BFE 0.7 — Compress: zip/7z/tar/tzst/.wcp

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 0.7 — Compress / create archives

Select files or folders → Compress… → pick a format, name, level, optional password, and destination (current pane or the other pane in dual-pane). Runs as a background job with the same progress pill, notification, and cancel as extraction.

• zip · 7z · tar · tar.gz · tar.xz — via the bundled 7-Zip engine. Levels store/fast/normal/max; optional password for zip and 7z (7z uses header encryption too).
• tzst (tar.zst) — tar + Zstandard.
• .wcp (Winlator content pack) — a tar.zst with a profile.json manifest. The "Create WCP" form collects the pack's type (Wine / Proton / DXVK / D7VK / VKD3D / Box64 / WOWBox64 / FEXCore / VEGAS), versionName, versionCode, description, and writes the exact schema Bannerlator/Winlator parse — so a pack you build here installs straight into Bannerlator.
• Destination can be a pinned SAF or root location (written via a temp file, with the ownership fix on root).

Everything else

Root any-app browse (0.6) · pinnable SAF app storage (0.5) · dual-pane commander w/ single shared toolbar + per-pane Grid/List/Compact & sort · full extraction stack (7z/zip/rar/iso, InnoSetup/GOG + DLC batch, FreeArc) · extract into SAF/root · Open-with / Install-APK / Share · landscape rail + portrait storage dropdown.

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-0.7.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. (Note: this repo is public, so the test key is public — treat it as a dev key.)
• APK SHA-256: df2265609e16a9a093cfe826ca229d3b404b42dcb7827f6f46e037766d5bc6d4
• Status: build-verified + CI-green + signature-verified — not yet device-proven.

Next

0.8 — APK Cloner + Signer: clone any .apk or installed app with a new package name / label / version / icon (proper rename so it actually installs), Clone & Install, and a Sign-APK tool with your own keys or the built-in test key (v1/v2/v3).

Built from 456587e · CI run 33575176216.