File Browser support and feedback thread

[ichthyosaurus]

Are you running version 2.5.1 from OpenRepos? If not, I suggest you should update to this version and try again.

[wladi_1981]

Indeed. It was 2.50. Thanks.

[fingus]

With SFOS 4.4 the File Browser can´t install Android-APKs manually

[Seven.of.nine]

Do you have FileBrowser 2.5.1-1 yet? I checked on my Xperia 10 right now and in File browser, going to the directory where the .apk is, click on the .apk file, information window with type, size, rights, owner, group… opens.

There pull down, is there no install option?

[fingus]

Where to get it?

Sailfish Store → 2.5.0
Storeman → 2.5.0-1
Chum → Not listed

[Seven.of.nine]

Storeman, File browser 2.5.1-1 by Ichtyosaurus from 30.3.2022 .

[Seven.of.nine]

@ichthyosaurus

Could you make it remember ‘show hidden’ globally? You basically have to enable it for each directory, and re-enable each time you use it…

Answer (File Browser | OpenRepos.net — Community Repository System):

That’s already possible: swipe right to get to the global app settings. There you can enable “s

There is written ‘swipe to right to access global settings’, but this doesn’t work in FB 2.5.1.-1. With swipe to right i access simply the upper dir, but there are no global settings. How can I access global settings?

edit: found general settings and disabled individual settings for each folder. Problem is solved.

It should be ‘tap right’ and not ‘swipe right’.

[Gaspartame]

Is there an option to allow the File Browser to access all folders ?
For example I tried to access a log I stored in ~/Desktop/, and I’m able to open the folder, but I don’t see anything inside (file has normal ownership/permissions, same as Desktop/). As I understand, it could be SailJail who is not authorizing access to content of this folder. I know this folder in particular have no use, so it’s normal to disable it’s access in general, but wouldn’t it be useful for a file browser to at least be able to read such folders ?

[Seven.of.nine]

It depends of what File Browser version you have.

1. The version from Jolla Store is restricted by SailJail. You can’t see all files with it.

2. The version from the link in post #27 is open and you can see all files.

3. In pulley menu / Viewing settings (Ansichtseinstellungen) you can enable ‘view hidden files’ to get listed all files, the ones beginning with a dot, too.

[Gaspartame]

So any app in Jolla Store has to use SailJail, and there is no way to get an all folders permission in SailJail (I have seen permissions about a bunch of folder, but for example nothing that would allow ~/Desktop/ access) am I right ?
So a “complete” File Browser can only be found in openrepos/chum, that makes sense.
Thanks for the link !

[ichthyosaurus]

@Seven.of.nine

There is written ‘swipe to right to access global settings’, but this doesn’t work in FB 2.5.1.-1. With swipe to right i access simply the upper dir, but there are no global settings. How can I access global settings?

I improved the hints to be less confusing now :).

@Gaspartame

So a “complete” File Browser can only be found in openrepos/chum, that makes sense.

Exactly; I’m working on a way to detect if the app is running in the jail so it can show a warning / explanation. Until then, I just hope people find this thread or notice the hint in the app description.

And thank you @Seven.of.nine for answering the questions!

[Seven.of.nine]

File Browser is a very very fine and beautiful app! Thank you so much @ichthyosaurus !

[Bohdan]

Hi @ichthyosaurus! Thank you for the great 3.0 update!

In the latest version from OpenRepos, there’s a small issue with external drives list on a home page:

Currently, I have no SD-card / USB drives installed, however the app has several dozens items listed. It identified many com.android folders as external drives, and also these folders:

/metadata
/vendor/dsp
/vendor/firmware_mnt
/vendor/bt_firmware
/mnt/vendor/persist

[ichthyosaurus]

Thanks! I don’t have that issue on my phone… Can you start the app from the terminal and send me the output in a direct message? Don’t post it openly, there might be private stuff in the log.

I am looking for lines like this: `[D] unknown:0 - new mount detected: “SD Card” “/dev/mmcblk1p1” “ext4” “/run/media/nemo/SD Card”`` I will then mark all paths that clearly belong to the system as ignored so they don’t show up in the list anymore.

[Seven.of.nine]

Q: How can I fix File Browser?

On try to open a PDF document from File Browser for reading it, File Browser says “File couldn’t be loaded” (Seite konnte nicht geladen werden).

On tapping on the file, File Browser shows the preview and the usually options (cut, copy, trash, rename…), on pulldown menu → open, the documents app tries to open but after 2 seconds it fails with the mentioned error message. On tapping the upper right button, the error msg comes immediately. From within the Documents app it’s also not possible to open a PDF file with the same error msg.

I also tried to deinstall the Documents app - reboot - reinstall, but the error remains.

What can I do? Thanks for any help!

[ichthyosaurus]

That sounds like classic Sailjail issues… Are you sure you’re using the version from Openrepos?

Please start the app from the terminal and look out for these lines in the log:

[D] onCompleted:199 - running File Browser: version 3.0.0-1 (OpenRepos)
[D] onCompleted:201 - info: no explicit Harbour compliance
[D] onCompleted:202 - enabled features: sharing = 1 (0), PDF viewer = 1, storage settings = 1

[ichthyosaurus]

@Seven.of.nine

From within the Documents app it’s also not possible to open a PDF file with the same error msg.

I overlooked that line. That hints at a different problem. Can you open other PDF files or does it only happen with a specific one?

Also, try running sailfish-office from the terminal and see if it maybe prints something useful.

File Browser uses the documents app to show PDFs internally, so if it’s a bug in that app, I can’t fix it.

[Seven.of.nine]

Yes, it’s the version from OpenRepos, but v 2.5.1-1, on SFOS 4.5.0.24 / Xperia 10.
The 3 lines are:
onCompleted:143 - running File Browser: Version 2.5.1-1 (stable)
onCompleted:144 - details: no explicit Harbour compliance
onCompleted:145 - enabled features: sharing = 1 (Share), PDF viewer = 1, storage settings = 1

[Seven.of.nine]

Yes , it’s the same situation when opening sailfish-office from terminal and then try to open PDF from in SF-Office, so I agree that the Sailfish-Office PDF viewer is the culprit and not File Browser.

Do you have an idea how to fix SF-Office? Deinstalling - reboot - reinstalling didn’t help!
Shall I reinstall some libs?

edit: One of my tweaks was the culprit. Undid it, now everything works again. Thank you very much for caring @ichthyosaurus !

[davidrasch]

I also observed in the past, that sailfish file browsers tend to list long-gone sd-cards in the file system