File Widget - home screen file
Browse folders and display images, plain text files and PDFs on your home screen
- By:
- Gary Mac
- Rating:
- 3.79 (147)
- Version:
- 1.7.1 (Last updated: 2018-02-24)
- Creation date:
- 2016-09-30
- Email:
- fi*****@garymac.net
- URLs:
- Privacy policy
- Full description:
- See detailed description
- Source:
- Google Play Store
- Updated:
- a day ago
Ranking
User reviews
Pros
- Minimalist design and functionality
- Auto-refresh option for monitoring files
- Convenient for accessing and displaying various file types on the home screen
- Scrollable and sizable text file widget can be used as Sticky Note
- Great for viewing and working with multiple files simultaneously
Cons
- Issues with accessing files on SD card
- Problems with widget not playing media files and crashing
- Limited options for customizing text display (font size, monospace font)
- Lack of features like bulk sharing and delete options
- PDF files not opening after recent Android updates
Most mentioned
- Need for more customization options (light/dark mode, text size, font types)
- Problems with media playback and crashes
- Desire for improved file access (especially SD card support)
- Request for more functionality (random photo sorting, playlist options)
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User reviews
Pretty good! I use it for keeping my todo.txt visible on my main screen. Could be better by supporting having an option for light/dark mode to follow the system theme, instead of always light or always dark.
by 
Leonard Frankel, 2024-02-29
Leonard Frankel, 2024-02-29Gets an error rather than opening the file. Why does no one make a file opening widget that works? Why is such a simple thing so impossible?
by 
SDW, 2023-11-21
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