Hello everyone, the new release with the much requested USB support is finally here! (Couldn't have done it without @DarkMatterCore's usb library) It's worth mentioning since it is such a big update (backend changes and FS refactor) there *may* be some issues, but the only way I can find and fix those is through you guys! However rest assured, I did run a lot of tests myself to make sure it is functioning as expected. If I waited a month, it would've been exactly 2 years since the last release .

Change-log:

• FS:
  • Added support for browsing USB devices.
  • Switched back to libc to handle FS operations.
  • Brought back support for browsing other devices such as safe, user and system.
• GUI:
  • Update to imGui v1.88.
  • Switch to imGui's new keyEvent API.
  • The two views (File Browser and Settings) can now be navigated as tabs.
  • Switched from list view to a table view using imGui's table API.
  • Sorting is no longer applied from settings, it can be done directly by clicking on the table column headers.
  • A new selector has been added to allow the user to switch to different devices such as safe, user, USB etc.
  • Settings are no longer categorized by imGui's tree system.
  • No longer uses SDL2 as a backend, but instead uses opengl v3 directly (along with egl).
• Fixes:
  • Properly delete config file if the config file version is outdated.
  • Properly free textures after exiting application.
  • Fixed scrolling via the right joystick after zooming into an image.
  • Lots of code clean up and under the hood changes that are too many to list here.

Spoiler: Screenshots

Download: https://github.com/joel16/NX-Shell/releases

 

[Idaho]

Very good update, that's a great initiative to include an FTP server into NX-Shell, this is definitely gonna be useful to me !

Have a happy new year and relax man, we'll wait for the next update

Btw I was thinking about something for the video player, does it play webm? That'd be neat as it's a good format for small random videos and I'm sure I'm not the only one here with a collection of those that I picked on imageboards ^^

 

[Mothafuckka]

Thank you for the support!
That's a really great tool!

 

[Joel16]

Nice work 8-)

Just wondering what the difference is between nx-shell and nx-shell-3 in the archive?

NX-Shell-3? I'm not sure what you're talking about.

Very good update, that's a great initiative to include an FTP server into NX-Shell, this is definitely gonna be useful to me !

Have a happy new year and relax man, we'll wait for the next update

Btw I was thinking about something for the video player, does it play webm? That'd be neat as it's a good format for small random videos and I'm sure I'm not the only one here with a collection of those that I picked on imageboards ^^

ATM, video player was removed due to some complexities and the availability of other alternatives. As of now I can't really make any comments on it, but I'll look into some other features in the meantime.

 

[Joel16]

Minor update!

If you grab the latest nightly build from here: https://github.com/joel16/NX-Shell/blob/gh-pages/NX-Shell.nro You'll get the built in software keyboard for renaming files/folders and creating files/folders. Which I would recommend doing considering it's much better than my crappy OSK.

 

[AceyBwoi]

Any password for ftp?

 

[Joel16]

Any password for ftp?

No, no user or pass.

 

[xmp8851]

Is it normal that nothing appears when I open SAFE:/?

 

[Missciera]

Does this support split zip files? I don't mind if it can't make them, but can it unpack them?

 

[Joel16]

Does this support split zip files? I don't mind if it can't make them, but can it unpack them?

Yes, it can't make them but it can unpack them.

Is it normal that nothing appears when I open SAFE:/?

You should at least see a file called PRF2SAFE.RCV

 

[xmp8851]

Any idea why my switch act like this?

 

[cucholix]

This app is awesome!
I love the clean UI, and the fact you can use FTP!
BTW there's a USB store device support?

 

[Joel16]

Minor update v1.20 released. Just wanted to get this one out as it includes some critical fixes and changes.

Change-log:

• Now uses official software keyboard with text validation for creating/renaming folders and files.
• Refactored FS code to support copying to/from other mount points. (copying files now uses internal fs functions)
• Properly get free/max storage for each partition using FS rather than NS.
• Fixed progress bar from incorrectly blending into the background.
• Update SDL_FontCache to v0.10 and revert back to using the Roboto font - which now properly displays accented characters such as é.
• Display MP3 id3v2 cover art image if found.

Spoiler: Screenshot

Download: https://github.com/joel16/NX-Shell/releases/tag/1.20

 

[ploggy]

Official keyboard is best imo thanks for adding it Could you add an auto update feature in future?

 

[Joel16]

Official keyboard is best imo thanks for adding it Could you add an auto update feature in future?

I would easily be able to implement nightlies or something if the switch curl packages supported tlsv1.2.

 

[Idaho]

Official keyboard is best imo thanks for adding it Could you add an auto update feature in future?

If you have the homebrew store you can easily update from there...

 

[ploggy]

If you have the homebrew store you can easily update from there...

Hmm, I guess that would work too How about an update notification when starting the app?

 

[Idaho]

Hmm, I guess that would work too How about an update notification when starting the app?

Not a good idea if you want to stay on an older version for whatever reason or if you can't update because you can't easily download stuff (relying on 4G network...etc), I think it's totally okay to rely on stalking the git, thread updates and on the homebrew store to get informed and download new updates.

Though I think the homebrew store should be updated to have more categories, especially a category for newly released apps (to promote new apps to common users who don't go lurk around forums) and also a category for themes (as for now they're invading the store and are classified as applications which makes browsing through the store quite harsh) it should also have a functionality to list all installed apps and update/remove them and also have an in-app button to exit the app back to the HBL but that should be discussed on a more appropriate thread...

Talking about that I have a relatively simple ergonomy suggestion for NX-Shell that is the following :
Why not bind the contextual action menu to the "+" button and add an in app button that we'd find on the bruger menu that we find by pressing "-" to leave the app, this would have two advantages, make things more intuitive/clean and also make the app totally usable from gamepad...

I would easily be able to implement nightlies or something if the switch curl packages supported tlsv1.2.

If you want to provide nightlies maybe you should release a second NX-Shell app on the store for nightlies (I know I would occasionally use it to give you feedback on this thread), this would save you the cost of coding an in-app updater while still making things quite convenient...

 

[luckyneymar11]

hello joel16
in the last release i have a problème with the ebook reader
the botom of the page can not be read ( it's impossible to scroll full down) and the homebrew crash a lot
i never had this problème in the older release.
(sorry for the bad english, is not my first langage )

 

[YugamiSekai]

The newest version seems to crash at playing any MP3 thats over 10MB

 

[Karones]

I've noticed a few problems with the ebook reader, as the guy above said, the bottom half of the page isn't accessible and I've noticed it seems to crash when zooming after a certain threshold.
Thanks a ton for this software!