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[Android Apps and Games] KarlosTheJackal:
Switched over to this full time, looks beautiful & works fine on my stock Galaxy Nexus!

Are you planning on realising it into the Play store or will it only be available on xda?

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[Android Apps and Games] Paradoxxx:
Doesn't work here on S2. Storage are empty what ever home folder I choose.

Sent from my i9100. No HyDrOG3NICS? No SWAGG..
[Android Apps and Games] DarkVarano:
It shows only a part of the android folders, but the others are invisible on my xperia play with beta ics.
[Android Apps and Games] bkensey:
I appreciate the offer! Not sure if a logcat would help though. There technically aren't any errors. I just need to do some research on how SD cards are mounted across all android devices and compensate for that. I think the G-nex is a special case with the non-external SD.

That would actually be fantastic. I like to think that I have an eye for design, but when it comes to creating icon assets my skills are limited. I'll pm you about the mimetype icons.

That is my hope as well :) My design goal is to make the file explorer that Google would have made if Google did file explorers. I'll be brainstorming with everyone a lot, because I do want to make this app easy to use for your grandma while also maintaining a compelling feature set for power users. Lots of thought needs to go into it.

It'll definitely be released to the Play store sometime soon. Release via XDA makes it difficult for people to stay up on the latest update. I don't want to do that though until I can expect a favorable first impression. An alpha tag does not excuse a completely broken first experience, imo.

Yeah... Storage reading seems totally broken. I'll dedicate myself to that next week. Can't expect people to provide feedback if they can't even see their files... XD
[Android Apps and Games] seahorsepip:
Very nice appp finally some proper file explorer :D

I would love to help with design or anything like that, I can also help if you want to make a website for the app with coding of the website and the design if wanted ^^
[Android Apps and Games] Paradoxxx:
Good job! Can't wait to see new versions.

And would be awesome if you open source.

Sent from my i9100. No HyDrOG3NICS? No SWAGG..
[Android Apps and Games] 1N5AN3:
I'm using your app about 2 weeks, it works like a charm! I really like the style and the idea about the two tabs. Please go on with, can't wait for next release. :)

I'm wondering if you could fix the dark theme? I can't read the description of the files/folders properly:
[Android Apps and Games] FredFS456:
Cool, good to see this thread over here. I've been following (reading) the thread over at Rootz for a while now. Once this has root capabilities I'll switch over for sure! It would look really nice on my Galaxy Nexus.

@1N5AN3: I believe that this was already noted. All you have to do is restart the app, I think.
[Android Apps and Games] seahorsepip:
Also could you maybe make the default name of the app just File Explorer or File Manager? This would looks more integrated in the menu and the holo make sthe title otherwise too long and gets the text cut off :/

Also any news on the application icon? I would love to help making a great icon for it that fits the ICS design standard (http://developer.android.com/design/style/iconography.html).

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Oh and could change the action overflow for android 2.3?

Like shown at: http://developer.android.com/design/patterns/compatibility.html

I also suggest to read this android design webpage if you haven't done it yet, it has so much useful information which should also be used in modern webdesign in my opinion :P
[Android Apps and Games] bkensey:
I have actually thought about the name change before, and I'm not entirely sure what to do about it. I went from swipe explorer to holo file explorer for the name, and I do see it being cut off now in my launcher, which is annoying. On the other hand though, I've researched other apps and seen complaints about just having "file explorer" instead of the "??? file explorer" name. I guess they didn't like that it wasn't named properly in their launcher. I also though about cutting out the "file" or "file explorer" but I don't think the name works without all three words. Thoughts?

I found a pretty cool guy who lives in Thailand, and he's doing some cool work with the app icon. He's been swamped with work the last several weeks, but he's coming up on a break soon. I'm also working with blackbearblanc on filetype icons. Between the two of them, we should have some UI improvements out soon. (the current icons hurt my eyes, I will admit) And I have been using the design site. I was so excited the day that popped up. I can promise that if something isn't in line with the guidelines or at least the spirit of the guidelines (too strict of adherence stifles the "soul" of an app), I am already planning on fixing it. As soon as the basic functions of the app aren't broken ;)

As for the action overflow, I believe that it is currently showing the ICS style 3-dot overflow menu. Were you thinking that should be gone and be the domain of just the menu button?
[Android Apps and Games] XlAfbk:
I'd vote for "Holo File Explorer" in Play Store but just "File Explorer" or "Holo Explorer" in launcher
[Android Apps and Games] rasmusx:
+1 for that
[Android Apps and Games] FredFS456:
In my opinion, "Holo Explorer" would work just fine. Having two different names in the Play store and the launcher might be confusing. Since many people run alternative launchers (such as Nova) we could just change the shortcut name if we want to.
[Android Apps and Games] bkensey:
Duly noted. Now that I see it, I guess Holo Explorer doesn't look that bad. People will know that it's a file explorer, and the full title is really only necessary in Market to denote the app's function. I'll try it out.
[Android Apps and Games] mchj:
i cant see my files ;(

blank list ;(

ARC S ICS
[Android Apps and Games] FredFS456:
Yes, that issue is already being worked on.
[Android Apps and Games] seahorsepip:
Yes on a phone that has a menu button it should in my opinion or atleast a option for it ^^
[Android Apps and Games] zuwarrz:
GOOD APPS
[Android Apps and Games] bkensey:
New update is up! Check it out!
[Android Apps and Games] petsasj:
I really love this application. As everyone else, I can't wait for root actions.

One simple suggestion I want to make is have a separate configurable home location for the two tabs. For example I'd have tab one home to be /sdcard and tab two / (root dir).
[Android Apps and Games] orrebo:
I wonder if you could fix the dark font in the dark theme.

It's a bit hard to read.

*EDIT*

Never mind. After I restarted the application so is the text white :)
[Android Apps and Games] Paradoxxx:
Me iz wanting to test. But /me needs to see files and folders :)

Nice work sir.
[Android Apps and Games] Tectas:
After your last update my folders are shown, thx for it, i will play around a bit and give you some feedback.

Oh and maybe if you don't know this app, take a look at ghost commander, nice little app with nice features, but no real beauty and at some points hard to work with, maybe you can put something out of it and make it better :)
[Android Apps and Games] RoadXY:
Confirmed working on my ICS HD2!

Great work.
[Android Apps and Games] albedebbi:
very beautifull app and multi tab are usefull...waiting for root permission:D
[Android Apps and Games] KarlosTheJackal:
Noticed that when updating to the latest version, I went to rename the .zip file to .apk & this isn't implemented yet..I had to download another file manager to install this one lol
[Android Apps and Games] ezio93:
yeah nice touch with the tabbed panels... I just got ICS on my AT&T Galaxy S2 today, and this is like the best file explorer I could find...

The one that comes with the stock TouchWiz ROM was my primary file explorer, but no luck anymore.

This is really good I must say, and yes presetting/saving the tab-locations would just be perfect... I don't know what you are planning to do with the Bookmarks, but it would be good to have separate tabs for directories you frequently use... [for example, the phone SD and ext SD]
[Android Apps and Games] FredFS456:
I just installed the latest version to test it out. After playing around with it for a while, I found several things (may or may not be already slated for changes):

1. If you check a folder and go to Details, pressing the Generate MD5 Sum button will do nothing. In that case, maybe get rid of the MD5 box in Details for folders?

2. Alphabetical Sort sorts all the folders that begin with capitals first, then the ones that begin with lower case. Kind of unintuitive, maybe need to change to ignore case with sorting? (For example, it would sort "Download, Edited, MinimalisticTextPreferences... TitaniumBackup, astrid, backups... etc")

3. Going from one checked file/folder to two, the action overflow button (three dots) suddenly disappears and the action bar re-spaces itself. Maybe change it so that it keeps the action overflow button (if needed) or add a transition animation? It's kind of abrupt right now.

4. The sharing/opening file popup menu sometimes appears to have duplicate items (sometimes a lot of them). I've only had it happen to Facebook and AVAST! so I don't know it it affects all apps in a particular slot or just those apps. See attached screenshots.

EDIT: More things.

5. The "No items." text looks a little out of place, needs to be centered in screen in my opinion. Probably going to change later though.

6. There should be a confirmation for deleting files.

Just a question, why the theme change to "Identity"? I think "Dark Action Bar" would fit the rest of ICS more.

This is definitely the best looking (and most ICS-fitting) file browser I've ever tried. Looking forward to seeing where this will go!
[Android Apps and Games] XlAfbk:
I just remembered one thing that really annoys me about Root Explorer and I hope you could implement it better:

Searching always searches the whole file structure from where I am. Often though I only need to quickly find a folder/file in a long list of file and don't care about the content of any subfolder. That's simply not possible with Root Explorer right now.

In case it's not clear, the desired behaviour is basicly a "ls *keyword*".

Could be implemented by providing a checkbox in search dialog "[ ] search subfolders", if unticked it does what I want, else it's the same search as in Root explorer.
[Android Apps and Games] Paradoxxx:
Yeah! Now it works for my s2. Awesome.

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[Android Apps and Games] chover427:
مشكووور اخوي
[Android Apps and Games] CATA-:
Great app! The ui rulez
[Android Apps and Games] OhmEye:
Excellent work!

This is beautiful. I appreciate all of your attention to style and detail. To be fully functional for me, I will need to be able to get to the root, as that is the only place I can access my external SD card. It's at /emmc, not at /sdcard/external_sd.

I know you'll get it! :)
[Android Apps and Games] DarkVarano:
Very good

Now works perfectly ! It only lacks bluetooth sharing of a file and root management and I won't need ES Explorer anymore, even if Holo Explorer is now my main file browser :)
[Android Apps and Games] bkanuka:
Is there tablet support? (Current or planned)

When I try to open it on my tablet, it force closes. Works fine on my phone. Thanks for the great app regardless. Why the #%&&* is it the norm to not rely on design guidelines?
[Android Apps and Games] CreepyE:
Gorgeous layout and ui. Loving this so far

Sent from my ICS flavored DROID4
[Android Apps and Games] octavian90:
Agree. Waiting for root access and will use this full time. Will be happy to pay for it too.
[Android Apps and Games] Electrostatic King:
Love the look and feel of this one. Can't wait to see further development.

Just one thing, when I cut a file, how do I paste it? Seems silly, but I can't do that.

Edit : Seems to work now. Excellent explorer.
[Android Apps and Games] BurnRubber90:
I get a fc while trying to navigate through my Downloads folder.
[Android Apps and Games] usaff22:
Wow. This guy should get more thanks, why don't you add a donate button? ;)

The design is

superb

. I've never seen a better looking app than this.

Feature requests:

Root

Unzip

Add those two in and you've captured me. :eek: I will ditch root explorer for the last time and from now on, use this. :)

Once again well done ;)
[Android Apps and Games] chayes627:
I agree and have mentioned the same thing on rootz
[Android Apps and Games] KingCreole:
Waiting for root, too.

And, a little bug: when you select "Dark" theme on settings, you cannot see the name of the folder/file, cause the font color is black, as the background.
[Android Apps and Games] _kolle_:
Great app so far. Two comments from me :

- alphabetical sorting is wrong for me (see Screenshot)

- why is there a confirmation dialog for exiting the app? Imho its obsolete ;-)

Greetz
[Android Apps and Games] _kolle_:
Restarting the app should fix that
[Android Apps and Games] XlAfbk:
just wondering, since it seems most people are only waiting for root to adopt this app, is there any eta?
[Android Apps and Games] MartyHulskemper:
bkensey, I'm going to give it a whirl when I have some time on my hands. If I find anything, I'll let you know. :)
[Android Apps and Games] FredFS456:
Follow him on G+ to see updates. I'm guessing there's no ETA on root, because he's just one person working on this in his spare time. I wonder if we could convince him to open-source (not likely) or invite other collaborators... (slightly more likely)
[Android Apps and Games] bkanuka:
Why is open-sourcing a project unlikely? Open source does not necessarily mean free binaries for everybody, nor does it mean no money. I certainly would pay a few bucks on the play store for this app - and in fact I would be more likely to pay for an open source app.
[Android Apps and Games] FredFS456:
I guess that's true... you do need to know how to compile to get a binary out of it. It would probably be easier to just download the app and pull the apk on a rooted phone if one wants to pirate. Hm. I hope he seriously considers open sourcing this app, as it would be more likely to make it into CM9 or other roms if this app were open sourced. I would pay for the full version of this app whether it is open source or not, but I would prefer open source for the dev community's sake.
[Android Apps and Games] bkensey:
I have actually been considering this over the past few weeks. I know my current pace is probably driving everyone nuts, since the whole job/life thing leaves little time for my hobby. I have been working but it's just not as fast as it was before I got my current job. I'm currently working on zip file handling, and I have single and multi file zipping working. Just need to finish archive viewing and extraction.

But anyways, do you think anyone would even want to contribute? It isn't the kind of thing people just do on a whim. It takes a lot of time and dedication.

I do think there are some downsides to the open-sourcing process. I'd hate for someone else to just steal my work and pass it off as their own, but I guess that might be something I'm willing to risk. I'd like other programmers out there to be able to learn from some of the things I've done, and I would welcome the opportunity to have people help out. I'm not saying that such collaboration would appear overnight, because I definitely have some things to learn about managing a git repo, but it would help a lot.

Making it into CM9 would be a dream come true. I've fantasized about it many times, haha. I would also love to make it available for rom devs out there too, but again, the app needs to be mature first.

So what does everyone think? I'd love to hear different opinions and arguments on the idea. Anyone out there who would seriously like to collaborate?
[Android Apps and Games] FredFS456:
I'm in general supportive of this app going open-source (if only what becomes the free version). I would like to contribute, but, unfortunately, all I know as of this moment is some very basic Java. =P Hopefully there are devs out there that are willing to collaborate with you (seeing the quality of this app, there probably will be).
[Android Apps and Games] Tectas:
Release it under gpl license ;)

This would mean it can't be included in proprietary software and everyone forking your project needs to publish the source as well.

Also everyone deriving from your project would only be allowed to release it under gpl as well and you as license owner would be the only one who is allowed to change the license.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License

This could as well be helpful for you http://help.github.com/git-cheat-sheets/

Good luck with your project, I really like it :)

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[Android Apps and Games] Jezz_X:
Yeah but speaking from experience the reality can be very far from the truth and unless you have some clout to go after them legally not a lot you can do about it.

BTW this filemanager looks great but root support is a must for me as well though
[Android Apps and Games] Tectas:
With including this license and having a definitely derived project not released under gpl he has clout, but for sure it's damn hard to prove that it it's derived and they're will ever be some who don't give a damn about licensing and get away with it, but there still would be many using it as it is and using it in legal matters I guess.

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[Android Apps and Games] AllSeeyinEye:
Well, posted this in your previous thread, but root access and the archive opening / extracting you're working on right now are the only things keeping me at ES file explorer.

Regarding root, in your OP you mention

If root can be turned on with an option, like in ES file explorer, wouldn't you then satisfy both power users as casual users? It will then be everyones own choice ;)
[Android Apps and Games] punshkin:
This is über awesome! My most desired root feature is setting rw permissions

I'll keep 2 eyes on this project :D
[Android Apps and Games] XlAfbk:
as most of us seem to only be waiting for root support to adopt use of Holo FE I thought I'd mention Solid Explorer here which is also holo-like and does have root
[Android Apps and Games] AllSeeyinEye:
The app description mentions the holo-skins too, but I did not discover them. Not everything with a light-ish background and a grey-ish bar is holo ;)
[Android Apps and Games] FredFS456:
Other things that I would like to have, that I use in ES File Explorer are:

1. Samba/SMB shares - windows 'shared folders' - I use this to transfer files sometimes

2. Dropbox/Box.com integration (but not necessary, I use the Dropbox app anyways)
[Android Apps and Games] AllSeeyinEye:
Is there still some ongoing development in this app? And if so, can we expect root access?

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[Android Apps and Games] bkensey:
There is. Life continues to slow my pace of development, but I am jumping between code cleanup and root access at the moment. My hope is that I can open source my code sometime soon, attract one or two interested assistants, and begin churning out more timely updates. I know its been a long and silent month, so I appreciate folks bearing with me.
[Android Apps and Games] ejatds:
will be waiting patiently for final version :)
[Android Apps and Games] bkensey:
I've been making good progress on root functionality over the last few days. You can check out Holo File Explorer on G+ to watch the progress.
[Android Apps and Games] lotusomega:
good work man...thanks...
[Android Apps and Games] bkensey:
New update is out!
[Android Apps and Games] :
I'm really excited for future developments and releases of this app. Also, I really like the holo theme. Though, it cannot replace yet my current file manager from rhythm software (ICS themed app really does matter with me).

BTW, i think you should concentrate first with basic file manager tasks,

Integrating powerful root access and browsing are quite a competition out there. ;)
[Android Apps and Games] *se-nsei.:
This app is great. Would love to see this become the cyanogenmod 9 official file explorer... it's deserving of it anyway. ;)
[Android Apps and Games] NunxPT:
+1 on this.

nice job :)
[Android Apps and Games] Deja_Vu:
Add Preview of images and Google drive! And will us as default explorer!!

Nice app!!

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[Android Apps and Games] bkensey:
Thanks mate. I spend a lot of time pondering the proper application of Google's guidelines and the danger of adhering too closely. I still have a lot of improvements to make, but my goal is clear.

Heres to hoping that my plan to fork a more mature back-end pays off.

This may or may not be my biggest dream for the app :P I know that I still have a lot to learn a and a lot to do, but It is my hope to make the app attractive and mature enough to qualify for consideration.

The Google drive is probably farther out, but Image previews are pretty important and their absence is constantly in the back of my mind. Definitely a top item on the to-do list.
[Android Apps and Games] eoghan2t7:
Just found this app new :p looking great so far just one bug so far which is once root is enabled the app seems to have a joke with me by protecting every folder and reading the folder names by the months of the year once root is deactivated all goes back to normal.

My device is:

HTC wildfire s

S-off

Bootloader unlocked

Rooted of course

Running CM7 RC3

Android 2.3.7
[Android Apps and Games] _strauch_:
Wow nice Explorer. I sarched a while for a ICS Styled Explorer. Thinks that would be nice:

- tablet support

- FTP/SMB/cloud support

- very important: a button to donate or possibility to buy it over Google Play

Fantastic are the details with rights and md5.... great. Thank you.
[Android Apps and Games] lbrfabio:
any htc one s (or x) here?

I noticed that it appears the "famous" blackbar + menu button when I open Holo File Explorer.

It shouldn't, considering that it follows the ics guidelines.

also in the the screenshoots there is no "legacy" menu button at the right so it should be all right on the htc one s...except it's not :-P
[Android Apps and Games] bkensey:
Hmmm. Well that's interesting. And bizzare. HTC must be handling the menu button conditional differently than the Nexus? I'll look into it and see if I can't remedy the situation. Thanks for posting and letting me know.
[Android Apps and Games] lbrfabio:
Thank you for this app :D

anyway, bizzare indeed. I wonder if there are other apps who has the same behaviour
[Android Apps and Games] XlAfbk:
have you seen http://code.google.com/p/android-file-explorer/ ? maybe could cooperate as the intention seems pretty similar
[Android Apps and Games] philosophii:
good clean look and feel

thanks for this file explorer it looks amaznig and i love how clean it is compared to other market explorers. maybe make the swiping more like moving between folders, i.e. swipe right to go previous folder :)
[Android Apps and Games] verynuclear:
It has a great look.

When theme changed to dark, the font doesn't change to white and still black.

Sent from my HOX CyanogenMod 9
[Android Apps and Games] bkensey:
I believe Google reader is another app that has no menu button on a nexus and does on a One X/S
[Android Apps and Games] bkensey:
Try exiting and reopening to switch font colors. Its a known issue that I am working on.
[Android Apps and Games] lbrfabio:
yep. another app that I remember is whatsapp
[Android Apps and Games] Electrostatic King:
Well pretty much every app that is not optimized for ics has that black bar and 3dot menu. It's because one x doesn't have the physical menu button.

But since I'm on Lee's ship, I don't have the problem.

Great app.. Great looks..

Thanks