C H A P T E R 6

Explorer

An Android File Explorer

Probably because of its origin as a phone-based OS, or possibly just because of sheer cussedness, Android does not come with a file explorer by default. This is not to say they don't exist . . . there are a number of quite acceptable apps on the market that work fine. For that matter, quite a few applications include a simple file browser as a matter of course. However, I thought building a file browser from scratch might be a useful exercise . . . and indeed it was.

images

Figure 6-1. Exploring: Sometimes, what you find is not what you expect . . .

Anatomy of a File Explorer

Consistent with my ...

Get Beginning Android Tablet Programming: Starting with Android Honeycomb for Tablets now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.