At home my PCs have CIFS/SMB shared folders, it’s handy and simple to use. However I can’t find an Android app capable of browsing these shares.

There’s Android Samba client and CIFS Document provider on F-droid but both require to know the exact IP and path, you can not just browse the network like on a PC.

    • Monkey With A Shell@lemmy.socdojo.comEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Extra vote for solid explorer, but the browsing that was mentioned I want to say is partially a server side thing. If the desktops can see them than others should be able to as well, but the server has to respond to those broadcast requests looking for shares.

      For my time on mobile though, putting some sort of frontend over the files makes life a lot more pleasant. Sure you can play a video or open a picture through mount, but only from the right network, and sacrificing a lot of custom built functionality like a dedicated media player would offer over accessing the raw files. That’s more a my use case thing though, preffering to do the more heavy file management stuff from a full size computer than mobile.

  • slurp@programming.devEnglish
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    11 months ago

    I use MiX, which has a “Search local” option when adding SMB, which sounds like what you’re after

  • Osiris@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 months ago

    I use CIFS Document Provider and the stock files app lets me browse the share without an exact path. Does require IP tho

  • pixelscience@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Don’t know what phone you have, but the built in My Files app on my Galaxy s23 has SMB support. Lists and connects to my Linux samba server and my Windows shares perfectly.

    • SuperSpaceFan@lemm.eeEnglish
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      11 months ago

      I like CX File Explorer too. And I appreciate that there are no ads! I wish the dev would make dark mode available though.