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add tabs like in notes app

Android 4.2 on an old Galaxy S4.
In system settings, I already have configured font size with "Extra large", but still the font is still tiny. Especially when compared to the stock file browser.

• show progress
• handle conflicts at decompressing

Thank you for this good app. On my LG-D855 phone with CleanRom 2.5 (based on Marshmallow stock rom), using Magisk, app won't show root folder content when root permissions ( and root enabled in settings) granted.It shows root folder contents without root previlages tough.

On my device (API level 23) its background is black. I think it should have the same color as FAB and status bar.

Hi,

I'd like to be able to share PDF and other kind files. The apps I use may not implement the share functionality that for instance your Simple Gallery does. Do you think it is possible to add the share button to Simple File Manager without adding too much complexity?

Thanks for your apps!

I need to share two folders (with some files inside them).
With both selected and clicking the share icon, I see No files selected

Couldn't we have a way to share folders too? (of course, using some compacted file, like ZIP)

Now we only have list view. I suggest you to add some more view types like:

Columns
Grid
Detailed list

I think it would be really nice to support .rar, .7z, .bzip,... filetypes in addition to .zip files (already supported)

It would be nice to be able to change file and folder permissions and ownership, using root to do this if necessary.

A separate section would have different type categories (i.e Music, Videos, apk etc) that would easy for the users to target specific files.

When I perform this sequence of events the screen changes its state

1. Long click on item in list
2. Click on ... to open Overflow Menu
3. Orientation change

Given that they can be created within the app, it would be great being able to open them and edit them.

Or... the Simple Notes app could open .txt files too, but that'd be an issue for another app.

But just plain simple text. I don't think it would be wise to start recognizing different syntaxes like MiXplorer does. Just plain .txt is fine.

When renaming a file or a directory the prompt says "Create new item". The RenameItemDialog uses string "create_new" when creating the dialog, instead of the defined "rename_directory" and "rename_file".

Is it me or we can't explore the SD card?

Color customization is really nice in the latest version, but I think a few built-in theme, first of all the old dark theme would be awsome.
Thanks for considerig this.

Now to make an option we have to click on 3dot menu to do them.

Maybe you could make an action bar with more common actions like:

Cut
Copy
Move
Delete
Select all/Unselect all

possibility to copy the current path (for example by long pressing it) and the path of selected item in the properties popup

Hi,

I like the simplicity. But in the case of delete, it would be good, if the confirmation dialog could be more verbose, so that I actually know, what I am going to delete.
This includes:

• If the directory is empty, note that "Do you want to delete an empty directory?"
• If the directory contains something, be even more verbose. This could possibly delete a complete tree with a lot of data.
• When deleting more than one item, at least tell the number of items. I am not actually sure, wether any of the items should be allowed to be a directory with content (previous point).

When enabling/disabling the dark theme, there's an animation that makes the process feel much smoother than most apps. I'd like to see if I can put together some PRs to add that animation to some other apps I use. Relevant code (from settingsActivity.java):

private void restartActivity() {
    TaskStackBuilder.create(getApplicationContext()).addNextIntentWithParentStack(getIntent()).startActivities();
}

Does TaskStackBuilder create the animation, too? I'm relatively new to Android dev and just want to make sure I'm not missing anything.

Thank you!

It seems that at least in MM ROMs /system is always mounted read only. Thus a root capable file explorer without mount options is slightly handicapped. Could you add easy one click remount options?

Currently I need to do this via terminal (mount -o rw,remount /system ) before editing system files. Quite cumbersome.

Simple File Manager version: 2.1.0 (but it occurs for months)
Android: 6

I'd wish to add a log here, but catlog can't filter easy.

It seems Simple File Manager uses an old API?

A feature that is missing in every other file manager is the ability to select multiple items in a list without using "select all". For example, select one item, then choose "Select to", and then another item, and all those in between would be selected.

It is useful for situations like, sharing a bunch of photos from a certain date range. You don't want to share all photos in the directory, but there's a lot to manually scroll through and select each one.

Just a improvement suggestion

Hi, after allow access to media, photos and files the app request "Screen Overlay Detected"
I try to enable this in my Samsung S6 Edge but the app doesn't open :(

When switching to root folder, root permission is not asked for and nothing is shown.

Please, ad an ability to see the icon of the Apk inside the app!

I was about to update a translation when I noticed that the is already translated, but the app doesn't use it. Also the "Direct children count" in the app is not available in the strings.

When I perform this sequence of events, the scrollable view on screen goes back to the top:

In the main activity:

1. Scroll Down
2. Orientation Change

When I perform this sequence of events, the dialog on screen disappears:

Sequence 1:

1. Click on Add item
2. Orientation change

Sequence 2:

1. Long click on file
2. Click on Edit
3. Orientation change

Sequence 3:

1. Long click on file
2. Open Overflow Menu
3. Click on Delete
4. Orientation change

Sequence 4:

1. Long click on file
2. Open Overflow Menu
3. Click on Copy/Move
4. Orientation change

Sequence 5:

1. Long click on file
2. Open Overflow Menu
3. Click on Copy/Move
4. Click on Select Destination
5. Orientation change

Sequence 6:

1. Long click on file
2. Click on Properties
3. Orientation Change

When I try to access to /root/data there are no files in there. But with other fm I can access the folder and see a bunch of files.

Hi! Nice app, but is possible to add an ability to create/modify a complete 7-zip (.7z) archivers??

IMHO currently it is not really intuitive to switch between the different storages. Clicking on a (small lettered) text on top the file list is not self explaining, and moreover you really have to aim to hit it right.

One solution would be to make a real button. Another solution, e.g. in combination with the also requested bookmarks-feature, might be a swipe-menu from the left

The latest version in F-Droid is 2.2.2 (Added on Apr 27, 2017) as opposed to the Play Store, which has 2.3.0

https://f-droid.org/packages/com.simplemobiletools.filemanager/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.simplemobiletools.filemanager&hl=en

To replicate -

1. Long press a file (a PDF, in my case)
2. Overflow menu
3. Share
   4a. Select one of the suggestions,
   4b. or select Conversations and select a chat
   The application switches as though sharing was successful, but no file is actually sent.

Applications like Syncthing require it to open folders.
See also syncthing/syncthing-android#838

options: Overwrite, add suffix, skip

It would be great if the app could access (read/write/copy) files in a samba share in a local network.

Still maintaining the minimal set of permissions to be able to do the task.