Changelog
January 20, 2012: 0.96
- Added search feature. Filesystems are indexed and stored in a database, with incremental updates on subsequent searches. This update service runs ONLY when you perform a search, it DOES NOT automatically run in the background.
- Added Quick search box to home screen (can be disabled in settings).
- Added checksum MD5/SHA1 calculator to "Details" screen.
- Bookmarks now appear in file selectors (e.g. text editor, selecting downloads folder, etc).
- Android MediaScanner now notified when files are moved/removed, such that they will be immediately updated in Images, Music, and Videos views (as well as Android's own Gallery and Music apps).
- Added settings option to disable MediaScanner synchronization entirely.
- Fixed poor performance when adding items to playlists.
- Added support for setting permissions on SSH servers
- Improved performance of large deletes.
- Android application package (APK) icons are now displayed in file views.
December 29, 2011: 0.96
- Canceling connecting to a network location now stops it immediately.
- Image viewer can now display images on remote servers.
- Option to download items from remote servers in “Open With” dialog.
- FTP connections now auto-detect UTF8 servers.
- Directory listings now remember scroll positions after performing file operations such as “New Folder”, rename, or delete.
- Home screen now displays size of music, image, and video collections.
- New Folder, New File, and Rename dialogs now show virtual keyboard immediately by default.
- Text editor now has settings to enable/disable auto-correct. Does not work with all keyboards, only those that pay attention to the Android API.
- Text Editor now has line wrap on/off and status bar on/off options.
- Text Editor now forces virtual landscape keyboard to not use fullscreen mode.
- Added preference to always open text files in text editor (rather than viewer).
- Revamped start-up dialog to display quick tips (e.g., how to select files) and license.
December 8, 2011: 0.93
- Added overwrite/skip option when conflicting filenames are detected.
- Added filesystem manager screen (accessible via tools menu). This feature is read-only for the moment (the add-on root module will eventually use it when the root module is made available).
November 18, 2011: 0.89
- Aesthetic user interface improvements.
- Revamped various dialogs.
- Kindle Fire support (sideloading).
- Added Select All option to View Menu in file views.
- Bugfixes.
November 8, 2011: 0.85
- This is an interim bugfix release. Major development is underway on search and root features, but these are not included in this release.
- Fixed bugs in Zip file extractor when dealing with larger files.
- Fixed sort-by-kind bug in file views.
October 22, 2011: 0.82
- This is an interim bugfix release. Major development is underway on search and root features, but these are not included in this release.
October 10, 2011: 0.80
- Added Text Editor
- Added capability to bookmark local file locations and add them to the FX home screen. Bookmark titles and icons may be customized. Bookmarks may be edited, removed, and rearranged by long-pressing on them on the home screen.
- Added preference to display wallpaper in all major views. This preference is enabled by default.
- Added translucency option for header bar (including clipboard).
September 26, 2011: 0.76
- “Home” views in FX can now use wallpaper (either a custom image or simply the same wallpaper as your Android home screen). The icon, list, and thumbnail views can also optionally be set to use the configured wallpaper.
- 3X Bluetooth speed increase (without WiFi accelerator...WiFi accelerator is still substantially faster of course).
- Separated Bluetooth Wifi Accelerator entirely from OBEX Push Server. By default, only the Wifi Accelerator is available. If you wish to use FX’s Bluetooth OBEX Push server, it may be enabled in the settings.
- Image viewer can now rotate images. Default rotation set automatically based on EXIF data.
- Connected USB devices are now shown in the “Files” section of the home view. Please email a bug report if you see a device that should NOT be present on the home screen appear, or if one is missing (need make/model/OS of your phone/tablet).
- Added quick access to mount/eject storage in tools menu of file views.
- Fixed some Windows network/SMB connectivity bugs. Please keep reporting *ANY* network connection issues. There are many different configurations out there, we want them all to work when possible.
September 13, 2011: 0.73
- Added support for FTP-S (implicit encryption) and FTP-ES (explicit encryption).
- Added key verification dialog for new SSH connections. A key verification notice is displayed when connecting to a host for the first time, and a key changed warning/error is displayed in the event the key changes.
- Added support for hiding system catalogs. Currently this feature is disabled by default but will likely soon be enabled by default (most non-technical users don’t have any interest in seeing non-user-accessible storage space, and technical users will easily be able to re-enable it).
- Fixed playlist editing issue where reordering had an initial lag when dragging an item (when album art is enabled).
- Fixed bug where passwords were forgotten when editing hosts.
- Fixed bug where sleeping device would stop folder size calculations in folder details view.
- FX may now be moved to the SD card.
- FTP control connections are now kept alive during data transfers.
September 6, 2011: 0.70
- This version requires that you uninstall any previous version before installing it. A deployment setting was changed in this version that is incorrectly handled by the Android updater. The application will automatically prompt you in the event that re-installation is necessary. We are very sorry for this issue, it should not occur again with future versions.
- Added support for reordering playlists using drag and drop. Multiple items can be reordered.
- Added separate audio indices for podcasts, alarms, notifications, and ringtones. Added capability to set default alarm/notification/ringtone sounds. Podcast support is only available on phones running Froyo (Android 2.2) or later.
- Album art is now displayed in music track listings (can be disabled in settings).
- More information is now displayed in audio/music section, e.g., playlist length/track count, album track count, and per-artist/album album/track counts.
- Changed behavior of context menus to operate on all selected items when you tap/hold on a selected item.
- Added confirmation dialog for setting wallpaper from Image Viewer.
- File listing views now render image thumbnail previews (in the same way which icon views do).
August 26, 2011: 0.57
- Added file chooser for use with third-party applications (e.g., Gmail, DropBox) to select files to attach/upload.
- Redesigned “Send” dialog. Added support for applications which *require* sending only one file at a time. DropBox is supported by this feature.
- Tapping notifications now launches appropriate task (i.e., tapping the Bluetooth server state displays it, tapping a file operation opens the operations activity).
- Fixed bug where opening notification item would reset state of open windows.
- Network bookmarks and Bluetooth devices now sorted.
- Zip archive operations now report incremental progress.
- Added capability to sort folders in descending order (by name/type/size/date).
- Configurable behavior of back button on home screen (single-press to exit, double-press to exit, or ignore).
- Fixed annoying repeated notification bar updates on Honeycomb devices.
- Fixed bug where Bluetooth server item wouldn’t appear in notification bar on some occasions.
- Using “Download” button to copy files from remote servers now automatically renames files when conflicts are detected.
- Pasting now checks for existing files before attempting to paste any files, displays error dialog immediately if files found.
August 22, 2011: 0.55
- Added support for setting home-screen wallpaper from Image viewer. (This is of course responsible for the added "Set Wallpaper" permission.
- Details activity now display image dimensions and area.
- Fixed FTP client bug where passive mode was not being enabled.
- Added missing "Connecting" dialogs for SMB (Windows Networking) and FTP connections.
- Improved Bluetooth connection reliability (bugfixes).
August 17, 2011: 0.53