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DF1E / SimpleExplorer

Open Source Filemanager
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2330864
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[feature request] Open files that are not linked to a default app #31

Closed danielmmmm closed 9 years ago

danielmmmm commented 9 years ago

"Unknown" files cannot be opened with SE, it simply displays a toast saying "Cannot open this file". It would be helpful, if SE could let the user choose which app to open a file with (=> list of all apps). Even better would be a dialogue that lets the user choose as what kind of file a file should be opened as. This way, the list of possible apps to choose from would be shorter.

Example: I want to open "script.sh" and click onto the file => SE asks me as what file type I would like to open script.sh. I choose "open as text file" => SE shows a list of all apps that can open text files.

DF1E commented 9 years ago

Please try the following apk and report if it works now.. https://www.dropbox.com/s/xrw8auggz2efgb7/Simple%20Explorer%20-%20test.apk?dl=0

danielmmmm commented 9 years ago

This version behaves the same unfortunately. I see that it uses the view intent, but nothing more happens. My system is heavily restricted by XPrivacy, but I have allowed everything for SE. Apart from that, all other apps seem to not have any problems opening files (in other apps).

DF1E commented 9 years ago

Maybe it depends on your system because I can open files with every app I want..

danielmmmm commented 9 years ago

Yes, then it must be my system. Thank you for testing! I will try to find out what's wrong on my phone.

danielmmmm commented 9 years ago

I think I know what the problem is. The scripts are located in /system/addon.d and apparently, SE does not have access to them. When I want to copy or move them, I see an SELinux error in my LogCat (Could not open /data/system/ packages list: Permission denied.). Root is activated in the settings.

This actually brings us to another problem: Whenever SE fails to perform an operation (like failing to copy a file due to permission denial) it still displays a toast saying that the operation was completed successfully. I also noticed that I sometimes can mark scripts in /system/addon.d by long-clicking and sometimes long-clicking fails with an SE toast "Cannot open file".

DF1E commented 9 years ago

Yeah, I think there are only problems with SELinux because in other directories deleting with root works fine. I will close this issue and open a new one. Thanks for reporting!