Wednesday, 7 August 2013
Root Explorer is afavorite among power users, including yours truly, for its no-nonsense approach to file management on Android. That said, the app was getting abit long in the tooth before today, with astale UI and alack of new features. Developer Speed Software has released a major update to Root Explorer with a ton of new content,including a revamped user interface, networking and cloud storage options,and background processing.
The most forward-facing feature added is the new tabbed user interface. By default you're presented with a Root and aStorage tab, which can be navigated independently. You can add tabs for any folder, the SD card, internal storage, or an external network by pressing the "+" icon in the new action bar. Dismiss a tab in the same way with the "x" button. Bookmarks to often-used locations are managed with the heart icon.
Add anew tab, and you'll see how much new functionality is available to you. Root Explorer now works with Dropbox, Google Drive, Box.net, or any standard SMB server, allowing a pretty great selection of services to pull or push files. Dedicated Root Explorer users may not even need the Dropbox or Drive apps anymore, unless they rely on device-side syncing.
But wait, that's not all! Accordingto the changelog, processes (copy/paste, extraction,deletion, et cetera) now happen in the background, concurrently, and with notifications. (You'll need to manually set operations to run in the background if you'd like to do something else in the same tab.) This is only necessary if you're handling big files, but when you do, it's a godsend. The Preferences menu now now includes a fully-customizable display settings for each listed file or folder. And of course,the app works with root and permission adjustments.
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