AndroidFileExplorer

Android File Explorer

Install

• To setup this app in Eclipse (ADT) install the EGit plugin first.
• Clone this repo (see link on github page of this repo) using the Git perspective in Eclipse.
• In the Git perspective, right click on cloned repo -> Import Projects... -> Use the New Project Wizard -> Android Project from Existing Code -> Go to and select ~/git/AndroidFileExplorer and import

(Alternatively, checkout the repo [using command line git] and directly use the New Project Wizard to import.)

ChangeLog

[07Apr2014]

• Add context action bar to rename/delete files. Remove context menu.

[01Apr2014]

• Make it possible to change colors of dirs and files

[28Mar2014]

• Added rename file dialog

[27Mar2014]

• Make context menu when long pressing a file (instead of context action menu)

[25Mar2014]

• Open unknown files with browser by default
• Added preferences.xml

[24Mar2014]

• Added context menu and possibility to delete files

[21Mar2014]

• Fixed Activity state reset on rotate
• Added possibility to open files with appropriate app
• Set up Async Task to load directory entries in background

[20Mar2014]

• Back key goes one up in directory structure
• Implemented view holder pattern for directory entry list
• Implemented directory traversal

ToDo

• Check for external media in file system tree (?)
• Add a test to check whether chosen directory and normale file colors equal (?)
• Set up StrictMode config / How to use this?
• Use ViewHolders/Background thread for the dir list (?)
• Test back key when dialog is active
• Abreviate directory length with dots when too long (?)
• Remember list view position to make go-back-functionality more intuitive
• Remember directory when phone gets rotated
• Add icons to folders/files (?)
• Declare Listeners in XML layout file (?)
• Make context menu only visible for files
• Check read rights before opening a file
• Change color of selected view item
• Test rotation and fix crash

Questions

• Should I use a ListFragment for the directory list in order to store parent (=previous) directories in the back stack? / When does it make sense to use a fragment in general?
• How to open umlaut files?