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[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
FX 5.1.0.27 moved to Production Channel

FX 5.1 is in production! Thank you again everyone for suggestions and bug reports. XDA users are the best resource I have!

Complete changes list:

Added USB OTG support for Nexus/Moto/AOSP/other "stock-ish" devices.

Improved user interface aesthetics, most notably left-side slide-out menu.

Added Select-Range in File/Media views (Select first item, long press on second item, choose select range).

Added Select-All option in Media views.

Performance enhancements to some archive formats.

Synthesized File Listings: makes "System" (non-root) catalog usable on Android 7, allows (very limited) browsing of /data/data and /data/app dirs without root.

Fixed rename-case issue.

Added support for buying Plus license key via in-app-purchase. The method of buying FX Plus via an APK add-on remains as well. The app directs users toward the IAP method.

Even though IAP is supported, FX should continue to operate on pure AOSP devices/devices that do not have Google Play Services installed.

Added support for enabling root features directly within the core FX app, *without* installing root add-on. You should be able to remove the root add-on from your device now (one less APK). You'll need to enable the built-in root support via the add-ons page.

Android N only: added support for moving files (directly, without copy-delete) on SD cards and USB storage. Google *finally* added support for this.

Pressing power/lock button in Image Viewer and Media Player now locks the device but continues media playback/image viewing with the device in a locked state. Swiping between images and cut/copy/delete/modification options are all disabled.

Opening large files via "Retrieve and Send to Device" now presents a warning about large files instead of disabling the feature.

Image Viewer now supports opening large remote files, displays progress spinner.

Many other reported bugs fixed and upgraded with new improved bugs! :D

Direct Download: http://android.nextapp.com/fx/r5127/FX_r5127.apk
[Android Apps and Games] underskyzx:
Excuse me,

Did you fix or acknowledged a problem with extracting zip archives with files containing "ã", "ó", "ê", etc.?
[Android Apps and Games] BobboVilla:
:laugh::laugh:

New bugs are the best kinds of bugs - it shows progress ;).
[Android Apps and Games] Ultramanoid:
You can download the new version and check easily. It's working fine for me, I use several languages with accents, dieresis, etc, also Japanese and Chinese filenames, no issues.

On what device / Android version does this happen ( if it still does ) ?
[Android Apps and Games] evalf:
Hi, I'm a new convert to FX, coming from ES which I'm trying to avoid thanks to its dev's lack of ethics. I love FX, I've bought the Plus add-on, and I'd like to get rid of ES on my phone once and for all. Unfortunately there's a couple of features that are missing from FX that prevent me from doing so at the moment.

The first issue I'm facing is moving files on an FTP server. When I use ES and I move (cut and paste) a file from one directory to another on my FTP server the move is instantaneous. I believe ES uses the rename command to change the directory so no file data needs to be transfered. FX on the other hand seems to actually download and re-upload the file to the new directory, which is a very long and data consuming process. I've tried moving files on Dropbox and on an SMB share and FX managed to do it instantaneously, so I'm hoping that the same feature can be replicated for FTP servers.

The second limitation I've found, which may be more of a rare use case for the app, has to do with file sharing files. I sometimes need to transfer files on the go from my phone to my iPad, which is not made easy due to IOS's anoying limitations. The way I did it with ES was to activate the mobile hotspot on my Galaxy S6 so that it acts as a router for the iPad, connected the iPad to it, and activated ES's "Remote Manager" which ran an FTP server on my phone that I could connect to from the iPad to transfer my files. Even though it is not a very straightforward process it worked great, even when roaming with mobile data off since everything transits on the wifi network created by the phone. I've tried doing the same thing with FX's Web Access file sharing over Webdav (which works just as well as ES's FTP when connected to a wifi network). However when I'm not connected to a wifi network and try my mobile hotspot workaround the Web Access cannot be turned on ("Web access is not available because the device is not connected to a Wi-Fi network"). I've tried fiddling with the sharing settings, when I activate Cellular Access it will let me activate the Web Access if the mobile data is on, but the Webdav server will only be accessible using the phone's external IP address and not the one seen by the iPad connected to the wifi hotspot. When the mobile data is deactivated the Web Access gives a "Failed to start" notification. Would it be possible to make the Web Access available through the Wifi Hotspot, even with mobile data off? I've got no idea if what I'm asking for here requires only a quick fix or if it's an impossible project. I also don't know if there might be an easier way to transfer files to an iPad using FX that I don't know about.

One last thing that I've found which I'm not sure is a feature or a bug is when selecting display as Icon, Grid or List the setting stays between restarts of the app, but when I select Usage the setting resets to Grid after a restart of the app. Is there any way to make it so that the setting sticks between restarts?

Thanks for creating such a great app, and for looking into these features.
[Android Apps and Games] GeTex:
Just download the FTP server app and use it seperatley :) https://play.google.com/store/apps/...er&pcampaignid=APPU_19_kb-4V7n2LczqmAH9rproBg
[Android Apps and Games] UncleMike:
Cutting/pasting files on an FTP server is instantaneous for me using FX. I just tried it with two files ~300MB each.

Speaking of ES features absent in FX, it would be great if FX File Chooser allowed access to configured network and cloud storage. This would allow me to uninstall two cloud storage apps.
[Android Apps and Games] GeTex:
[MENTION=2954544]tliebeck[/MENTION]

FX image viewer has a fit and actual option, fit sizes images down to fit the screen but would be better if it also sized small images up to fit the screen when not big enough. Makes going through gallery images taken on small res devices waaaaaay easier
[Android Apps and Games] evalf:
Thanks for the app suggestion. I'm hoping that everything could be done within FX one day, without resorting to other apps.

That's strange. I've tried it with two different phones and two servers and the results are the same (the app downloads and re-uploads the file). Which version of FX are you running? I'm running 5.1.0.27 (the latest available on the playstore).
[Android Apps and Games] UncleMike:
I'm also using 5.1.0.27. My FTP server is FreeNAS 0.7.2, accessed via SSH (SFTP), and the server address in FX is a DDNS name so I can access it via the LAN or over the internet (my router supports hairpin NAT). If you want any other setup details, let me know.
[Android Apps and Games] evalf:
Thanks for the details. I've done some more testing, I'm using the latest version of Filezilla server, and when moving a file I can see the two separate connections in the server interface, one downloading the file and the other one uploading it the new location. I've done some more tests with 2 other servers and the results were the same (one is a server from my ISP and the other was the ES File Explorer remote manager FTP on another phone). I really don't know what is causing this problem. Is someone else having the same issue?
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
There is a way to get FX Web Access to work with tethering, unfortunately it's a bit convoluted. Under Settings -> File Sharing -> Web Access -> Network, enable "Cellular Access". This will bypass the check for an active Wi-Fi network and allow it to start regardless.

Regrettably there's no means to check whether a Wi-Fi hotspot is running on your phone (no API available). There is an "unofficial" way to check for it that I hope to add in a future version of FX. I despise adding code like this to FX but it appears it's the only way to do it. If anyone is interested in seeing the actual code I'm talking about, look here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9065592/how-to-detect-wifi-tethering-state
[Android Apps and Games] GeTex:
You don't know what Passive FTP is do you... One connection is your client, the other is the file transfer
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
I added a privacy policy. :D
[Android Apps and Games] GeTex:
Did you get my suggestion about fit on the image viewer?

Also good work! Your not kidding. FX has remained my go to since gingerbread
[Android Apps and Games] UncleMike:
Is there any way to start/stop FX Web Access issuing Tasker?
[Android Apps and Games] MJ Senpai:
thank u

thank u
[Android Apps and Games] GeTex:
Very odd, mine renames with FX without the little dance using a Linux server. What protocol are you using?
[Android Apps and Games] evalf:
The logs were from tests using plain unsecured FTP, but I've also done tests with both explicit and implicit secure FTP (FTP-ES and FTP-S) and encountered the same problems. I've now tried this with 2 phones and 3 servers (my home filezilla server, ES's files haring FTP server, anm my ISP's server) with the same results so I'm starting to doubt that this is a problem specific to my configuration.

I've been re-reading UncleMike's post, and noticed he said he used SFTP. This is frequently confused with FTP-S but is not the same protocol, so I think this is why the renames are instantaneous in his case. FX clearly differentiates between FTP servers, both secured and unsecured, which are grouped under FTP Servers in Network, and SFTP servers which are grouped under SSH FTP Servers. Can you confirm which kind of server you are using? Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] GeTex:
I tested on my SFTP server but also use a FTP-S Explicit server. Not sure if I've tested the explicit in a while, I could try it.
[Android Apps and Games] evalf:
It would be great if you could have a try with your FTP-S server, that way we could check whether this is an issue specific to FX's handling of FTP servers, as well as confirm that the problem is not related to my configuration. Thanks for your help.
[Android Apps and Games] paul c:
Intrigued by your issue - I've got a FTP server set up at home (using FTP Home Server fwiw) on a slightly decrepit although trusty XP Dell workstation.

In FX, the connection is set up as FTP (no encryption) - the first option - password protected, and using passive mode.

Just renamed a folder of music, with about 100MB of data, and according to the logs it took 1second to complete. I saw the folder get renamed in the server file explorer in real time. It definitely didn't download/upload anything.
[Android Apps and Games] evalf:
Thanks for your reply. I just would like to confirm one thing, as I'm not sure if we are talking about the same thing or not. You mention that you've done a folder rename, but this is is not the problem I've been having. Folder and file renames are instantaneous for me as well. The issue I've encountered is with cutting and pasting files or folders from one folder to another in the FTP. Could you please try to cut and paste a big file in your FTP from one folder to another and see if the operation if still instantaneous? Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] paul c:
Sorry, I hadn't fully understood you. Indeed as you describe, as per the log of my FTP server, "cut/paste" downloads then uploads the file, then lastly deletes it from its original location.
[Android Apps and Games] mbc07:
Found an issue with FX Connect Web Access through WebDAV: it won't copy files with size around 200 MB or bigger. I enabled FX Web Access and then connected through WebDAV on a Windows 10 PC, and on those files it gives me an error saying that the file size exceeds the maximum allowed size and thus can't be saved...

EDIT: nevermind, it's an issue on Windows side, not FX. For anyone interested here's a registry tweak to increase the maximum file size allowed through a WebDAV transfer...
[Android Apps and Games] evalf:
Thanks for taking the time to test this, it's great to confirm that my theory was correct and that this is a problem with FX's handling of FTP servers, and not a configuration problem on my end. As an aside I was able to test FX's behaviour when moving files on an SFTP server, and indeed the move was instantaneous as [MENTION=5414005]GeTex[/MENTION] and [MENTION=3173459]UncleMike[/MENTION] had found out. So this issue only affects FTP servers and their variants (FTP-S and FTP-ES).

[MENTION=2954544]tliebeck[/MENTION], do you think you could fix this in a future version? Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
It's very much in the plan, but I don't have a solid ETA or version# at present. I will say I consider cloud service access to be very important.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
And while I'm here... new screenshots from upcoming beta.

Root access module (will be a separate APK download, initially off-market) is making good progress. Current pre-release focus is on adding warnings and authorizations for using root (given how quickly damage can be done to a phone using a root file manager).

Also have set up Facebook and Twitter pages:

http://www.facebook.com/NextApp

http://twitter.com/nextappinc (Needs work)
[Android Apps and Games] rosswaa:
Iv found a bug, if you download a image then go to the folder it was downloaded to and cut and paste it to a hidden folder you can still view the image in gallery

To get it unviewable you have to archive it them delete the originals and then extract them again then they are fully hidden but thats the only way I have found to hide them
[Android Apps and Games] elban:
Did you try tools/rescan media, from the sdcard (internal storage) folder?

I think it might help.
[Android Apps and Games] everlethal:
Is it possible to make ability to put folders on homescreen?
[Android Apps and Games] rosswaa:
Yep tried that, tried clearing both gallery and FX cache that doesn't work tried uninstalling neither does that

Iv also booted to recovery and wiped all cache and dalvik and that does nothing

tried everything and only thang that works is by zipping, deleting originals and unzipping

Which sucks
[Android Apps and Games] Nucleotide:
Looking sweet. Can't wait for root though. I'm getting sick of switching back and forward from FX to EStrongs just to use root. It will be nice to have it all in one package. :)

No Google+ page? :(
[Android Apps and Games] shakur2pac:
always on my phone
[Android Apps and Games] rosswaa:
Would be nice if in the media section there was a apk bit so you can find all apks on sd/ virtual SD card

I'm on galaxy nexus which doesn't have a SD card lol so virtual I think

That would be amazing!!!!
[Android Apps and Games] hexen88:
I want to translate this app to polish language. Gimme da files!
[Android Apps and Games] sarreq:
is there/will there be root capabilities?

edit: sorry, missed that in the OP. I've been hoping for a while to not have to choose between a GOOD full feature file explorer OR root explorer (the only good one). hope to see root abilities soon.
[Android Apps and Games] darkknight1984:
can't get files to open on my default app when accessing them through windows network

Hey, I just installed this app and it looks and works great. The problem i've been having is that I can't get files to open on my default app when accessing them from a PC through a windows network.

I tend to access video files from my desktop through my wireless network and watch it on my phone. They show up on the app no problem but when I go to open them it just pops up the 4 default option of the app (download, text editor, binary viewer, etc.)

Any idea on how to fix it?

My phone is a SE Xperia Ray running default Gingerbread.
[Android Apps and Games] jankoboys6:
I never used a Android file explorer and make so many task in a such a short time!!!. But that's not all the visuals make the app feel slim in view and very stylish. Also adding bookmarks to the home screen is great, making the app doing my work really quick I can't wait till the beta is over to use it as my default file manager app.

I'll make sure to report bugs when I'll find some

Thanks for sharing this great peace of work!

PS: I'm looking forward for your Root function support.
[Android Apps and Games] deathseeker3x:
cool..thanks!!!!
[Android Apps and Games] Guanfy:
You have a really slick looking app here. Nice clean layout, easy to navigate through and full functional. This is something i'd be willing to pay for once it comes out of beta. A few things though:

1. I'm trying to connect via smb from my tablet to my pc, and I keep getting network connetion error when I try to connect. I know that I have my settings correct (the ip, no pass no username) and I know that the smb share is good, because i've connected to it via the native archos app and via ex file explorer.

2. Building on what I said, it would be really nice to add a network scan function to your bookmarks menu so that you don't have to manually setup existing shares. Just scan, select and done. ex file explorer has implemented this and I hope you can do it with your app. Thanks again for such a clean, nice file explorer app.
[Android Apps and Games] Wolfteam20:
+1 i have the same problem :(
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Thanks, regrettably anonymous connections are not currently supported, hope to have this corrected fairly soon. Adding a SMB scanner is also a priority.

Thanks again!
[Android Apps and Games] rosseyn:
Keep up the good work!

Great app tliebeck! Very happy with the it so far.

The two things that gave me pause as I was experimenting are these:

1) The navigation bar ( Home > Memory Card > SomeFolder > Etc ) being at the top is a bit of a stretch for my thumb. It would be very nice to have an option to have this located right above the buttons at the bottom of the screen. (Much like there's an option to locate said buttons at the top.) This would facilitate one-handed use a great deal, particularly when held in the right hand.

2) While browsing via the Music category, regardless of Artist or Album, the scrolling was extremely jumpy. It would constantly hesitate and then leap forward as if to make up for lost time. ;) This was the only place it seemed to exhibit this behavior, other views inside of folders with similarly long lists did not seem to have this issue. E.g.: Pictures has to sort through 1900+ and even while pulling up thumbnails for the first time barely lags at all. By comparison Artists view with a mere 53 artists is very jittery.

As for ideas going forward, something that has always given me grief with the stock (and most other) image/file viewers is the inclusion of every image on my SD Card. I have a lot of eBooks in various formats, most of which have several images. Cover art, pictures, etc.. In one case the book is chopped into paragraph chunks which sometimes just shows a word or two in an image (I have no idea why.) Point being these are all lumped in with the pictures I ACTUALLY want to see! So if possible, please let us customize these libraries to include folders selectively.

The other thing that would be incredibly awesome to see is a Dropbox module. In bringing FTP/Windows Folders/SSH browsability into one app you've narrowed down everything I want to access in one place, except my Dropbox folders. The current Dropbox app is atrocious in features and function even if it does look pretty now. I would love to see an interface that could connect to my Dropbox account and display its contents with markers to note which files are already local, which are online only still, and perhaps some kind of version control comparison. The biggest thing would be for it to be capable of downloading entire folders in one user operation.

Thanks again for the great app and I hope this didn't put you to sleep ;)
[Android Apps and Games] frisky_bg:
Absolutely AWESOME
[Android Apps and Games] fvlserevere:
Really cool.

It's a beautiful app, but, I think, it'll be a useful function a multi-selection option.

Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] metrize:
Always says decompression error when I try to open a far that I just downloaded from notification bar...
[Android Apps and Games] Ultramanoid:
I wonder if the issue with FTP discussed at length lately is not a more general issue with FX and filesystems that are not the one where the application is installed or running from.

I mention it because I've observed the same behaviour when moving files in a card or drive attached via USB OTG. If I move say a 2 GB a file in the attached filesystem from folder A to folder B, it isn't instantaneous, but rather one can see the file being copied to B, then afterwards erased from A.
[Android Apps and Games] thedicemaster:
with usb/sd it's a limitation in android, and is fixed by Google in the latest android version.
[Android Apps and Games] GeTex:
Major bugs found with FX handling apk files, I'm unable to share them or try and zip them. Works fine with stock CM file manager. I think there's something wrong with the way FX is parsing such files? I don't understand why it is happening. It happens to lots of file types, occurring on all my devices I'm testing!
[Android Apps and Games] mbc07:
You can't share from some locations. Try copying the APK to internal storage or SD Card before sharing...
[Android Apps and Games] GeTex:
I know it's an FX bug, I can't do it from any location. Works sharing Images. This is testing internal and external storage. Bluetooth results in it failing saying "Failed to send Unknown File", Beam results in "Beam did not complete", Zipping it give a huge Java error thats miles long.
[Android Apps and Games] thedicemaster:
I had no trouble sending FX's APK using bluetooth a few days ago(needed to check the presence of some system files on a display phone)

and I had no trouble zipping an old minecraft APK a few minutes ago.

in both cases I had the apk file on my internal storage in my "download" folder.
[Android Apps and Games] Harsha Raj:
Firstly, I would like to congratulate the Dev for the app which is being continuously updated since past 5 years and making it the best file manager available for Android. All my devices including family and friends have them installed.

I would like to suggest 2 features:

1. Change the file selection UX

Initially the selection of any file by dragging your finger horizontally across each item was very unique to FX. However I feel this should be changed to something like press-and-hold-drag up or down gesture which is similar to Google Photos app. This selection ideology is even adopted in much popular QuickPic gallery app.

2. The checking of MD5 and checksums is really welcoming. However I would suggest to include a text input box below them so we can paste the original checksum right there and the app would compare and give a visual aid as to the checksum matches.

Thank you for taking your time to read this.
[Android Apps and Games] GeTex:
My results occur on multiple devices at random. But its always the same if it occurs once
[Android Apps and Games] zolee_:
Hi

This is best file explorer I used but since switching my S5 to MM I have problems.

I would constantly loose SD write access. Would enabled it but after restart it would be lost. In setting it still is writen "Enabled" but in reality it is disable. So I have to revoke write access and enable it again.

Right now with version r5127, I am able to delete/make files on extSD card but every time I get "Access Denied" error (even if task is succesfuly executed). It is imsposible to delete multiple files at once because once there is error task is canceled.

I did search internet and this thread for solution, didn't find it.

Any help?

Edit: Stock rom