VFiles v1.8.1

Changelog

🚀 v1.8.1 (2026-08-29)

APK installation working again, a first-launch screen that no longer locks you out on Android TV or ejects you halfway through, every reader listed under Default apps, and no keyboard in the way when saving a file.

🔄 Changed

• No keyboard when another app hands you a file to save: the name arrives prefilled and is usually kept as is. Tap the field to edit it.
• The signing config is read from keystore.properties instead of signing.properties. Building from source only.

🐛 Fixed

• Installing an APK works again: v1.8.0 shipped without the install permission, dropped along with the in-app updater that also used it, so Android refused every install without a word.
• The first-launch screen can be completed on Android TV: it asked for "All files access", which has no settings page on TV before Android 13, so Continue stayed greyed out for good.
• The first-launch screen is readable: its text used the Material 3 type scale, which the default theme does not define, so every label came out at the platform's smallest size.
• The first-launch screen waits for you instead of dropping you into the file list the moment storage is granted.
• It says VFiles, not Material Files, in all 32 languages.
• Every reader shows up under Default apps: candidates were queried in a way that only matched apps declaring no file type of their own, so a newly installed PDF reader never appeared.
• No Notifications card below Android 13, where the permission does not exist and it showed as already granted.

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F2:2B:D7:B4:63:D8:D8:9C:A1:AC:3B:6C:41:DB:0B:25:AA:C7:7B:86:24:C9:70:E4:52:81:2D:32:19:42:A9:71