tablet mode" is enabled by default on 10"-ish tablets in all orientations and in landscape on 7"-ish models in landscape. This mode simply has the left-side slideout locked open, but the menus and clipboard remain in the action bar. If you prefer the standard phone UI, tablet mode may be disabled under the "Appearance" settings.

The screenshots (in order) show the following:

TV mode homescreen.

TV mode viewing a directory.

TV mode with menu open.

New media player.

Tablet mode.

Direct Download: http://android.nextapp.com/fx/r7070/FX_r7070.apk

Beta Testing G+ Community: https://plus.google.com/communities/101301040394875566704 (join community, then go to https://play.google.com/apps/testing/nextapp.fx )
[Android Apps and Games] dirtyreturn:
[MENTION=2954544]tliebeck[/MENTION] even devs need a break, anyway.
[Android Apps and Games] osm0sis:
F. yeah. That's exactly how I had it set up on my Shield TV already. :)
[Android Apps and Games] Cpt.Price:
Hey everyone. I brought plus but don't know how to set custom background image. Anyone help?
[Android Apps and Games] osm0sis:
Please make the left panel muuuuch more narrow on Android TV if at all possible. Often feels like lots of wasted screen real estate there; I think it'd be a little more aesthetically pleasing to have to scroll a little through the column than have it be double wide when select, new file, etc. are shown. Otherwise looking and working great so far here! :D

Edit: Oh, please don't forget to make the old key app available for Android TV also. I had to pull it off of another of my devices and sideload it. ;):good:
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Might be able to shrink it a bit, but it needs some width to accommodate two-column menus and keep everything lined up.

Plan to put the key on Android TV, but not quite certain how yet. The Play Store filters apps based on whether they provide an activity with a LEANBACK_LAUNCHER category, but the license key has no activities. I might be able to make a do-nothing activity and mark it disabled. Or I may have to put a real activity in it, hopefully which I'll then be able to disable after first launch (no one wants a "license key" in their launcher).
[Android Apps and Games] Ultramanoid:
Settings > User Interface > Theme > Custom Wallpaper
[Android Apps and Games] Ultramanoid:
Bug, maybe. Let's see if someone else confirms. With the latest version, keyboards won't close after renaming something, they stay open and in the way.

With the previous versions this worked fine, the keyboard collapsed out of the way once the operation was done. I've tested with MultiLing, Google's Pinyin, Google's Japanese, and a third-party Japanese keyboard with gestures. Happens with all of them.
[Android Apps and Games] osm0sis:
Hmm well if you could provide a way to transition from the key to the in-app purchase then that would solve all the problems. I'm sure that's its own logistical nightmare though..

So instead of 2-column menus, can they be 1-column? Like I said, I think it'd feel much better having to scroll that left panel slightly than have it dominate around 1/3 of the screen.
[Android Apps and Games] m0d:
Why not have a Setting which allows % of screen changes for sidebar.

That way each user can use according to their own preference.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Seems like the keyboard focus support is making this stick around...absolutely no code changes to those dialogs, but seeing the behavior change. Next release will specifically hide virtual keyboard on dialog close.
[Android Apps and Games] mbc07:
I noticed there's new animations when entering folders on the last release. However, I also noticed I no longer can fast scroll by dragging the scroll bar like in previous releases (the scroll bar is simply gone). I personally think the scroll bar should be prioritized over the new animations if both can't coexist, and hope it can be fixed soon...
[Android Apps and Games] Ultramanoid:
Don't know if this might be related in any way, but the "X" to cancel a selection of files or folders is missing now, I've just noticed. The only way to do so with the latest version is hitting Android's "back" navbar key.
[Android Apps and Games] simonbellu:
Do not know if on Oreo something is changed but on Nougat you can cancel a selected file or folder by swiping over it (same swiping for selecting)
[Android Apps and Games] Ultramanoid:
I know, but in case of a single selection doing that just gets the selection menu stuck with zero selections and yet still present, and needs the back key to cancel selection.

The "X" that was there before cancelled the selection process. Not sure if the change was intentional, that's why I mentioned it ( and in case it is related to keyboard issue )... I can just use the back key instead.
[Android Apps and Games] simonbellu:
Ah ok. Sorry for misunderstanding and thanks for reply! Now is clear
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Was not intentional and was fixed about 20 minutes after 7.1.0.0 was released. :D Almost did a version-rev/re-upload but decided against because it's the same action as back button. Will be in next release.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
This isn't the fault of the animations, it's that 7.1 now uses the new RecyclerView API in place of the old semi-deprecated ListView API. This was necessary to support keyboard navigation (and Android TV remote control navigation), and it's also a generally better API and seems to have corrected some of the scrolling glitches that I spent literal days failing to eliminate in ListView.

It does appear it may be possible to do fast scrolling with RecyclerView, looking into it now. But as with all things Android, for every good thing you get they screw something else up. It's TBD whether the RecyclerView fast-scrolling support will be practical for FX, so far it looks ugly. E.g. the new API provides no means of turning it on/off based on the list size, and it has to be coded into XML styles.

TL,DR: fast scrolling in RecyclerView is a half-assed implementation.
[Android Apps and Games] thedicemaster:
while some progress indication would be nice, I won't miss the fast scrolling.

in large lists it would always cause me to jump randomly when trying to open a file in the right-most column.
[Android Apps and Games] mbc07:
Well, fast scrolling should be reimplemented some way. Without it FX is practically unusable on any folder with a very large number of files (>1000), as now you'll need to spend 5 to 10 seconds just scrolling to reach a file that you could reach way way quicker by simply dragging the scroll bar...
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
I've filed a bug on this in the Android support tools here: https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/79313153

The only workaround possible using the stock RecyclerView relies on knowing the internal behavior of Android's layout system, which is not documented and is subject to change. The best I'll be able to do is provide an "experimental" setting to turn this on until they fix this, if they fix this. Being a support library that is not part of Android itself, once it's updated it will be fixed for everyone/all Android versions.

Providing normal scrollbars (also missing from first 7.1 beta) are not a problem and will be fixed in next release.
[Android Apps and Games] Ultramanoid:
Yet another selection bug, and I've a feeling this has to do with the missing "X"...

Say there's a folder with 200 files of different kinds, and you 'filter' them, typing 'whatever' so that up comes a list of 7 which include 'whatever" out of those 200. Cancel with back button, the listing visually shows again the 200, try to select all files in the directory now, what happens is that only the 7 files that were in the filtered list will be selected, instead of the 200 visible and present. The selection gets stuck in the filtered result. The only way I found to undo the filtered selection in that directory to select all files present is to close FX and reopen it.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Thanks, fixed for next release. This one actually doesn't have anything to do with the missing X though. The missing X problem was just that instead of that particular X being suppressed for TV mode, it was suppressed entirely. (In TV mode, it's supposed to be suppressed, as it's rendered outside of the menu). I think this bug you've reported has been in there for a long time.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
FX 7.1.0.1 (Beta) Released

Fixed issues with scrollbar not appearing in lists.

Fast scrolling in lists is now available via internal developer options (go to settings, long press on build number a bunch of times like you're turning on USB debugging, then go to Developer/Test options). I don't want to make this an outside of here yet, the workaround is a disgusting hack. See previous post: https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=76441847&postcount=4155

Narrowed left bar in Tablet/TV modes.

Improvements to media player (menus with no options are hidden, details dialog less ugly).

Image viewer now has "pan/zoom" option in TV mode.

Keyboard/remote control focus behavior improvements.

Bugfixes, including missing selection mode "X" and filtering-select-all problem.

Thanks for testing!

Direct Download: http://android.nextapp.com/fx/r7072/FX_r7072.apk

Beta Testing G+ Community: https://plus.google.com/communities/101301040394875566704 (join community, then go to https://play.google.com/apps/testing/nextapp.fx )
[Android Apps and Games] thedicemaster:
I gave the new scrollbar a try, and I think it's a huge improvement.

the touch area size is perfect for Samsung's edge devices, no reaction when touching from the front(or anywhere other than the handle) and reliable scrolling when touching from the side.

it may not look good on the code side, but so far from the user side it's a very clean implementation of a scrollbar.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Thanks, but don't want to put this in the "normal" code because of the undocumented way Android works here.

We're manufacturing our own empty AttributeSet and passing it to a View constructor. Those AttributeSets are only supposed to be used in XML inflation. I wouldn't be that bothered by doing this if Android thoroughly and accurately documented what was going on here, but it's Android, so it's the exact opposite. In reality, passing an AttributeSet implementation will cause a ClassCastException, because the inflater actually requires an "XmlBlock.Parser" class (an internal class that implements AttributeSet) for this parameter. This is of course not mentioned in the documentation at all. So the workaround passes one of those (which is created using the mechanism shown in that bug report).

So basically if Android changes the way their implementation works here in some way in some odd or future version, this workaround/hack will fail and crash FX quite thoroughly. Have to wait for them to fix RecyclerView unfortunately.
[Android Apps and Games] asia559571:
two sd cards

Hi guys:) Please can someone explain why I have two external sd cards showing in the home menu, one: media card, the other: 902E-D133. I use the Roehsoft Ram Expander app, could it be this:confused:
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
What device/ROM are you using?

There's an option to hide local filesystem from the home screen in this case where one device appears duplicated. Go to the home screen, select "Customize Home" from the upper-right menu, and then go to the "filesystems" tab.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Can anyone see FX File Explorer in the Play Store on their Android TV (provided you're in the beta program?)
[Android Apps and Games] dirtyreturn:
Yes. XB-3 7.1.2
[Android Apps and Games] asia559571:
Thank you for the reply:) I'm using the Nemesis Rom, Note 7 port for Note 4 N910C. I did as you said and what is/was shown as Media Card no longer shown and external named as 902E-D133 now remains, just curious to know what the 902E-D133 title, represents, (is it card serial number?), also may I ask if this still has all the same functions as when the "Media Card" was visible? seems all good! Anyway! Thank You very much and Kind Regards:):highfive:
[Android Apps and Games] BladeRider:
Yes I can and I am loving it...Heavy user for FX File Explorer in my Nexus 6 and Nexus 7. However I am wondering do we need to purchase the plus add-on one more time in Android TV?
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Thanks! Right now you can't get the Plus add-on on the Play Store. This will change. You don't need to purchase again provided TV has same Google account that purchased add-on.

For now, just sideload from your device. Start a trial on the TV, use FX Connect to link to your device. On your non-TV device, go to Apps->User Installed->FX Key, select "Copy APK" from the menu. On TV, paste it to a local folder and install.
[Android Apps and Games] BladeRider:
Holy moly...thanks for your prompt reply! Keep up the hard work...cheers mate
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Anyone running a MiBox here? I have the standard USA item (MIBOX3) and still can't see a play store listing, neither by category nor by search.

If you do see it on the Play Store (on any TV device), please let me know what category it's under.
[Android Apps and Games] BladeRider:
Hi tliebeck, I tried with my Nvidia Shield TV Pro and I am the beta user as well. However, I can't see the app being listed in Android TV Play Store. I have to install it via the Web Play Store.

One more thing, I notice that when I tried to browse SMB shared folder, the app will say SMB Scan not available. I tried with other file explorer app and it is able to detect all of my SMB shared folder. Can you advise me what I should do? Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Could you do this again and then post your Error log (Settings->Error Log).

And does the device have a statically assigned IP address? Just looking at the code I think I see a potential bug, but need to review API docs to see if I'm doing this correctly.
[Android Apps and Games] BladeRider:
Sure...I am happy to provide you the log..

Yes those smb share is using static IP address...I will update you later.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Sorry, I meant the TV box itself, does it have a static address?
[Android Apps and Games] BladeRider:
Nope the TV box is using DHCP.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
One more question... the TV is connected via Ethernet, isn't it? (Hopefully? :D) Found a bug here and fixed for next release.
[Android Apps and Games] BladeRider:
Yes it is connected via Ethernet :laugh:

Looking forward to the next release :svetius:
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
FX 7.1.0.2 (Beta) Released

This is RC1, it's just a few minor fixes and changes relative to the previous release.

Media player activity now runs as a standalone task. You can switch to it using Android task switcher.

Media Player resume fixes.

Fix for SMB scan over ethernet

UI bugfixes.

Misc bugfixes.

Thanks again for testing!!!

Direct Download: http://android.nextapp.com/fx/r7100/FX_r7100.apk

Beta Testing G+ Community: https://plus.google.com/communities/101301040394875566704 (join community, then go to https://play.google.com/apps/testing/nextapp.fx )
[Android Apps and Games] harise100:
My S9 and FX Connect can't find other devices. What is the problem?

Could be the App or LineageOS problem?

See attached log.
[Android Apps and Games] mbc07:
I'm still having issues with the scroll bar. Firstly, it's very narrow, to the point I can't interact with it most of the time. After enabling the experimental feature in FX's settings, two scroll bars are shown (and one is drawn on top of another). Also, they become super thin in folders with a large quantity of files, to the point it becomes a small "line" which can't be interacted with...
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Thanks, next release will fix half of this, i.e., disabling normal scrollbar when fast scroll is enabled.

The second problem unfortunately has an eight-month old bugreport in the tracker: https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/64729576

I'll look into implementing my own scrolling system, not sure if it will be practical, would probably be a 7.2/7.3 item. Can't go back to the old behavior unfortunately, as that uses the even-more-buggy ListView and doesn't practically support any non-touch navigation.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Shouldn't be a problem with LineageOS, Have S5, Note3, Nexus 5/6/7 with it and they seem to work with FX Connect. On at least one of those the NFC-connect mode doesn't work, but that's because Lineage can't support NFC on the device at all (Samsung Note3).

Can other devices find the S9?

Also, are you running any kind of firewall on the S9? FX Connect unfortunately won't work with NetGuard running, even with access granted.

And jealous of S9 with Lineage. :D
[Android Apps and Games] harise100:
My other devices with LineageOS like S5 and Tab 2 work fine. They see the S9 but not vice versa.

I am not running any Firewalls or Anti-virus or so.

I've talked to the maintainer of S9 LineageOS, he said that this is intended behavior and he will not grant more permissions to an untrusted app. He told me to ask you to follow the security protocols.:confused:

That is a bit odd, since my other devices on lineageos 15.1 work, but he didn't wanted to discuss it with me any further.

No need to be jealous, as you can see, it has its own problems.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
I'm not sure what security protocol is not being followed? If you have any more info and there's something wrong with FX here, I'd love to fix it.
[Android Apps and Games] harise100:
Don't know either. If I find out I'll let you know.

Until then : App is great and my goto file management app. :good:
[Android Apps and Games] BladeRider:
[MENTION=2954544]tliebeck[/MENTION]

I have tested the latest beta in my Nvidia Shield and here are my updates on the SMB sharing issue:

1) I am able to scan and add the SMB shares but when I try to access it, it will show time out and unable to access the SMB share

2) I add the SMB share via IP address, and when I try to access it, it will show a network error occured

I have attached the app error log and screenshot and I hope these information helps

https://pastebin.com/EpaDKdAF

Cheers
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
One quick thing to try would be dropping double backslashes in IP address...think those get filtered automatically but worth a shot.
[Android Apps and Games] Exabyter:
Just dropping-in out of nowhere to mention that Microsoft has a bad habit of diddling around with SMB connectivity mechanisms with different releases of Windows and even some monthly Windows Updates. So if people are having issues connecting to Windows boxes that could be contributing.

Also, big thanks to the dev for producing a variety of useful apps along with supporting ways to access paid features without being roped-into Gplay license checking.

Some of us have finally lost patience with all the data collection increasingly being funnelled via Gplay and are going "Gapps-free", so one major competitor of yours is losing my business and I'm giving it to you instead. ?
[Android Apps and Games] BladeRider:
It works! Thanks for the tips!

And thanks for the FX+ key tips as well. Now I can enjoy the familiar interface in my Shield ?

You can take your time to iron out the bugs. Once again thank you so much :svetius::highfive:
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
FX 7.1.1.0 Released (Beta Channel)

This one is a pretty minor release, mainly fixing a few TV issues.

Changes include:

Improvements to keyboard focus/navigation/visual focus effects. (Most significantly action bar highlights and selection-action-mode bar highlights)

Minor aesthetic improvements. (Most significantly to progress dialog, which is now less ugly on dark themes)

Bugfixes.

Direct Download: http://android.nextapp.com/fx/r7102/FX_r7102.apk

Beta Testing G+ Community: https://plus.google.com/communities/101301040394875566704 (join community, then go to https://play.google.com/apps/testing/nextapp.fx )
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
The paid FX Plus License Key APK ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.fx.rk ) has been updated to meet the requirements for inclusion in the AndroidTV store.

TV users who install it will see it show up in their launcher. This is a requirement for inclusion on TV, but the annoyance should be minimal, as you can open it and press "Continue to FX" button and it will hide itself from the launcher (much like many keyboards do on your phone once they're configured).

This annoying launcher item will not present on phones/tablets, just TVs (it's a "leanback launcher" activity).

It is not important to update to this latest version, it's still an entirely inert app with no permissions.
[Android Apps and Games] nfsu460:
Can i get a promo code please?
[Android Apps and Games] jimbomodder:
Having some issues moving to/from root directory. It's granted root privileges but still no luck.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
What kind of device/ROM configuration? Is FX able to remount the root partition as read-write?