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[Android Apps and Games] iowabeakster:
I made a feature request about music streaming a while back, maybe it got missed (just no response). Maybe you were just trying to ignore me. I could understand that too.

I've got all kinds of networking set-up with FX. And I can stream audio/video fine. Streaming movies works fine because my movies are one single .avi file.

What is not so great about audio is that I can only stream one single song, then it stops.

In order to play the next song, I need to back out of the music player widget, select the next song/file, and then repeat that selection process at the end of every single song. In order for FX to be a convenient streaming option it should automatically be able jump to the next track/song in a folder and play it (play an entire album/folder uninterrupted).

As it is, streaming with FX is not a safe option while driving (if you have to fiddle with your phone at every song break). And it's just not useful when jogging, biking, etc.

Another awesome option would be to allow creation of playlists of files stored on the server and then allow the steaming of the list. Of course I discovered creating playlists with FX, but can only do it on locally stored files. Being able to do playlists from a server would be amazing.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
I do want to add all of the above to FX. It's a fair amount of work to do it. Pause/resume/fault tolerance are also part of that package, and actually will come first.

The current implementation does provide the ability to resolve the issue of duplicate files, i.e., skipping vs. overwriting.

I want to add a "Duplicate" button to the context menu as well.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Yes, and it's very much on the list. Some/all of these services offer APIs that provide generated thumbnails (it wouldn't be practical to generate them ourselves, of course).
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Sorry for not getting back to you earlier. And to everyone, please do remind me if I've failed to answer a question.

This feature would be a question of how impressive of a media player should FX provide? I can see it being nice to open a directory on the cloud (or network server), or open a playlist file on the cloud directly into an FX media player. A basic "Play all music files in this directory" (or selected files) probably wouldn't be too difficult. It'd need a background service / notification bar control for it (and then everyone will want a widget soon after). I also need to look into what data cloud services provide about audio tracks...we may be able to pull ID3-like information on some, or we may be stuck with file names. Cloud playlist building is doable but it would be some work and would likely have to be a bit different than the existing playlist builder.

One thing I do want to provide soon is the ability to save/load local playlists into .m3u/.pls files (still need to research this, haven't played with them yet).
[Android Apps and Games] Namoi:
Hi guys,

When i bookmark a folder and then access it using bookmark shortcut, i can't go back in the folder hierarchy ... is it by purpose ?

If so i would suggest an option to allow to navigate back and up even from a bookmarked folder as it could be a real pain if for example you just want to go back one folder back in a ten folders long boomarked one.

Hope it's clear :)

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] ardax:
IMHO, Not very. At least, not as part of the core FX app. The problem there is that unless you sink an insane amount of time into it, there's going to be someone out there who's concentrating on making the best media player possible in the same way that you've got the best file manager available. Now if you want to go all in and make the best media player on the planet and integrate it with FX somehow, that'd be pretty sweet.

Please! This would be awesome. I don't need much out of FX as a media player, but this would be really, really, useful.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Bookmarks to folders on the device itself do behave this way. This behavior is by design, and while I find it preferable, I can certainly understand dissenting opinions here. Adding a preference would be one option, or an alternative might be to add a "Open Path" option in the context menu of bookmarks, i.e., long pressing and tapping "Open Path" would take you to the absolute location of the bookmark. A normal tap would still take you into the "virtual folder" location, where pressing the back button would return you to the home screen.
[Android Apps and Games] Namoi:
Thanks, i understand but indeed an option would be great. Why not long pressing on the "adress bar" to unlock it.. not sure if i'm clear...

Edit:

Mmh, after thought it's not a good idea. It should be simpler : an option like "sticky bookmarks" or "locked bookmarks" with underline tips as "allow navigating back from bookmarked folder" or alike.

I'm for simplicity, but it must not become an obstacle to casual using. Ater trying all, and i really mean it (got the 6 or 7 best explorers installed with the bigest challenger solid explorer), i always come back to FX, but this little annoyance is a "special" feature of it which should be, with all respect and understanding, adressed.

Thanks again for your great app.
[Android Apps and Games] mdalacu:
Hi, can you make your app compatible with Samsung multiwindow feature present in SG N7000, N7100 and N8000?

Here are some findings, basically you have to edit just Android manifest of your app, but I am no developer.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=33900420

Thank you very much.

P.s. I can test this for you.
[Android Apps and Games] mdalacu:
Here it is another proof that this works by justflash:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=33962235
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Thanks, I don't have a Galaxy Note (2), and would appreciate the testing.

Those dimension values they're specifying look strange, i.e., the minimum values are the same as the defaults, and the values are all quite large. They're specified in density independent pixels, and I think the Note uses XHDPI (320 dpi), so you can multiply those numbers by 2 to get actual pixel count. A density-independent pixel is equivalent to a pixel on a 160 DPI screen, so for a 240 DPI screen 1 DIP = 1.5 actual pixels, and on 320 DPI, 1 DIP = 2 actual pixels. So that sample manifest is saying the minimum width/height should be about 1200 actual pixels, which doesn't make any sense (or I just don't yet understand what those values define).

I don't want to push this in the next (very very soon) release but can send you a test version afterward.

Edit: just realized that's the thread for the 10" tablet, not the Note 2 phone.
[Android Apps and Games] thedicemaster:
I also have a galaxy note 2 I can test this with.
[Android Apps and Games] mdalacu:
Thank you again for taking interest into this feature, I will wait for your test apk. :)

Edit: I can test this for Note2 and also for Note 10.1

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Justflesh made another guide for multiwindow , I hope that you will find more clues for this feature.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=

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http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t= http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=

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Sorry I can't post the url until I get to a pc, latest tapatalk had some serious bugs ... :(
[Android Apps and Games] mdalacu:
Finally, here you go: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=33962235&postcount=27
[Android Apps and Games] Nucleotide:
I've just opened FX File Explorer for the first time on Android 4.2 and I'm seeing two obb directories and a legacy directory as well as the standard Main Storage directory. I'm assuming this is the result of multi-user profiles? Not sure if there is a way for FX to hide or make these items viewable if selected like everything else.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Thanks, didn't realize this was available yet, going to try it first on the Nexus 7. My Galaxy Nexus is a VZW item, which doesn't seem to be supported yet.

I assume this is running on your Galaxy Nexus? Can you give me a list of all the unwanted directories (they may be different on the Nexus 7).

Thanks again!
[Android Apps and Games] Nucleotide:
This is actually on my Nexus 7. I manually installed the update. :)

My GNexus is still on 4.1.2 - waiting for the OTA update.

The directories are:

- obb /storage/emulated/0/Android/obb

- obb /storage/emulated/legacy/Android/obb

- legacy /storage/emulated/legacy

No idea what they are. :confused:

I'm assuming they have something to do with the multi-user profiles that are now available.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Thanks, yes, seeing the same on my Nexus 7 as well. I need API docs.

Just performing a quick reflection-based analysis of the android "Environment" object, it looks like there are some new API calls related to these:

D/nextapp.maui( 9460): getEmulatedStorageObbSource: public static java.io.File android.os.Environment.getEmulatedStorageObbSource()
D/nextapp.maui( 9460): getEmulatedStorageSource: public static java.io.File android.os.Environment.getEmulatedStorageSource(int)
D/nextapp.maui( 9460): getExternalStorageAndroidDataDir: public static java.io.File android.os.Environment.getExternalStorageAndroidDataDir()
D/nextapp.maui( 9460): getExternalStorageAppCacheDirectory: public static java.io.File android.os.Environment.getExternalStorageAppCacheDirectory(java.lang.String)
D/nextapp.maui( 9460): getExternalStorageAppDataDirectory: public static java.io.File android.os.Environment.getExternalStorageAppDataDirectory(java.lang.String)
D/nextapp.maui( 9460): getExternalStorageAppFilesDirectory: public static java.io.File android.os.Environment.getExternalStorageAppFilesDirectory(java.lang.String)
D/nextapp.maui( 9460): getExternalStorageAppMediaDirectory: public static java.io.File android.os.Environment.getExternalStorageAppMediaDirectory(java.lang.String)
D/nextapp.maui( 9460): getExternalStorageAppObbDirectory: public static java.io.File android.os.Environment.getExternalStorageAppObbDirectory(java.lang.String)
D/nextapp.maui( 9460): getExternalStorageDirectory: public static java.io.File android.os.Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory()
D/nextapp.maui( 9460): getExternalStoragePublicDirectory: public static java.io.File android.os.Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(java.lang.String)
D/nextapp.maui( 9460): getExternalStorageState: public static java.lang.String android.os.Environment.getExternalStorageState()
D/nextapp.maui( 9460): getLegacyExternalStorageDirectory: public static java.io.File android.os.Environment.getLegacyExternalStorageDirectory()
D/nextapp.maui( 9460): getLegacyExternalStorageObbDirectory: public static java.io.File android.os.Environment.getLegacyExternalStorageObbDirectory()

And I can't just go calling them....some of them may be internal "hidden" APIs that aren't part of the spec. At least it appears there will be a way to deal with it.

Googling some of the above calls returns no results.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
And I should add, the interim solution will be that FX will disregard additional storage locations that match those specific patterns on JB+ (or whatever we're calling it) devices.
[Android Apps and Games] elban:
maybe the documentation is not updated yet ;)
[Android Apps and Games] Nucleotide:
FYI - http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/1...dk-tools-r21-ndk-release-along-with-api-docs/

4.2 SDK and API released. :)
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
And not so much as one new non-hidden public method in the Environment class (all the new methods are hidden)! :D

I still don't understand why Android has never provided an API to retrieve all user storage locations (it's only ever provided a means to retrieve the default/primary location). There are several hundred lines of code in FX to determine where additional user storage is located, looking at mounted devices, filesystem type, and reflectively calling vendor-specific APIs when they are determined to exist. Such code should not have to exist. The dual-storage HTC Incredible came out in April 2010 and as far as I can tell there has never been any effort to create a built-in API for this.

The detection code for the undesired 4.2 locations is solid and can be made permanent. I also think I'm going to eventually modify the "Customize Home" dialog to support hiding of detected user file systems. And I'll possibly add a dialog suggesting that users email android(at)nextapp(dot)com when they see a not-really-user-storage item show up on their device that should be permanently excluded for all users.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Local bookmarks will be corrected in the next update (soon) as well. Local bookmarks created on <= 4.1 will open an annoying location, e.g. the default "Documents" bookmark will open to /storage/emulated/legacy/Documents. It's effectively an aesthetic problem (they're still pointing to the correct filesystem), but it's pretty annoying. You can also just delete the existing bookmarks and recreate them, new bookmarks are created correctly.
[Android Apps and Games] A2Trip:
Root access not free? No thanks... Nice app but for most us users, we need root access. (System editing)
[Android Apps and Games] Nucleotide:
Would you like a house and car for free as well? Most of us need those as well.

Pay the man the couple of $$ he deserves for spending hundreds (thousands?) of hours developing the app. Otherwise there are plenty of other free alternatives. :laugh:
[Android Apps and Games] claus1953:
Really good work, congrats.

About the multiple file selection, would it be possible to select for example under files multiselect, and then appear checkbox on every file and you can select multiple files, also when not adjacent (hope to have spelled it correctly lol).
[Android Apps and Games] devenjha:
Too good application... Loving it
[Android Apps and Games] solarus2011:
This is a great app, easily the best non-root file explorer out there. Just so easy to move around the folders. I hope you do eventually get to a root version
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Thanks all, and not to worry, FX will be getting a root access module (currently under development). The launch time may not be at 1.0 though.

I may yet add a specific multiple-select mode (the current swipe-to-select behavior will be retained and be the default of course). Won't be doing checkboxes though, it'll likely be a tap-on-tap-off system with a banner at the top of the screen indicating "selection mode" and containing a "done" button.
[Android Apps and Games] quertiy:
Will a better rar/zip usage ever be implemented? Ex: extract and after that automatically go to the folder where extracted? Or even directly run a file extracting it to a temporary folder?
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Archive support is fairly rudimentary in the current version, there are definitely plans to expand and improve it quite a bit. Much of this work may be post 1.0 of course (1.0 is not terribly far off).
[Android Apps and Games] Mistar Muffin:
Does FX File Explorer make use of Honeycomb for a tablet-friendly UI?
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
FX does support Honeycomb tablets, but it doesn't currently use any Honeycomb-specific APIs (e.g., the fragment API). Content is designed to flow based on available screen real-estate though, so you will see *more* information on a tablet than you will on a phone.

FX will eventually offer some tablet/large-screen specific layout options, e.g., a side panel containing directory/selection details, or a dual-pane view. Given the very custom UI though, we likely won't actually make much use of Honeycomb's fragment API to do so. The effect will be fairly similar though.
[Android Apps and Games] RAMBO29:
Root Access?

Good work!

My problem is: When accessing an apk file across the LAN, it tries to open it with text or binary rather than installing it!
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Thanks! At the present time only the text and binary viewers support opening files over the network. Just tap-and-hold on it and press "Download".
[Android Apps and Games] doumer:
i really hope the final version hits the market soon and esspecially the root-feature will be included soon. this is by far the best file manager i've ever seen for android and deinitifly worth its money. :-)
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Thanks!

It's getting close, but I don't want to release it too early though. New release should be going up tonight though with a text editor (which will be an essential component when root access is released) and bookmarking capabilities.
[Android Apps and Games] claus1953:
Great news, another future buyer here :D
[Android Apps and Games] everlethal:
When you add root access this will be officially the ultimate file manager

All Tornado
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Thanks again everyone, 0.80 is now available on the Android Market!

The major improvements in this release are bookmark capabilities and a built-in text editor.

Bookmarks can be added by tapping-and-holding on local folders. For example, open the media card and tap-and-hold on your "Documents" or "Download" folder and then select "Add Bookmark" in the popup menu. A bookmark will be added to the FX home screen. Given that many applications will pollute the root directory of your SDCard/internal storage with configuration folders, creating a few key bookmarks can make navigation much nicer.

Click to enlarge screenshots:

Bookmarks on the FX home screen:

Tapping-and-holding on a bookmark will allow you to edit it, remove it, change its icon, or rearrange the order of bookmarks:

The other big new feature in 0.80 is the text editor. This is of course will be a fairly critical component once the root access module is complete/released. The text editor can be launched from within FX (currently only via "open with" or by disabling the text viewer and setting it as the default text-file viewer).

The text editor is currently fairly simple but its featureset will be expanded over time.

Additionally have updated default preferences to have the background image displayed by default in all the major views. This is still configurable of course, you'll just want to first uncheck the "Always Use Wallpaper" option in the "Appearance" section of the Settings.
[Android Apps and Games] okaiuz:
really great file explorer, the best that i've tried!
[Android Apps and Games] Cocolopes:
So...We are close or not to rich a root setting? I'm hopping to delete the others explorers...:-)
[Android Apps and Games] Tahde:
Very nice. Looks like this will be a winner.
[Android Apps and Games] trueHOUSE:
that's not just a file explorer it's art ! :)
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
One open question to everyone regarding bookmarks: how would you feel about FX creating a couple of default bookmarks at the first installation? I'm thinking specifically that it would create two bookmarks, Download and Documents. These bookmarks would reference "Download" and "Documents" folders on the device's default storage (e.g., /mnt/sdcard).

The big catch (which may annoy some people) is that these folders would be created if they did not exist.

The "Download" folder is a "standard" (click here and then scroll down) Android folder, so creating it isn't particularly evil. The "Documents" folder on the other hand is NOT a default folder. The idea creating the "Documents" folder (if it doesn't exist) is to suggest a location where users might want to place their personal on-device files.

Most everyone here already has a strategy figured out as to where they want to keep their personal files, and will create bookmarks appropriately. The idea behind creating such default bookmarks and folders is to appeal to new users who might not have used the Android filesystem much before. The /sdcard directory tends to become quickly littered with nonsense from various apps whose developers never learned about the UNIX "." prefix for hiding configuration files, so being guided toward a "Documents" folder may *really* appeal to new users.

Any thoughts? Think about this from the perspective of when you were brand-new to Android. Thanks for any suggestions!
[Android Apps and Games] DigitalUnderground:
Go ahead and get root explorer for fr.... Oh wait... It costs $ :o

Don't be a jerk. If you're too cheap to pay a couple bucks for root access to a dev that is extremely responsive, that gives great user support, and listens to requests, then go use a different explorer or develop your own. We don't need your post to announce your whiney issues.

Thanks

PS LMFAO @ THIS http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=34026376

Posting comments like that after the pic u posted.... HA! Good luck being taken seriously
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
FX 1.1.0 is now available.

Key changes include:

Root module is now a free add-on. If you previously purchased this module, please email android@nextapp.com with your name and Google Order Number if you would like a refund. DO NOT send any credit card information. See below for details.

Added support for Android 4.2 (fixed cosmetic bookmark and storage location issues).

Added external subtitle support for remote streamed videos (subtitle file must be named identically to video)

Text Editor: Added undo/redo pinch-to-zoom, search, volume-key cursor control, and shortcut keys for devices with physical-keyboards.

Text Viewer: Added pinch-to-zoom. Added menu shortcut to open files with editor from viewer.

Binary Viewer: Performance improvements, added pinch-to-zoom.

General performance improvements and bugfixes.

Added support for exploring and extracting APK and JAR files (available via "Open With").

The root module is now a free app. If you purchased it and would like a refund, please email android@nextapp.com with your name and order number, but WITHOUT any credit/bank card information. Again, DO NOT send any credit/bank card info, being as all orders are through Google Play it is not the least bit helpful in issuing refunds.

The Plus module will of course continue as a paid app.

The root module will continue to be a separate add-on. I think I prefer it this way, so as lessen any possibility of misuse by novices, and to avoid FX being classified as a tool solely for technical users.

Additionally, I'm considering allowing distribution of FX within custom ROMs. (Only the main app and free root app would be allowed, NOT the Plus add-on). The requirements here would be that:

You use a stock FX APK. It must not be decompiled/modified or re-signed.

It must be possible to upgrade to later versions of FX via the Google Play Store.

It must be possible to install the FX Plus add-on and have it work.

There must be some way for users to remove it from their installation (i.e., I don't want to ever be considered bloatware).

I'm not a ROM developer, but I believe these requirements could be met. If anyone who is more experienced here could provide any insight, I'd greatly appreciate it. Specifically I'm curious as to whether FX could be preinstalled into the /data directory, or whether it would have to reside in /system.

Additionally I'd like to offer a means of allowing ROM developers to customize the default settings of FX...possibly just including a preferences.xml would be adequate. For instance, I can see devs wanting to remove the "Add-Ons" section from the FX home screen by default, which would be perfectly fine with me.

As to why this is being done: I simply want more people to be exposed to be FX, and I think free root access may be a great way to do it.
[Android Apps and Games] Pons:
On the subject of making it more available... Ever thought of making it open source software it can be compiled with a ROM?
[Android Apps and Games] DaGunn:
Did you forget the smiley face with this post? :D
[Android Apps and Games] Nucleotide:
Awesome news. Thanks a lot. Good to see the 4.2 location issues fixed. Cleans up the home screen a lot.

No refund required here. You deserve it. :good: