MKCommander (MKC) is file commander / manager / explorer for Android devices. At this time Android 2.1 and higher are supported as Android 2.1+ represent majority of devices.

NOTE:
MKC now available at Play, Slideme and soon on Amazon

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Features:

• highly customizable - colors, toolbar buttons, list/row layouts, fullscreen mode
  
• single or two panels view
  
• multiple row layouts
  
• intuitive UI
• color customization, color highlighting of files
• selection on tap or with dialog
• storage analysis
  
• bookmarks, directory history
  
• internal text viewer, picture viewer, music player
  
• file finder
• file transfer over Bluetooth (if device supports BT)
• log viewer
  
• ftp (under developement)
• individual folder settings
  

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Release history :

0.8.47   (25.2.2013)

• System mountpoints dialog adjusted
• adjustment to "*" button
• short tap - opens "Choose media" dialog with bookmarks
• long tap - opens "Choose media" dialog with history
• if u try to open file without any asociated application, OpenAs dialog is shown
• FTP adjustments + u can view pictures from FTP directly in Image Viewer + for FTP and SMB u can enable/disable picture previews auto loading - in FTP/SMB credentials
  
• NOTE: first picture previews loading can be very slow (depends on connection speed), thumbnails are cached locally so next visit is muuuch quicker
• LogViewer button in toolbar highlights on error
  
• bugfixes
• NOTE: on some specific devices when some files are copied/moved/extracted... to internal storage mounted as FUSE then new file has curent "last modify" time instead of time of original file. Its Android BUG :(
• other reported errors fixed

0.8.46   (21.1.2013)

• bugfixes
  

0.8.45   (17.1.2013)

• new icon + some minor adjustments for Amazon Market
  

0.8.43   (12.1.2013)

• "choose media" dialog
• tap on button on very right to see media properties
• for larger display - also shows Bookmarks
• Scrollable directory buttons now reacts on long click (Android 3.0+)
  
• ImageViewer
• gallery with thumbnails on bottom (shows/hides on hw/sw MENU key)
  
• file operations -
  
• overwrite dialog - new option "Ovewrite older"
• preserve date/time
  
• cloud services
  
• dropbox - coming soon
• all login credentials are encrypted (see NOTE1 below)
  
• bugfixes
• scroll. directory bar, some others
  
• NOTE1:
  
• configuration(+backups) of previous MKC is NOT fully compatible with new MKC. If u experience any crash(sorry), reinstall new MKC and DONT import backup-ed configuration from previous versions
  

0.8.42   (23.12.2012)

• MERRY CHRISTMAS
  
• if u choose wallpaper NONE then background color in Theme dialog OR in Configuration - item "Background color(wallpaper:NONE)"
• some adjustments in File properties
  
• bugfix:
• fixed scroll flicker in TextView on pre-ICS
  

0.8.40   (8.12.2012)

• UI:
• dialog themes - Light + Dark
  
• wallpaper - none (=single color, for oldest devices), 2 internal + u can set any image as background wallpaper
• for better readability of text on wallpapers - in Config. new/modified items - bold text  + font shadow settings
• NOTE: for speed and memory reasons wallpaper is taken as is and is simply stretched to fit screen
• Themes dialog completely reworked: MENU->Configuration->toolbar button Theme; see brief help there
  
• Context menu
• AudioPlayer - added equalizer for Android 2.3+ devices
• bugfixes
  

0.8.39   (x.11.2012)

• rooted staff:
• improved detection of rooted device
• copy adjustmets
  

0.8.38   (30.10.2012)

• new:
• from now ok u can send multiple files via BT (NOTE: files must be located on internal memory or sdcard)
  
• video thumbnails on Android 2.2+
  
• small adjustment in Scrollable directory bar
• translation:
• russian - not yet final, but usable - credits goes to Alex
  

0.8.37   (16.10.2012)

• small adjustments
• MKC Editor
• file properties
  
• bugfixes
• filtering was not working on some devices

0.8.36   (12.10.2012)

• bugfix - crash in devices prior ICS when showing file properties - credits for reporting goes to Alex!
  

0.8.35   (10.10.2012)

• added Filter panel - possibility to quickly filter files - contains mode icon(/); input field; clear button- tap to clear input field / long tap to close Filter panel; button to open advanced filter
• simple mode- just type simple word eg. "linux"
  
• clever mode - in this mode u can use 1 or more wildcards eg. "*linux*;*unix*"
• bottom StatusBar changed - now interactive and and on devices >7" display separated to 3 buttons
  
• on left part
• tap to open Filter panel
  
• on center
  
• tap to open Selection dialog
• long tap to de/select all
  
• tap on right part
• tap to open File properties dialog with detailed info about external storage (ususally /sdcard)
  
• bugfixes
• TextViewer - text selection + clipboard
  
• in landscape dual panel sometimes accidentaly goes to single panel mode
• accidental crashes in ImageViewer
  

0.8.34    (25.9.2012)

• former TextViewer divided into 2 separate tools
• new TextViewer - which is in most cases much faster when loading big files, has much faster navigation, but can NOT edit
• new TextEditor - same functionality and speed as former TextViewer - can view and edit, but is slow (it's problem of Java and Android framework, not MKC)
• bugfixes:
• toolbar buttons in czech transl.

0.8.33    (2.9.2012)

• improved Properties dialog:
• u can send Top Ten Files and Top Ten Content to panel, where u can work with them as with Search results (NOTE: recommended to switch to row layout where u can see object's location)
  
• some optimalizations for small and large screens (dialogs, guide/help)
  
• after find files in Search results if u switch to any row layout - location of found file will be shown
• image caching redesigned, now stored in DB
• bugfixes:
• random crash during pic. previews loading
• additional details in file properties
• Individual Folder Settings
  

0.8.32    (29.7.2012)

• improved root functionality - browse, view, edit files like "build.prop", copy/move, del
• added:
• icons for .doc, .xls, .pdf extensions
• then reading picture previews, small progressbar is shown under directory bar
• more details to Properties dialog
  
• bugfixes:
• rooted phones: clicking on buttons in Scrollable directory bar sometimes did not go to desired directory
  
• move bug (files were copied even they could be moved)
• sort bug (objects were not sorted properly after Calc button)
• samba: empty username was not working, now should be ok
  

0.8.31    (30.6.2012)

• added "Selection Bar":
  
• when u activate selection (sel.mode:ON) ->sel.bar will appear on top:
• u can quickly select/deselect all, select all files with same extension or type
• AND u can select/deselect all between 2 POINTS! (a bit like shift selection in windoze)
• more info in quick guide in MKC
  
• small adjustments:
• scrolling directory bar slightly modified
• u can hide Title bar on devices with Android >3.0 (On some devices that do NOT have hardware MENU button, software MENU button is shown in application title bar. If u have HW MENU button or u dont need it,  u can disable Title bar to save some space on display) Configuration-->Section Advanced (requires app. restart)
  
• bugfixes: some
  

0.8.30    (6.6.2012)

• small adjustments:
• added second customizable detailed grid (detailed grid are popular on large screens like tablets)+more customization available => u can have one smaller det. grid for common folders and one big for folders with pictures
  
• some buttons in toolbar act as switch eg "Show thumbnails" if on uppercase text or colored icon is shown, if off lowercase text or black-white icon is shown
• bugfix
• during copy/move and other oper. if u clicked outside of window, it dissapeared but operation continued
  

0.8.29    (x.6.2012)

• SMB (SAMBA, Windows share) support
• some size adjustments for tables (tested my new Huawei Mediapad 7")
• added new nice customizable Detailed Grid layout, also added borders around all grid layouts
• added button to directory bar on the top for fast switching between internal and external(sdcard) memory
• Directory Bar redesigned, from now on u can choose between
  
• standard text Directory Bar (with 'free space' on top)
  
• scrollable clickable buttons (font characteristics - bold, width - is changing according to  path length and panel width or better readibility), 'free space' in Status Bar on the bottom
  
• small adjustments:
• u can set font size for directory bar(top) and status bar(bottom)
  
• non-readable files are shown with italica
• u can choose charset for TextViewer
• for devices with Android 3.0+ top title bar has to be shown as it contains software Menu key
  
• bugfixes:
• On "Recreate thumbs..." - new thumbs were shown,but not saved for next time
• on some devices (eg. my new Mediapad) move from internal mem to sdcard and opposite did not worked correctly
• Menu button was not accessible in TextViewer on tablets with Android 3.0+
  

0.8.28    (x.4.2012)

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0.8.26    (7.5.2012)

• First run Wizard - allows to create basic configuration according to user's wish
  
• toolbars + settings (configuration)
  
• u can now choose between icons / texts and 1/2 rows
• Settings renamed to Config as it alows shorter abbreviation
• Backup and Import redesigned - u can have more backuped configs and during import choose one of them -> good if u wanna experiment with 1/2 row of icons/text in toolbar or when "playing" with toolbar buttons assignement
  
• Themes - u can quickly choose between 3 color themes
• TB buttons - quickly recreate toolbar buttons for 1 or 2 rows layout
  
• bugfixes:
• toolbar buttons configuration was not saved on Backup
  

0.8.25    (22.4.2012)

• bugfixed:
• after de/reinstallation backup-ed settings dissapeared. Sorry for that :) From now on all MKC files are located in /sdcard/Android/data/cz.raven4/<product name>
  

0.8.24    (22.4.2012)

• I created DONATION app, from now on u can donate via PayPal or newly directly via Market - "buy" DONATION app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cz.raven4.MKCommander_donation
  
• I created new sister application to MKCommander (MKC) called MKCommander HD (MKC HD). What's difference? Mostly in memory limits!
• both app's share almost same code 99%
  
• original MKCommader can run on any Android 2.1+,  so also on  phone/tables with Honeycomb and  ICS
• new MKCommander HD can run ONLY on Android 3.0 and higher,
  
• if u have eg. phone with ICS, u can choose between MKC and MKC HD; if u have phone with Gingerbread only MKC is possible
  
• Why I created this new app?  My HTC Sensation upgraded to ICS 4.0.3 and I wanted to get maximum of ICS - see limits:
  
• orig. MKC can use up to 16/24/32/48MB of RAM (depeds on Android version and device), most of time it's enough, but if u try to create tbumbsnails in dir with 1000+ pictures u can ran out of mem, also if u want to try to open big/huge jpeg (9000x8000 pixels, 10MB size), such jpeg must be resampled to lower resolutions +-3000x3000, eg. Map of Tyria)
• MKC HD can use up to 128MB of RAM (on rooted phones even more), so opening huge jpeg (eg. Map of Tyria) in full resolution is no problemo.
  
• directory bar
• free space is now shown (usefull for rooted phones)
• on click and on long click actions can be assigned
  
• TextViewer:
  
• added Search functionality, added switch for read-only <-> read-write (edit functionality)
• u can create new text file
  
• NOTE: TextViewer is not intended to open large binary data, u can ran out of memory in such case
  
• Settings:
• u can choose if u wanna keep horiz. toolbar in fullscreen mode
• u can choose text color of toolbar buttons
• u can choose text color and background color of selected objects (this colors are also used for top+bottom statusbar)
• new assignable functions for V+H toolbars
• in MkDir dialog, u can choose if u wanna create empty Folder or file
  
• fixed bug:
• on ICS in Settings,
• in Properties - after 'file find' file's true location was not correctly displayed
• after leaving directory, directory was not highlighted
  
• new permisions:
• WRITE_MEDIA_STORAGE - seems like tablets with Honeycomb that have internal+external memory(=sd card) need this permission for read+write access to both memory
  
•  MOUNT/UNMOUNT - needed for un/mounting filesystems on rooted phones
  

0.8.23   (29.3.2012)

• Select dialog - added Size and Date criterium
• Find Files Dialog - added Date criterium
• Vertical Toolbar now customizable, improved configuration of toolbar buttons in Settings, some more functions can be assigned to tollbar buttons
• experimental Root functionality - mount, chmod
  NOTE: I dont have any rooted phone to verify this functionality on....any feedback is highly welcome!
• bugfixes - eg. fixed bug then no files were moved if u tried to move them to different filesystems (eg. file from in internal mem to sdcard)

0.8.22   (13.3.2012)

• Storage Analysis(SA) enhanced - graphs added (bright color shows ratio file size / sdcard size, dark color shows ratio file size / current directory size), u can hide graphs by clicking on "Exit SA" on the top
  
• Image Viewer enhanced - EXIF info, where available, tap on small arrow in the right middle of Image Viewer
  
• Properties dialog heavily recoded
• Thumbnails are now cached, so when visiting picture folders repeatedly thumbnails are shown much faster(up to 10x) for larger images (only images >100kB are cached)
  NOTE: if u wanna recreate thumbnails in current folder: long tap on any object in folder->Other->Recreate thumbs for this folder
  
• Added move to ZIP (= zip and then delete source file)
• Added Rate and Donate button, PLEASE rate MKC if u like it and also consider a donation of few $ to SUPPORT DEVELOPEMENT
  
• bugfixes
  

0.8.21    (5.3.2012)

• highly redesigned progress dialogs during operations like copy... Now more information about progress like avg.speed, estimated time, remaining files+size,...
  
• customizable slideshow in Image Viewer
• small modifications in "Open As" functionality
  
• bugfixes
  
• +++ is there anybody who would like to help with translating MKC to other languages?? any help welcome +++

0.8.20    (26.2.2012)

• modification to "open as"

0.8.19    (9.2.2012)

• Bugfix release
• fixed crash when opening file type with no associated application
• fixed crash when trying to open/modify file/dir which is not readable (no permission)
  
• fixed bug when extracting with fullpath
  

0.8.18

• "Open As" now possible in ZIP archive or on FTP
• fixed crash when entering Settings in czech localization
  
• bugfixes
  

0.8.17

• import+backup settings
• small adjustment in Sort dialog
• from now on u can bookmark directories on ftp or in .zip
  
• from now on u can calculate directory's size on FTP - caution, on slow connections/servers it can take eternity :D NOTE: For obvious reasons PermCalc is  ignored for FTP
  
• from now on u can calculate directory's size in ZIP.
  
• u can now browse content of .apk
  

0.8.16

• bugfixes release
• bugfix when entering Settings in ICS 4.0.x

0.8.15

• added Starting folder option - where to start: either Home folder or in folder where MKC finished last time
• Bookmark activity - u can now change order of your bookmarks
• "B" button on vert. toolbar - changed
  
• short tap - menu with bookmarks
• long tap - opens Bookmarks dialog (like MENU->Bookmarks) - NEW
• MKC now shows application icon for apk file if picture preview enabled
• minor bugfixes
  

0.8.14

• added Exit to menu, because sometimes user was not able to exit MKC via BACK if some complicated operation was ongoing (eg. Storage Analysis);
  
• Storage Analysis menu item moved to Tools... User can place it to toolbar for quickiest access.
  
• fixed bug where user was not able to browse pictures correctly, if picture was opened by clicking on icon
• fixed several bugs in  ImageViewer, TextViewer
• fixed return to MKC -  sometimes after return to MKC (eg. from Home screen) previously opened window (eg.ImageViewer, TextViewer) was not visible

0.8.13

• more customization -
  
• horiz. toolbar buttons's - font size, font width factor, width, height
  
• you can now choose where horiz. toolbar will be placed - top or bottom
  
• vert. toolbar - width
• font width factor for medium multil.+grid layouts -> more space for text if needed
• selection mode - ON, OFF, AUTO
  

0.8.12

• 2 annoying bugs removed -
• sometimes "Reading both panels" dialog does NOT dissapear automatically
• MKC is unresponsive and screen is darkened because some dialog is stuck on background
  
• in both cases sometimes helped pressing BACK or SEARCH
• if u encounter any of bugs mentioned above, PLEASE, let me know and help me to investigate it further
  

0.8.11

• redesign of horiz.+vert. toolbars to provide more space for labels
• started localization:
  
• new localization - CZECH - author: my smallness
• new localized Read Me! - excerpt from full english MKC guide
  
• searching volunteers for other languages
  
• bugfixes
  

0.8.10

• added ZIP support - u can browse ZIP archives (incl. picture preview), ImageViewer can browse/view pictures in ZIP archives; NOTE: Android natively supports only unencrypted ZIP archives. For encrypted archives try to look at the Market for 3rd party app.
  
• added Tools menu (Menu->More->Tools) - u can access Application manager, Task manager and Power status directly from MKC
• Sort dialog redesigned - added 2 buttons at the bottom to sort by 2 most frequently used criteria
• ImageViewer adjustments - MKC will try 3 times to show image in lower resolution if low memory
  
• Small modification in TextViewer, LogViewer
  
• Bugfixes - crash in ImageViewer on very low memory and few other
  

0.8.9

• added simple help - accessible via About or via Help! button in ToolBar
  
• added backward compatibility for Android 2.1
• bugfixes
  

0.8.8

• Information about size of file is now shown in small+big grid layout
  
• Audioplayer redesign - now possible to play previous / next song if anyexists and choose what to do when song finishes
  
• Bugfixes - audioplayer

0.8.7

• New feature called Individual folder settings see hints
• About dialog redesigned
  
• Bugfixes as usual
  

0.8.6

• From now on, Audio player can used by other applications
• Bugfixes - ImageView crashes, crash on counting directories and few others

0.8.5

• U can now use single panel view in landscape
• Long press "|"button to choose panels width ratio in landscape
• Longpress panels switch button for (de)activate fullscreen mode

0.8.4

• Fixed reported bugs
• Image Viewer tweaks - UI buttons, image selection

0.8.3

• some UI tweaks, new button "|" for quick switching one/two panel mode in portrait
• bugfixes

0.8.2

• 2 new layouts - /big grid, customizable TextViewer font, bug fixes

0.8.1

• bugfixes in Picture Viewer and Equal Panels "=" button

0.8

all functionality implemented [7.11.2011]

0.2

all basic functionality being implemented [6.10.2011]

0.1

first release

Translations :

Russian - Alex (G+, email)

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