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BFE 0.6 — Root: browse any app's storage

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@The412Banner The412Banner released this 01 Sep 23:54
v0.6
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BFE — standalone, sideload-only Android file manager & explorer with native archive / GOG-installer extraction (from Bannerlator's in-app File Manager). GPL-3.0.

✨ New in 0.6 — root: browse ANY app's storage, one tap

  • "All apps (root)" — the Add-app-storage picker now has a second section listing every installed app (label + package + icon, with a filter box). Pick one and BFE drops you straight into its private /data/data/<pkg> folder — no folder-picker step. If the app also has external data (Android/data/<pkg>), that's pinned too.
  • Full management on a root location: browse, new folder, rename, delete, copy/move (into and out of it, including cross-pane Copy → / Move →), multi-select, share / open-with / install (staged through BFE's cache since other apps can't read /data/data).
  • Safe writes into app sandboxes: anything BFE writes into an app's data dir as root is automatically chowned back to that app's uid (chmod 770/660 + restorecon), so the app keeps working — no root-owned leftovers that break it.
  • Extract straight into SAF or root locations — extraction goes to a temp dir then copies into the target pane (with the ownership fix for root). Cross-pane extract-into-the-other-side now works for every storage kind.
  • SAF grant is now one tap — the system folder picker opens already at the app's root, so you just hit "Use this folder." (That confirm is Android's own SAF consent — unavoidable for SAF; the root section skips it entirely.)

⚠️ Root requirements

  • Needs a rooted device (Magisk). The first root action triggers a Magisk prompt — grant BFE root there. Without root the app works fully; only the "All apps (root)" section is unavailable (you'll get a one-line notice, no crash).
  • Root gives BFE full read/write over app data. Be deliberate in there — this is the power-user path.

Everything else

Pinnable SAF app storage (0.5); dual-pane commander with single shared toolbar and per-pane Grid/List/Compact + sort (0.2–0.4); browse/search/multi-select/copy/move/rename/new-folder with progress + conflict resolution; favorites; thumbnails + .exe icons; full extraction stack (7z/zip/rar/iso, InnoSetup/GOG + DLC batch, FreeArc); Open-with / Install-APK / Share; landscape side rail + portrait storage dropdown with "+ Add app storage".

Requirements & install

  • Android 8.0+ (API 26), arm64-v8a only; grant All-files access on first run; root (Magisk) for the root features.
  • Sideload BFE-0.6.apk (allow "install unknown apps"). Separate app (com.the412banner.bfe).

Signing & integrity

  • Test key (CN=BFE Test), APK Signature Scheme v1 + v2 + v3 (verified). Not a Play/production key.
  • APK SHA-256: f53a3469d2c03da19cfd943b4ce15ffc25cae993639553f8742f6ab18a5a5e7d
  • Status: build-verified + CI-green + signature-verified — not yet device-proven. The root/chown path in particular deserves a careful on-device check.

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