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[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
What do you think people would want removed in the minimalist version? Bear in mind that the free version won't have networking or media files available.

The system catalogs will likely be hidden by default as well (System as normal user, System as root). There's currently an option on the home screen ("View->Show System") that turns them on/off, but right now it's defaulted to being on.

One thing which could be done is to place Audio/Video/Images into a single "Media" catalog, and place all the Networking/Bluetooth stuff in a single catalog as well. I wouldn't want this to be the default behavior though, it'd have to be an option.

The menu can already be hidden and only shown when the menu key is pressed (per the options).

Yes, items aren't yet removed from the media scanner on move. This is on the TODO list, sorry for the inconvenience, it can be annoying. You can tell it to "Rescan Media" in the old folder (or on the entire SD card) to get rid of the thumbnails, but we need to do it automatically.
[Android Apps and Games] jskolm:
What about multi-select. I want to grab a group of files and delete them all together. I don't see a way of doing that unless I am completely blind. :)
[Android Apps and Games] blackbearblanc:
swipe them

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Android blog: blackbearblanc.dk
[Android Apps and Games] jskolm:
Awesome. Thanks!!
[Android Apps and Games] bruce7373:
Arggh! :banghead: I swear to god it wasn't doing that before. Honest. Lol. Thx.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
No worries, do let me know if you ever do replicate such behavior though, that would be a very important bug to fix quickly.
[Android Apps and Games] thedicemaster:
I now only have my download folder redirected to my memory card.

it shows the information of my memory card, and as path it shows /storage/sdcard0/Download (sdcard0 is internal storage)

the actual content of that folder comes from /storage/extSdCard/Download

I think the only way to recognise it is to ignore storage media mounted inside other storage media with the same size/usage as a storage device you've already detected.
[Android Apps and Games] GermainZ:
Is there no UUID for storage devices you can get to easily detect duplicates?
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
No idea, but I've never really done much with volume UUIDs. Is there a non-root means of asking for the UUID of the volume on which a file is actually stored?

Currently FX uses a combination of /proc/mounts, the android.os.Environment object, a list of known device-specific storage/SD card locations, a list of known false-positive patterns, and java.io.File.canWrite().
[Android Apps and Games] thedicemaster:
I just found out I have an additional "camera" option in the image section.(2 actually)

even if you hide a filesystem, it still shows a camera folder.

could you perhaps keep the camera option for each filesystem hidden unless there actually are camera photos stored there?
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Corrected locally, will be in next beta revision, thanks for reporting!
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
FX 2.0.2.2 (released to beta channel only)

Now available via Play Store (beta channel) or direct download: http://android.nextapp.com/fx/r2050/FX_r2050.apk

(Google Play beta test info at end of post)

This is an extremely trivial update, likely to be moved to release channel very soon. Changes:

Mounted devices which are disabled on home screen will no longer show up on images/videos screens in FX Plus.
[Android Apps and Games] GermainZ:
Most Holo apps (and Android) use a lighter border between buttons and in general. FX uses a dark border which, IMHO, doesn't look as good and is harder to see.

Thought I'd report it in case you didn't notice. I can post screenshots if it's not clear.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
I think I know what you're saying, I assume you're referring only to the dark theme here though? I'll have to try this out again, I did originally use the lighter border/separator color in menus, but I found it didn't fit. Might look better now though, as the use of icons is much more minimal and the icons that are used are smaller with more padding around them (versus the last time I tried with the lighter borders).
[Android Apps and Games] gc84245:
Awesome! Just gave you a 5 star rating.
[Android Apps and Games] GermainZ:
Yup, using the dark theme.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
I think I agree, going to use a barely-lighter-than-the-background color though. Putting this in 2.0.2.3, which is identical to 2.0.2.2 but for this change and will be going out momentarily (and given that it's an eight-byte change to the current beta which is ready for release, this will just go straight to the release channel).
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
FX 2.0.2.3 (released to production)

Now available via Play Store (all channels) or direct download: http://android.nextapp.com/fx/r2051/FX_r2051.apk

Changes in 2.0.2.3 relative to 2.0.1.x:

The multiple-column list view mode, previously called "List View" is now known as "Grid View".

A new single column list view mode has been added. It looks best on tablets or phones in landscape mode.

Added special-case to detect external storage of Galaxy S4 Google Play Edition.

Removed more falsely detected user storage. Anything in /Android/data or /Android/obb is culled.

Added capability to manually disable detected storage. The "Customize Home" screen now has two tabs. The second tab, "Filesystems" allows you to hide undesirable filesystems. Disabled storage will not appear on the homescreen or under images/video catalogs.

Fixed bug where opening FX bookmarks from home screen would *always* create a new window, even if that bookmark was already open.

Fixed bug with white text on white background on search screen for pre-ICS devices.

Separator background in menus is now lighter colored in the dark themes.

The menu tweak for the dark theme:
[Android Apps and Games] phat1205:
AWESOME

a great app, nice interface, more features ... a good application to use.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
I'm trying my hand at a library to write to read-only SD cards using the MediaStore content provider. That APK has membership in the coveted "media_rw" UNIX group that is required to write to the SD cards on certain devices, such as the Google Play Edition of the Galaxy S4.

So far I can create new files and delete files, but I can't create directories. Attempting to create a new file in a directory which does not exist doesn't seem to solve the issue. Looking at the Android source, I'm not sure MediaStore offers such a capability...it's only calling File.mkdir(s) to create its own critical directories like /DCIM/Camera. Anyone here monkeyed with this stuff before? The documentation is negligible.
[Android Apps and Games] Nucleotide:
[MENTION=2954544]tliebeck[/MENTION] - Addictive Tips have just done a great review on FX. ;)

http://www.addictivetips.com/androi...ow-desktop-class-android-file-manager-review/
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Awesome, that is very nicely done!
[Android Apps and Games] bruce7373:
...and well deserved. :thumbup:
[Android Apps and Games] krzysiek1984:
please add button end app because without the output application is working in the background
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
If you want to fully close/exit FX, tap the "Window" menu in the lower-right corner of the screen and then press-and-hold "Close All Windows". This will completely close out the user interface portion of the app, but it may still remain in memory thereafter if the Android system chooses to cache it.

I really wouldn't bother doing this though. FX won't consume any resources sitting in memory (nor will any other properly built app), and your phone/tablet will eventually throw it out when needed. Google's stern recommendation for Android apps is that they not be equipped with "Exit" buttons, as implementing them in a conventional manner (like on a desktop computer) can actually do more harm than good. To be as efficient with resources (and thus battery life), an app should strictly adhere to the various Android lifecycle APIs.

With regard to file transfers and network connections, I'll add that FX is configured to clean up all unused resources within 10 seconds of you turning your device's screen off. If the screen is left on, they shut down within a few minutes if unused.
[Android Apps and Games] GermainZ:
You can drag and drop your selection from one view to another? Because that's the impression that article gave me, might want to drop a note there unless I misunderstood/missed a feature.
[Android Apps and Games] 2LoT:
"Remember Location" in replacement of "New Window"

Hi Tod,

Using FX 2.0.2.3. The action bar in in bottom when items are selected is a great idea. Is it Ok to add more buttons?

1- Add a Multi-Select button as discussed in http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=44071706&postcount=1764

2- Add a "switch to last visited location" which could be either the last visited Window or the last remembered location. Give it an icon which looks like arrow up besides an arrow down to means something like a swap.

Item #2 is because I often make copy/move between two locations. Each time, FX requires too much taps to change location. Even the Window menu still require quite a number of clicks (open that Window Menu and add new Windows, go back to Window Menu and select the Window number). Here is what I think that could improve the switching to location.

- Add a new button in the menu bar (the one that contains File, View, Settings, Windows). This button is a kind of "Remember Location" or "Mark Location". May be give it an image like a red push pin. I believe you can manage to squeeze this new button in the meny bar if you remove the words "File" and "View". When the File or View menu is opened, add the Menu title "File" or "View" in the header of the popup menu, the same way as what you did for "Open Window" menu.

Now what to do with this "remembered location"? This is where the button "switch to last visited location" comes in. As soon as you hit that button, FX changes to that last "remembered location", in one single tap. This is equivalent to hitting Windows menu and click on th edesired window. Except that all the steps of creating new window and Window selection are now skipped.

With some working, this "Remember Location" location can even replace the "New Window" menu. As a location which is marked to be remembered is basically equivalent to creating a "New Window". In case there are several "Remembered Locations" when you hit on the "switch to last visited location" action button, this will propose a list of locations to pick, like the Open Window menu currently.

Hope you find the idea useful. Thanks for letting me know your opinion.
[Android Apps and Games] bruce7373:
Yeah, that part made me sit up, lol, but I think the reviewer mis-spoke.
[Android Apps and Games] bruce7373:
I have a somewhat OT issue that's arisen. Certain apps that have internal file browsers (Simple Image Wallpaper, MD5 Checker for example) cannot navigate to internal storage. Both /sdcard and /mnt/sdcard aren't visible and /storage denies access. But I have no problem navigating to any of these with FX.

This is happening on my N4 running Cataclysm 4.3, but my N10 with AOKP 4.2 is fine. Could this be ROM-related? I've Googled but haven't found anything.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
I was originally a bit worried on #1 that there wouldn't be adequate space, but looking at it more closely, there is space for four items. It gets a bit tight on 320-DP-wide (density pixel wide) phones, (e.g., 480x320 800x480) but almost all modern phones are now 360 DP-wide (e.g., 960x540, 1280x720, 1920x1080). Four is definitely the limit though. I think it'd be very annoying if there were any scrolling involved.

360-DP wide on the left, 320-DP wide on the right (a screenshot from my launch-day Droid 1 :D)

For fast location switching, I'd really recommend using the "window flip" feature. When you're looking at location #1 and are ready to go to location #2, just drag down from the path bar (like you're going to activate split window), but don't release until the bottom of the screen (indicator should say "FLIP TO NEW WINDOW"). When you need to go back, just repeat the process.

If you already have more than one window open (and don't care to use it for navigation), tapping the Window menu and then "New Window" is the same number of taps as using such a "Remember location" would be.

The window flip gesture will always go to the last window you used, so this will work even if you have eleventy-one windows open at once.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Forgot to mention, sent an email to the author, article was updated immediately. Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Can you get into /storage at all? Check the "emulated" and "0" directories if possible.

Do the apps declare android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE? It's implicit/unnecessary if you have WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE, but I thought I recall reading that this might be required now if you DON'T request write access (take that with a grain of salt, can't remember where I read this, every app I've ever written has the WRITE permission).
[Android Apps and Games] elban:
Does it fit in all languages? I usually test with german which is often the longest translation ;)
[Android Apps and Games] bruce7373:
No, can't get into /storage ("access denied" or "cannot be read" depending on the app).

I understand what you're saying about permissions, but don't know how to check that. Or are you asking if the apps throw up an error (they don't)? It seems most apps with internal file browsers default to /sdcard, but these problem ones are defaulting to the system root.
[Android Apps and Games] iXNyNe:
That looks awesome! Can't wait to have it!

As for the window flip, I didn't know about the drag all the way down thing, I'd just been dragging open the multi window when I needed these type of actions. I think this is the right implementation for this need, but I think a lot of users have no idea how to do it (and other cool features in this app face the same issue).
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Will be in beta channel fairly soon, but I want to get the behavior perfect on that "selection toolbar" first. There are still cases where it goes away and shouldn't.
[Android Apps and Games] 2LoT:
Save that 4th button for something else? If the user goes to the troubles to select a file (horizontal swipe), leave it selected and take no action yet. What is that user likely to do next? I'd guess the user will want to multi-select other items. Therefore may be it would make sense to activate multi-select automatically as soon as there is one item selected by horizontal swipe. To tell you the truth, I would like to withdrew my request for that 4th button for multi-select. Since I switched the view from icon to gridview, multi-select by horizontal swipe becomes much easier now.

THANKS, That Windows Flip feature is superbe. You should make it more obvious. Something like adding a small down arrow icon in the right edge of the bar so the user could guess there is something to click or to pull down here.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
I definitely need to do a basic instructional video for v2, probably use it in the Play Store listing.
[Android Apps and Games] iXNyNe:
That would be smart. maybe have a "slow and well explained" and a "quick and dirty" video.

Slow would have spoken word and take more time, quick would just be visual and maybe a catchy tune and speed through a bunch of handy tricks.

Or make a basic and advanced video with the same idea behind it.
[Android Apps and Games] thedicemaster:
that's a bad idea.

I frequently need to check the contents of files when selecting multiple files to copy/move, and that's not possible in multi-select mode.
[Android Apps and Games] 2LoT:
Why would you want to view the content of files in the middle of a multi-select? For example, what if the selecte items are all of different file types? So I suppose you meant you want to review one single file. So I made a test:

- Multi-select some files

- Single click on any item (either already selected or unselected)

- FX opens a popup menu "Complete action using"

- The file is opened and all the multi-selected items remain selected

May be this is practical for your case but I wonder if this is Android GUI design or FX's own interpretation of single click in the middle of multi-selected items. I would think things will act like on a desktop computer, when multiple items are selected, a single click on any item will unselect all items and move the selection on the item which has been clicked.

Tod, if you have time, can you please give your opinion? Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
I don't think I want to enter single-tap multi-select mode immediately after the first horizontal swipe. I think adding the multiselect button to the selection bar provides the best option.

To compare FX to a desktop PC UI:

Single tap is equivalent to double click (open item).

Long press is equivalent to right click (context menu).

Horizontal swipe is equivalent to single click (select item).

The single tap behavior is upheld even in the case where items are selected, and I think it should be left this way. Imagine you're trying to delete bad photos: you might take a peek at a few duplicates to find those which are out-of-focus.
[Android Apps and Games] peterbonge:
With Android 4.2 and 4.3 this seems to work fine, but with Android 4.1 I get this error:

... cp: not found

Therefore it would be nice if back/restore would be one of the next things added.
[Android Apps and Games] GermainZ:
That's weird, I thought cp came with the default Android toolbox. What about｢busybox cp｣ instead of ｢cp｣ (with busybox installed, of course)?
[Android Apps and Games] peterbonge:
I don't have root, so I don't have busybox.

It seems that cp without busybox is available just on Android 4.2 and above.
[Android Apps and Games] Nucleotide:
And looks like you've just made it onto Lifehacker [MENTION=2954544]tliebeck[/MENTION] - http://lifehacker.com/fx-file-explorer-browses-your-android-is-bursting-with-1193849671

Well done! :)
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Awesome, thanks for posting, that certainly makes my day to see!
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Quite lame that some vendors don't ship cp, had forgotten about this. The script can be altered to use "cat a > b" instead of "cp a b" for single file copies, but the real solution is as you said, i.e., offer the ability to back it up.
[Android Apps and Games] iXNyNe:
Fx has built in busybox right? Can that help the situation any?
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
The busybox in FX is extremely stripped down. I think it only has 'df' and 'ls' and maybe one or two other commands.
[Android Apps and Games] Nucleotide:
This thread has been 'really' quite lately.

Just curious if the ability to backup and restore settings within the app are coming soon?

That said, I've been flashing a few ROMs lately and I've become a pro at setting up FX. I think I could memorise each menu and their position on the screen off the top of my head. :D
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Sorry about this, have been trying to crank out the beta of WebSharing. I still need to get this implemented and push it and a few other changes to the beta channel.
[Android Apps and Games] Nucleotide:
I'm certainly not complaining about the quietness either. FX is rock solid and I'm assuming others think so too otherwise I'm sure they would have posted in here already. :good:

Is WebSharing becoming a part of FX is it?
[Android Apps and Games] duckredbeard:
I've got something. kicking my arse. I have 2 PCs... both running Windows 7 64 bit. Both have the same options selected in Network and Sharing Center under Advanced Sharing Settings. All drives on both PCs are set to share with Everyone having full control.

I have no issues getting into all of one PC, but the other keeps giving me issues. The issue I'm having now is that my password. isn't being accepted, while I KNOW it is correct. Any ideas?

Edit: I have found that my laptop can't get into that PC either. Is this a firewall issue or sharing issue?
[Android Apps and Games] bruce7373:
I've had similar problems. It has to do with permissions (don't ask me for details, lol) and why it only affects my media PC and not my other machines, I haven't a clue. But I've found if I reboot the media PC, it becomes visible again.

The joy of Windows. :rolleyes:
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Thanks...currently not integrating WebSharing into FX, keeping it a separate product. The integration option isn't off the table, just likely not in next version.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
One suggestion, check if there's anything exciting in the FX log. After failing to connect, go to the "Window" menu, select "Operations". Then open the far right " ^ " menu and select "System Status". On the System Status screen, open the far right menu again " ^ " and select "Logs".
[Android Apps and Games] Nucleotide:
In that case, have you tried disabling Avast on said PC? That will give you the answer. :good:
[Android Apps and Games] duckredbeard:
There are some screenshots of how far I can get...you can see the pc, show a list of drives, but all give the same denial message been trying to open the drive. I believe I have all permissions set to allow everyone full access and control.
[Android Apps and Games] duckredbeard:
Turns out it was a windows issue. The drives/folders were missing an "Everyone" in the permissions of Properties>Security. I shall try to remember to post a link to the site that pointed me in that direction.
[Android Apps and Games] bruce7373:
Request: is there a way, after creating a new folder for ZIP extraction with "Extract to...", to have that folder be open by default?
[Android Apps and Games] 2LoT:
Disk Usage Report?

Hi,

Is there anyway to know the disk usage? For example, total GB availble, how many used. And break down the disk usage per folder. For example: Music n1 GB (x1 %), Pictures n2 GB (x2%), etc.

Something similar to this app Disk Usage

Of course I can use this app. But I think it would be practical for FX2 to integrate a disk usage utility.

May be this tool already existed in FX2 but sorry I don't know how to make it work. The closest I have seen is Tools button / File Systems but the display is overly complex and I guess is not intended to be used as disk usage statistics.

Thanks in advance for any help.
[Android Apps and Games] GermainZ:
In any directory, press the "View" button then "Usage".
[Android Apps and Games] 2LoT:
Thanks sir, exactly what I was looking for.
[Android Apps and Games] duckredbeard:
Can I get you guys to take a look at a thread I started in my device's forum. I am having a crazy issue with files on my device. Basically, there is about 7GB of stuff in my internal storage that I cannot access or delete. There are 3 Nandroid backups that CWM sees and can restore, but I am unable to delete them. Take a look at my thread and you will see. As you guys are likely familiar with FX, you will understand the screenshots that I posted.

Internal storage is showing 9.6GB of storage with 1.9GB free. Yet when I go into internal storage, there are only 3 files totaling around 2GB. Where's the other 7.6 GB? Keep in mind that CWM is showing 3 backups available. My research shows that CWM backups of my device are around 2GB each. That jives with the 7.6GB that is being hogged by phantom files.

Thanks for looking at the post...here's the linky.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=45916473#post45916473