SMB Documents Provider

February 27, 2023 ยท View on GitHub

What is this?

"SMB Documents Provider" provides access to SMB/CIFS (samba) shared folders via ASF (Android Storage access Framework). All file managers that use ASF, includes Android's built-in "Files" app, and editors that use ASF will be able to access files on SMB.

This is a forked version of "CIFS Documents Provider" that fixes a critical bug.

Download APK:

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What means "critical bug"?

Copying or editing corrupt files.

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Copy a file with the same name and smaller file size as the file on SMB from Android's local storage.

or

  1. Edit the file on SMB to a smaller size and save it.

How to build:

Checkout to SMB branch and build.

Changes:

  • Fix file corruption during copying/editing.
  • Add thumbnail to file browser.
  • Change app name and id.

Known issues:

  • Unable to cancel during upload of large files.

This is a quick hack and I'm lazy.