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Just discovered RSAF. It's pretty much the only cloud drive app I ever need (us.v-cdn.net)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by petrescatraian@libranet.de to c/android@lemdro.id
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Some of you might have heard about rclone. It's an open source app that you can use to mount pretty much any cloud storage provider that you have to your native file system. Like you would plug a USB flash drive for example.

Someone apparently brought the idea over to Android, creating an app that uses Storage Access Framework.

For those who don't know what this means, it's a way of accessing an app's files through Android's native file picker (which, in turn, is Android's native file explorer). See this screenshot as an example. In the displayed side pane, you can see both Google Drive and OneDrive displayed. They both make use of Android's Storage Access Framework and you can access their files right there in the file picker, without having the apps open.

If you created multiple accounts on different cloud storage providers, then this is an actual lifesaver for your phone's storage, as it's simply better to only have one app for them all instead of having multiple apps for all the providers.

github.com/chenxiaolong/RSAF

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[–] mp3@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Damn, too bad it's not on the Play Store, that'd be handy on my work phone but we have a security policy that blocks sideloading apps on them..

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Try mixplorer silver. It isn't exactly the same, but you can access most cloud services through it, with multiple accounts.

[–] mp3@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Does it use the Storage Access Framework? That's my only gripe about Solid Explorer.

[–] danhakimi@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

or f-droid... I'd love something like this, but I ain't compiling shit from source for android, not nearly worth the hassle

[–] petrescatraian@libranet.de 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@danhakimi there are apks as well under releases. You only need to download the right one. If you've downloaded anything from apkmirror then it's just as easy.

@mp3

[–] ijeff@lemdro.id 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Or you can add the GitHub URL into Obtainium for easy updating.

[–] danhakimi@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Something about Obtainium sketches me out, is it really safe?

I installed it and got a note that it's not compatible with the latest version of android... is it?

[–] Railcar8095@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Works flawless with latest android, speaking from a pixel. Might be some extra functionality i don't use?

[–] danhakimi@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago

alright, well that seems to be working for now, thanks.

now to figure out how tf RSAF works...

[–] petrescatraian@libranet.de 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@mp3 Don't you have something like a custom version of play store that only allows certain apps? Maybe you could suggest it to the IT add it there.

[–] mp3@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

I wouldn't hold my breath on that one with my employer.