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BFE 0.3 — Portrait split + Compact view

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@The412Banner The412Banner released this 01 Sep 20:21
v0.3
2a02dec

BFE — standalone, sideload-only Android file manager & explorer with a full native archive / GOG-installer extraction engine (lifted from Bannerlator's in-app File Manager). GPL-3.0.

✨ New in 0.3

  • Portrait dual-pane is now side-by-side (left/right), matching landscape — the two panes no longer stack top/bottom. Dual-pane is always a horizontal split.
  • Width-adaptive pane header — in a narrow pane (portrait half-width) the drive chip and "New Folder" collapse to icons and the action row becomes a horizontal scroll strip, so the toolbar never clips; wide panes keep the full inline toolbar.
  • Compact list view — a new third view mode. The toolbar view button now cycles Grid → List → Compact. Compact rows drop the card, use a small icon + single-line name + dim size, at ~28dp tall (about 2× denser than the standard list) so many more items fit. (Not a literal quarter-height — text stays readable; tell me if you want it even tighter.)

Carried over from 0.1 / 0.2

  • Dual-pane commander mode: independent panes (own folder/selection/sort/view/scroll), active-pane highlight, Copy → / Move → into the other pane, and extract-into-the-other-pane by default.
  • Browse + drive/path bar + storage-root switcher; sort (name/size/date/type); search; grid + list + compact views (persisted).
  • Multi-select copy/cut/delete/share; copy/move/delete/rename with progress + conflict resolution + cancel; new folder; favorites; properties + read-only; show/hide hidden; image thumbnails + .exe icon extraction.
  • Full extraction stack: 7z / zip / rar / iso, InnoSetup & GOG installers (with automatic DLC batch extraction), FreeArc/ISDone — with a minimizable progress pill.
  • Open with, Install APK, Share, and BFE registers as an OS "Open with" / Share target.

Requirements

  • Android 8.0+ (API 26), arm64-v8a only. Grant All-files access on first run (native extractors need real file access).

Install

Sideload BFE-0.3.apk (allow "install unknown apps" if prompted). Separate app (com.the412banner.bfe); won't touch any other install.

Signing & integrity

  • Test key (CN=BFE Test), APK Signature Scheme v1 + v2 + v3 (verified). Test/dev key, not a Play/production key.
  • APK SHA-256: d686f4821eda0b9b6931297cc59b39c2be444420e84213d2fc8408a472b547ba

Known limitations

  • Dual-pane split is fixed 50/50 (no drag-resize yet).
  • Compact row is ~2× denser, not a literal quarter-height (readability floor).
  • Breadcrumb is a drive-chip + full-path bar (not clickable-segmented); errors via toasts; no predictive-back animation (targetSdk 28).
  • Status: build-verified + CI-green + signature-verified — not yet device-proven.

Built from 2a02dec · CI run 33553763658.

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