11.3.3
2024-03-26
Bug fixes and stability improvements.
11.3.2
2023-12-11
Fixed an issue that file transfer with WebDAV connection cannot be cancelled.
11.3.1
2023-09-18
* Optimizes for iOS 17.
* Fixes a crash issue on iOS 12.
11.3
2023-09-15
* Optimizes for iOS 17.
* Highlights search results on PDF reader.
* Fixes sound and picture unsynchronized issue when playing video at double speed.
* Bug fixes and stability improvements.
11.2.1
2023-08-25
Bug fixes
11.2
2023-08-24
Bug fixes and stability improvements.
11.1.9
2023-06-19
Added TLS version selection to FTPS settings. TLSv1.2 is used by default to solve the compatibility problem of TLSv1.3 for some devices.
11.1.8
2023-06-05
Support TLSv1.3 in Ftps connection.
Fixed some bugs. Thanks to everyone who reported bugs and worked with us to diagnose and fix issues.
11.1.7
2023-05-04
Fix crash issue on iOS 13
11.1.6
2023-04-25
* Fixes an issue that video cannot play to external screen while running with stage manager on iPad.
* Fixes a file uploading issue with Box connection.
11.1.5
2023-03-06
Fix google drive upload issue.
11.1.4
2023-01-03
* The playback speed setting will be kept when the player plays next video or audio.
* Bug fixes and stability improvements.
11.1.3
2022-10-24
Fixed an issue that the built-in ftp server doesn't work with anonymous account.
11.1.2
2022-10-13
Fixes an urgent issue: on iOS 11.0-12.4 devices, the app crashes directly on startup. iOS 12.5 and above devices are not affected.
11.1
2022-09-24
* Optimizes for iOS 16
* Bug fixes and stability improvements
11.0.4
2022-03-03
Bug fixes and stability improvements.
11.0.3
2022-01-24
* Fixes the "→" and "←" keyboard shortcuts issue.
* Bug fixes and stability improvements.
11.0.2
2021-10-30
* Change keyboard shortcuts. The "→" and "←" keys are replaced with "[" and "]".
* Bug fixes and stability improvements.
11.0.1
2021-09-26
* Fixed a crash issue on iOS 12 and before.
Recent Update:
* Optimized for iOS 15
* Bug fixes and stability improvements
10.1.3
2021-01-14
Addresses a memory leak issue.
10.1.2
2021-01-07
Bug fixes and stability improvements.
10.1.1
2020-12-31
* Bug fixes and stability improvements.
Release notes of previous update:
* Improves file transfer performance for SFTP connections.
* Supports shared drives of Google Drive.
* Displays "Shared with me" for Google Drive and OneDrive
* Supports multiple Box connections.
* Unarchive 7z, bz2, gzip, tar.gz
* Adds a non-loop mode in music player.
10.1
2020-12-30
* Improves file transfer performance for SFTP connections.
* Supports shared drives of Google Drive.
* Displays "Shared with me" for Google Drive and OneDrive
* Supports multiple Box connections.
* Unarchive 7z, bz2, gzip, tar.gz
* Adds a non-loop mode in music player.
* Bug fixes and stability improvements.
10.0.1
2020-09-28
* Bug fixes and stability improvements
Features are included in FE File Explorer 10.
* Picture-In-Picture on iPhone (iOS 14).
* New file context menu (iOS 14)
* Support to favorite and tag files and folders in iOS Files app extension.
* Calculate and display total folder size on info panel.
* Speedy playback for audio books (iOS 14)
* Support WebP image format (iOS 14)
* Support SFTP symbolic link
* New ePub reader
* New built-in HTTP server
* Drag to select multiple files
* Support AirPlay 2
* AirPrint txt and office documents
* Support IPv6 address in connection settings. The IPv6 address must be surrounded by square brackets. Example: [2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334]
10.0
2020-09-22
FE File Explorer 10 is here. Another major free update for you. Enjoy!
* Optimize for iOS 14
* Picture-In-Picture on iPhone (iOS 14).
* New file context menu (iOS 14)
* Support to favorite and tag files and folders in iOS Files app extension.
* Calculate and display total folder size on info panel.
* Speedy playback for audio books (iOS 14)
* Support WebP image format (iOS 14)
* Support SFTP symbolic link
* New ePub reader
* New built-in HTTP server
* Drag to select multiple files
* Support AirPlay 2
* AirPrint txt and office documents
* Support IPv6 address in connection settings. The IPv6 address must be surrounded by square brackets. Example: [2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334]
* Bug fixes and stability improvements
Leave a review on App Store if you like our work:)
9.5.1
2020-08-04
* Adds hardware and software decoding switch button on video player.
* Adds a "Readonly Mode" option in text editor settings.
* Bug fixes and stability improvements
9.5
2020-07-30
* Improves audio tempo when speed video playback.
* Improves colorspace for H.265 HDR video.
* Improves Nearby file transfer
* Supports Redfish SMB server
* Readonly mode in text editor
* New folder feature in "Save to FE File Explorer" app extension
* Fixes an issue that Box connection cannot display more than 1000 files.
* Fixes an issue that WebDAV connection cannot display more than 1000 files in Files app extension.
* Bug fixes and stability improvements
9.4.3
2020-07-04
* Dutch localization
* Fixed some issues regarding with video playback.
9.4.2
2020-04-30
* Bugfixes and stability improvements.
9.4.1
2020-03-20
* Bugfixes and stability improvements.
9.4
2020-03-05
* Supports SMBv3
* Improves file transfer performance for SMB protocol.
* Fixes streaming issue from Google Drive.
* Bugfixes and stability improvements.
9.2.3
2019-12-11
* Bug fixes and stability improvements
9.2.2
2019-12-04
* New video player gestures for volume, brightness and aspect ratio adjustment. Gestures can be configured in app settings.
* Fixes a connection issue with DFS shares.
* Bug fixes and stability improvements
9.2
2019-10-31
* Supports 4K H.265 HDR MKV video (iPad Pro, iPhone 8 or above).
* Adds an option in app settings to display loading subtitles automaitcally.
* Double tap screen to pause or resume video playback.
* Supports SanDisk iXpand Go
* Swipe down to dismiss photo gallery.
* Bug fixes and stability improvements
9.1.1
2019-10-11
* Update SanDisk iXpand SDK
* Bug fixes and stability improvements
9.1
2019-09-21
* Optimize for iOS 13
* Dark Mode
* Access USB Drive, SD Card and external file location
* Multiple windows on iPad
* New Czech translation by Jakub Kučera.
* Update German translation by iOSFan.
* Update Portuguese (Brazil) translation by Fábio Rodrigo Pinardi.
* Bug fixes and stability improvements
Shoot us a review on App Store if you like this update.
Write to us (support@skyjos.com) if you have suggestions and problems.
9.0.1
2019-09-06
Fixed OneDrive login issue
Fixed a couple of video playback issues
9.0
2019-08-30
FE File Explorer 9 is here. Another big and free update. Hope we can do this longer.
* Backup photo albums to network shares, servers or cloud storages. Touch the "..." button on the album of photo library.
* Sync connections with iCloud
* New video player
* Picture-In-Picture for mp4 and mov videos
* Video playback speed adjustment
* Loop single video playback
* New PDF reader
* New file search. You can define search scope now.
* Independent SFTP connection from FTP connection.
* Supports ED25519 SSH key for SFTP connection
* Hide sidebar on iPad
* Keyboard shortcuts for iPad. Press "Command" key to show all keyboard shortcuts.
* Update OneDrive SDK
* Connection password (encrypted) can be exported to file and imported from file or MDM.
* The built-in FTP server is moved to app settings. And you can set FTP login account now.
* Bug fixes and stability improvements
Please leave a review on App Store if you like this new update:).
8.3.2
2019-06-13
* Supported Putty private key file (*.ppk) for accessing SFTP server
* Improved fast forward and rewind gesture of video player.
* Bug fixes and stability improvements.
8.3.1
2019-04-10
Bug fixes and stability improvements.
8.3
2019-02-26
* The file sync feature is available on all connections.
* Enhance video picture quality
* Bugfixes
8.2
2019-01-13
* Supports opus audio/video format
* Bugfixes and stability improvements
8.1.4
2018-12-08
* Add a button in video player to switch between software decoder and hardware decoder.
* Fix a crash issue when close video player.
* Fix a music streaming issue from WebDAV server.
8.1.3
2018-12-01
Automatically fall back to software decoding when app fails to decode MP4 video with hardware.
Fixed an issue that text editor cannot save the editing contents for some file types.
Fixed an issue that music playback time isn't displayed on lock screen.
Fixed an issue that the "stream to" feature doens't work with some 3rd-party players.
8.1.2
2018-11-19
* Added slideshow, AirPlay and share features in photo library module.
* Fixed an issue that context menu isn't displayed on file preview.
8.1.1
2018-11-13
* Bug fixes and stability improvements
8.1
2018-10-30
* New Brazilian Portuguese localization by Fábio Rodrigo Pinardi. Thank you, Fábio!
* Add a configuration property (MDM_Lock_Setting) for MDM to lock app settings.
* Add a configuration property (MDM_Lock_Connection_Setting) for MDM to lock connection settings.
* Add 7 configuration properties for MDM to disable adding new connection. Read the user guide for details.
* Argument connection path: %USER_NAME% and %DEVICE_NAME%.
Replace %USER_NAME% with username in path field.
Replace %DEVICE_NAME% with iOS device name.
* Bug fixes and stability improvements.
8.0.2
2018-10-02
FIXED: App extension cannot save files into the first level of local folder.
FIXED: App extension crashes in some situations.
FIXED: The contents of starred file won't be updated from server/cloud.
FIXED: Voiceover speaks twice for one file name.
FIXED: The 2nd file transfer task cannot be cancelled.
FIXED: Keyborard isn't displayed correctly on iPhone landscape.
8.0.1
2018-09-24
* Added an option in app settings to turn on/off the drag and drop feature.
* Bug fixes and stability improvements.
8.0
2018-09-15
FE File Explorer 8 is here. This is a BIG update with a lot of exciting features which are requested by you guys.
First of all, we're happen to announce that FileExplorer is renamed to FE File Explorer. There is so many apps called "File Explorer" out there. We want to make difference with them.
* Compatible with iOS 12
* New Korean localization by JuHak Lee. Thank you, Lee. We're appreciated for your translation and testing.
* iCloud integration
* Displays FE File Explorer in "On My iPhone" of iOS Files app.
* Supports ePub books
Improvements for file transfer:
* We redesigned the entire file transfer module. Now you can resolve file conflicts with "Replace", "Keep Both" and "Skip" during file transfer.
* Drag and drop to tranfer files within app.
* Drag and drop to tranfser files between apps (iPad only).
* Nearby file transfer: Directly transfer files between two nearby iOS devices without Wi-Fi or LTE connection.
* Sync files with network shares and FTP Servers.
* Covert photos from HEIC to JPG during file transfer. You can turn on/off this feature in app settings.
* The video in Live Photo can be included or excluded during file transfer. Turn it on or off in app settings.
Improvements for video and music player :
* 15 seconds fast forward and rewind. Double tapping is for 30 seconds:).
* Force landscape mode for videos on iPhone.
* Display video thumbnails on folder view.
And more...
* Add "Copy to" and "Move to" on context menu.
* Zip files with password
* Improves files app extension
* Fixes bugs
Leave us a review on App Store if you think our work is useful for you.
7.1.3
2018-02-28
Bug fixes and stability improvements
7.1.2
2017-12-15
* Fixed a connection issue with Windows Server 2003.
* Fixed an issue that document cannot be opened from Network share when it's being opened by someone else.
* Fixed a layout issue of PDF Reader on iPhone X.
7.1.1
2017-12-02
Bug fixes and stability improvements
7.1
2017-11-15
* iPhone X Support including Face ID
* Files app integration
* UI Improvements
* New swipe gesture for connections: Delete, Edit and Duplicate Connection.
* New cell action for files: file duplication
* Displays file name in video player's info window.
* FLAC, WAV playback improvements
* MDM Improvements: FileExplorer can download configurations (plist) from website now.
Some MDM system doesn't support plist file, so we make this feature for IT administrators. What you need do is that add a download url in MDM and push it to FileExplorer. Then FileExplorer will download and import configurations automatically. Read the user guide for details.
* Fixes a connection issue with Netapp.
* Fixes the "pending complete" error during file transfer.
* Fixes an issue that video player doesn't play sound for MTS video.
* Other bugfixes and improvements
7.0.3
2017-10-17
* Disables accessing from Files app if app password is turned on.
* Fixes the SMB connection with Kingston Mobilelite Wireless.
* Fixes the SMB connection with Epson Printer.
* Fixes an issue that video cannot be played in music player.
* Fixes an issue that photos and videos cannot be played on TV via HDMI cable.
7.0.2
2017-09-27
* Fixed a data transfer issue with Synology NAS and FreeNAS.
* Fixed an issue that document picker extension doesn't work on iOS 9 and 10.
* Fixed a VoiceOver issue in music player.
* Fixed an issue that screen turns off while video playback or photo slideshow.
7.0.1
2017-09-20
* Fixed a crash issue when streaming video from NAS.
* Fixed a WebDAV connection issue.
* Fixed an issue that the starred items cannot be opened.
7.0
2017-09-12
FileExplorer Pro 7 is here. After working on this version more than 10 months, we finally get it out. A huge thanks to the team and hundreds of beta testers. We cannot make this release without your help.
SMBv2: We know you guys wait for this feature for a long time. It's here now. Actually, we not only implemented SMBv2, but also reworked SMBv1 to make SMB connection stable and fast. We also introduce Netbios to resolve hostname if DNS resolving is failure. No more network scan now. So this is a brand new SMB module.
There is an option "SMBv2" in app settings to turn on/off the new SMB module.
Video Player:
- Support hardware decoding. You can turn on/off this feature in app settings.
- Swipe gesture for fast forward and rewind.
- Support embedded subtitles
- Pick external subtilte files from folder.
- Lock rotation (available on iPhone only)
- Retrieve movie poster from TMDb. You can turn it on/off in app settings.
- Display video thumbnails
Russian localization by Алексей Мартынов. Thanks for the contribution.
Supported Sandisk iXpand Flash Drive
New login window
DFS with domain namespace such as \\skyjos.com\dfs_share.
Added "x" button in rename textfield to clear out filename with one tap.
Encoding "Host URL" for WebDAV connection.
Supported WTV video format
Stops video and music playback when disconnects from Apple TV, Bluetooth devices or EarPods.
Fixed an issue that VoiceOver doesn't work in music player.
Fixed an issue that open-in file cannot directly copy to Dropbox.
Other bugfixes and improvements.
6.1
2017-04-15
* Added French translation.
* Added "Retry" button for transfer failure items.
* Fixed an issue that file names are displayed in lowercase with Dropbox connection.
* Fixed an compatibility issue with Nginx WebDAV server.
* Fixed compatibility issue with iOS 10.3 on some devices.
6.0.1
2017-01-18
* Adds photo deletion feature in photo library.
* Fixes a limited number of files issue on Google Drive.
* Fixes a crash issue when playing slideshow from FTP server.
* Fixes a crash issue for playing some damaged mp3 files.
6.0
2017-01-10
FileExplorer Pro 6 is here.
* Document picker extension: Pick documents on network shares and edit in iWork, Office apps and PDF reader. Save back to network shares.
* Action extension: With this extension, you can transfer files to network shares right in other apps.
* New "Nearby Devices" feature for transfer files between iPhone and iPad.
* Rearrage connection list.
* Adds ability to create and edit text files.
* Supports SFTP (via SSH) Connection
* Supports explicit and implicit FTP over TLS.
* Auto discover FTP servers in local network.
* Adds row actions on folder view for email, open-in, stream-to etc.
* Displays music album on folder view.
* Displays folder summary.
* New music player
* Supports RAW formats: NEF, CR2, DNG, ARW etc
* Display GIF in Photo Library.
* New slideshow user interface
* Adds range selection (tap and drag selection) on photo library.
* Keeps photo gallery alive after deleting a photo.
* Adds an option to show/hide iCloud Drive.
* Adds an option to turn on/off Touch ID.
* Adds an option to turn on/off network discovery.
* Updates Dropbox SDK, Google Drive SDK and OneDrive SDK. The Dropbox and OneDrive connections need to be re-added.
* Bugfixes
5.2.2
2016-06-14
* Fixed an issue that slideshow cannot be played on OneDrive.
* Fixed an issue that file cannot be download from Google Drive.
5.2.1
2016-05-27
* Supported AC3/E-AC3 codec on iOS 9.3 or later.
* Fixed a SMB connection issue with OS X 10.11.5.
* Fixed an app crash issue when uploading or downloading files to OneDrive.
* Fixed an issue that app transfers the original photo although it has been edited.
* Fixed an issue that app crashes on some MDM devices.
5.2.0
2016-05-20
* Supported AC3/E-AC3 codec on iOS 9.3 or later.
* Added Spanish localization by Pakito Naranjo. Thank you!
* Updated German localization by Stefan Nittscher. Thanks for the help!
* Updated OneDrive SDK. Your OneDrive connections need to be re-created.
* Supported OneDrive for Business
* Supported music/video streaming for Google Drive, Box and OneDrive.
* Fixed an issue that RAW+JPG and JPG+MOV(Live Photo) are not transferred correctly.