[App of the Week] Solid Explorer: The Ultimate File Manager for Android

Are you tired of browsing the Play Store for a file manager that meets your requirements? So its now when your search ends, join your hands for the unique all-in-one file manager for your Android, the Solid Explorer. This app holds all the requisite features that are expected from a perfect file manager. But, features are not only what it offers, it also ensures an ease-to-use & a cool UI that will surely be eye snapping. Lets head to some more info and the specific features of this file manager.

General Information & Requirements:

• Developer & designer: glodos
•  The app is still in BETA stage, so a few minor bugs may be expected. When those bugs are resolved, the developer shall pull it off the BETA & add a stable tag.
• This app is totally free-of-cost for now. But the developer states that the app shall be made available as a paid app soon with a really cheap price that most of us can afford.
• It requires Android version 2.2 (froyo) or up.

Features being Offered:

• Dual panel browsing in landscape mode.
• Wireless Client connections: FTP, SFTP & SMB.
• On-hand basic functions of  “cut, copy, paste, delete & select”.
• Full support of  opening, creating & modifying archives for the listed formats:  Zip, tar.gz, tar.bz2 and rar.
• Cloud Connections for Dropbox & Box.net.
• Easy Bookmark Manager: This function allows you to bookmark local folders and also for FTP, SFTP & SMB folders.
• Indexed Search Option: Search for any available file/ folder in an easy way, either from the explorer itself or from the Google search widget.
• Full detailed list and properties of a file.
• Jump: Directly jump to directories like of Photos, System Root, SD Card, Downloads & Bookmarks.
• Organize: This function allows you to sort and organize the files and folders according to your ease.

The above list provides you with the most major and eye-observable features but actually using the app will definitely explore much more features to you.

Change Log for v1.3.8:

• Status bar support
• Special bit flags for file permissions(root only)
• Ability to stream media from ZIP files and Dropbox, Box and Google Drive
• Fixed freezes when transferring over ftp
• Fixed a bug causing the files to be deleted instead of moved
• Quick config popup under jump action
• Fixed some issues related to media streaming
• Manual toggle for system remount (root only)
• Stability improvements
• Minor bug fixes

If you an app developers or are interested in contributing to this brilliant app, you shall head towards the XDA Thread and contact the developer either by a post or a private message.

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Download:

Current Version: 1.3.8 BETA2

Available On Play Store

Pre-Release 1.3.8 Direct Link