Time to rethink about totalCmd for ios?

[whytea]

Apple has a different file system compared to Windows or Linux. Since ios 11, a File app was introduced which kind of like Windows File Manager. Later a Samba (smb) client was added which makes it handy to share a folder between Windows/Linux with ios. Seems that it's time to consider a TotalCmd for ios?

/WT

[Stefan2]

And do iOS11 have the same underlying API for process and function calls of TC as WindowsTM do have?




 

[whytea]

I don't know but I really doubt it.

[vdijken]

Linux and IOS are niche products. TC is for the mainstream: Windows and Android.

[ghisler(Author)]

That's not the case. In the USA, iOS has 55% market share, Android is dying out there.
Unfortunately Apple is much more restrictive than Google in what they allow and what they don't. A Total Commander for iOS has very little chance to be approved, Apple does not want the user to deal with files.

[whytea]

iOS has a different design philosophy for its file system. Unlike Windows and Linux, every app keeps and manages its own folder/files. To get a file from another app or the iOS' album, it'll have to be imported ("shared") first. There is also a Downloads folder for files downloaded via browser. I came from a Windows/Linux/Android world until someone gifted me an iPhone a few years ago. To be honest, I felt severely handicapped for the first two weeks with my iPhone. But once I got used to it, it's not really that bad.

Here are some thoughts. The dual-panel UI of TotalCmd could fit quite nicely into iOS Share paradigm. The panels can be album/images and videos, Downloads/files, Other_app/files, ftp client/server, SMB client, etc.. Functions: import/output (i.e. share in/out) and file management. The current TotalCmd GUI really needs to be re-designed to have the iOS look-and-feel. Just my two cents

[mmm]

No facelift for me. Thx.

[DelphiDev]

You can use iOS' Files App to connect to SMB shares and FTP servers.

And with the sandboxing you wouldn't be able to access the file system anyway.

I really don't see a need for TC on iOS.

[whytea]

People don't know what they want until you show it to them - Steve Jobs