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  • Properly delete config file if the config file version is outdated.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

 

[MrWhosHacking]

Does it have a lot of ROMs/files in it? Like 255+? It could be the reason why. You should delete the /switch/NX-Shell/lastdir.txt. Don't try to open the ROMs folder again or it'll crash. I'll try to see what's up but you'll need to give me some info

True but doesn’t bother me I need to to move or what I do whit it. Wanted to know a way if there and way or form to optimize it makes faster

 

[baretbh]

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Current version: 1.03 (Beta)

Features:

- Delete files folders.
- Copy/Move files and folders.
- Rename
- New folder
- Displays file size. (files only ATM)
- Image viewer (PNG/JPG/GIF/BMP)
- Extract .ZIP files.
- Sorting options (Sort by name, date, size).
- Dark theme toggle.
- Audio playback. (Following formats are supported: MP3, MIDI, FLAC, OGG, WAV and MOD)
- Touch screen.

Spoiler: Screenshots

Controls:

- Press X to bring up options.
- Press A to confirm/enter directory.
- Press B to cancel/leave directory.
- D-Pad is currently used for navigation only.

Download: https://github.com/joel16/NX-Shell/releases/tag/1.00 (Please note this is a very early beta, just releasing this to get some opinions on this)

Thank you for the great update! I love that I can play music on my Switch now! Will this release ever support 24bit WAV files in the future? Seems to only play 16bit at the moment.

 

[Joel16]

Thank you for the great update! I love that I can play music on my Switch now! Will this release ever support 24bit WAV files in the future? Seems to only play 16bit at the moment.

Yeah I can take a look later on.

 

[MrWhosHacking]

Yeah I can take a look later on.

What about optimizing it make it faster to read and write

 

[Idaho]

Good progress, This is becoming closer to perfection...

I was browsing the forum at work today and I saw someone made a tool to read basic information from XCI files :
https://gbatemp.net/threads/release-xci-reader.492151/
https://gbatemp.net/threads/xci-explorer.505528/
Do you think you could display those informations when trying to open one in the browser? That could be neat

Keep up the good work man, I'm loving your work so far.

 

[Joel16]

What about optimizing it make it faster to read and write

Didn't say anything cause the answer is quite obvious. Of course I'd work on optimization and improving performance at some point.

Good progress, This is becoming closer to perfection...

I was browsing the forum at work today and I saw someone made a tool to read basic information from XCI files : https://gbatemp.net/threads/release-xci-reader.492151/
Do you think you could display those informations when trying to open one in the browser? That could be neat

Keep up the good work man, I'm loving your work so far.

Hm, haven't looked into it but not much of a priority right now. There's still lots to be added, so I can't say for sure. If/When I add support for viewing text file contents I'll probably look into this as well.

 

[kevin_1351]

I love this app, but it doesn't seem to move properly: it seems to copy instead (?).
Could this please be fixed? It takes ages to "move" a big file.

Thanks a lot for this app btw.

 

[Joel16]

I love this app, but it doesn't seem to move properly: it seems to copy instead (?).
Could this please be fixed? It takes ages to "move" a big file.

Thanks a lot for this app btw.

Did you try the latest release? I'm sure that fixed the issue. (Talking about the copy instead part)

 

[Zumoly]

What else is there to ask for?
You rock man!

Looks like there could be a problem loading such a large directory. Does it have a bunch of files? To get rid of it, use FTP or something and delete /switch/NX-Shell/lastdir.txt. You probably shouldn't open that directory again tbh until I sort this out.



Maybe, if I get some time in the future. That is a planned feature.



Yeah, you guessed it.

NX-Shell Beta Release 3 is up!

Spoiler: Screenshots

Music Player:

Simple OSK:

Change-log + Download link

 

[kevin_1351]

Did you try the latest release? I'm sure that fixed the issue. (Talking about the copy instead part)

Beta 3 yes.

 

[Joel16]

Beta 3 yes.

Are you sure about this? I just tested it on a folder and a file and move seems to be doing the right thing. It copies and then removes the old location. I don't have any huge files to test it with but I did test with a folder with a bunch of files/sub folders.

 

[kevin_1351]

(...) It copies and then removes the old location. (...)

Yeah, that's the issue. It should move the folder instead, which should take less than a second.

I don't know the specifics of Horizon, but on Linux this is done by changing the inode index (other systems handle it similarly).

 

[Joel16]

Yeah, that's the issue. It should move the folder instead, which should take less than a second.

I don't know the specifics of Horizon, but on Linux this is done by changing the inode index (other systems handle it similarly).

Ah my bad I thought you meant it just copies the folder/file and leaves it there in its old location. Yeah we'll see some improvements later on.

 

[juijui68]

Does renaming for .xci file working for you guys? I tried it on SX OS v1 and v1.1 and renaming doesn't work.
Can it rename the extension .xci? I am trying to rename .xci to .xc so SX OS doesn't read it to avoid my son
playing my games.

 

[poulp3]

Does renaming for .xci file working for you guys? I tried it on SX OS v1 and v1.1 and renaming doesn't work.
Can it rename the extension .xci? I am trying to rename .xci to .xc so SX OS doesn't read it to avoid my son
playing my games.

since sx os reads xci from root only, couldn't you move your games in a folder ? Maybe cut/paste is not ready yet.

 

[Joel16]

since sx os reads xci from root only, couldn't you move your games in a folder ? Maybe cut/paste is not ready yet.

I don't have any XCI files to test with, but cut/paste does work and so does rename.

 

[gbazone]

Any chance of getting USB transfer like VitaShell?

 

[Idaho]

Any chance of getting USB transfer like VitaShell?

I think it's planned, it'd need confirmation from joel tho, not sure if the actual lib can allow this or if we have to wait for improvements before that...

 

[SpaceJump]

How does renaming files work? I press X, select Rename, but nothing happens.

 

[Zumoly]

How does renaming files work? I press X, select Rename, but nothing happens.

Hi
You don't press X but A to confirm your choice, after that you'll see the onscreen keyboard.