Remote Support (like WebDAV)

[ulfi]

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Feature description

The only feature I miss at Fossify File-Manager is the option to use remote WebDAV accounts like in RCX which is not updated since about 3 years.

Why do you want this feature?

Sometimes I will exchange date between my 1&1 free Cloud via https://user:[email protected]/. According my knowladge this should also work with Nextcloud as well.

Additional information

No response

[lianergoist]

I support this feature request.

DAVx5 will make the mount,

https://manual.davx5.com/webdav_mounts.html

and File-Manager can access the mount without access to internet.

https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/providers/document-provider

[nsarzyns]

Not sure if this would require another feature request, but supporting other protocols like nfs/cifs/smb.

Such feature would make File Manger a one stop shop for those that mount their own nas or remote server.

Taking it a step further adding cloud support, but can totally understand not wanting cloud support, but the other stuff 👍

[ZMJGMADHPXWT]

Voting +1 for remote network things. Like ssh/WebDAV/smb

[libreleo]

@naveensingh do you have any perspective whether this would be feasible? Especially mounting an SMB share? I would also be happy to donate funds to the project to facilitate this feature.

[naveensingh]

feasible

yes.

will it be implemented?

this is an important feature but the jury's still out.

[lianergoist]

will it be implemented?

this is an important feature but the jury's still out.

Look at my post from Mar 6.

I think you could start making File Manager aware of already existing webdavs. I wrote "without internet connection", but of course I ment without making the internet connection itself.

If I have DAVx5 connect to a webdav server, then it is available to all apps supporting the Storage Access Framework. The default File Manager on my tablet does, and I can choose webdaw as easily as a sd-card.

[libreleo]

If interesting for others: I will go with https://github.com/zhanghai/MaterialFiles for now given their support for SMB, WebDav & others.