There has to be a way because I have seen this app when trying to send an attachment via e-mail or WhatsApp.
I need this in order to access the files that any app publishes to the native storage provider thing (https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/providers/document-provider), for example like Adobe's Apps do on Android and iOS.
For example, with this:
There's none there. What you see is the Android File Picker. It looks like the default file manager of android because it is not skinned. But it is no way the same as the stock android file manager.
SOLVED:
(1) It does exist.
(2) Settings > Apps > Click the grayish icon to the right of "Your apps" (Filter and sort) > Toggle Show system apps to ON.
(3) Scroll down to F and you will see the default Android Files app is present and alive, just not directly accessible.
(4) How do you gain access to this?: I use the "Shortcut Maker" app from the Play Store. In this app, go to Activities, click on Files, and select "com.android.documentsui.files.FilesActivity" to make a shortcut to this app.
This is how you access the native storage access framework. This lets you access different Google Drive accounts directly and also access something like Adobe Suite app files too.
nixnixnixnix4 said:
This is how you access the native storage access framework. This lets you access different Google Drive accounts directly and also access something like Adobe Suite app files too.
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Could you elaborate how this works? I am trying to decide if it's worth the education to try to get this working on my device.
I don't need to access different Google Drive account or Adobe Suite app files, but maybe there is another benefit to using this hidden app?
KingFatty said:
Could you elaborate how this works? I am trying to decide if it's worth the education to try to get this working on my device.
I don't need to access different Google Drive account or Adobe Suite app files, but maybe there is another benefit to using this hidden app?
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Have you ever tried the Files App in an iOS device?
You know how certain apps let you access their files and folders directly through that system app?
It's sort of like how iCloud or Dropbox or OneDrive lets you access their files directly through the native framework of your desktop OS.
Ah, I've not used iOS devices.
So it sounds like this is sort of like a file manager, but it lets you get access to system files, hidden files, or other files that would normally be off limits?
Or is this sort of like an unlock code, where once you run the app, then various files become accessible that were previously locked down?
Maybe it comes down to what that means "access ... directly through the native framework" of the OS.
What does it mean to access directly through the native framework?
I personally use https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lonelycatgames.Xplore&hl=en_US&gl=US as my preferred file manager on my S21 Ultra. But I don't know what I could also do if I used the native framework instead of a dedicated file manager? Would that unlock access to files that x-plore simply cannot access?
KingFatty said:
Would that unlock access to files that x-plore simply cannot access?
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Sort of.
You have to try it to see what I mean.
Look at the left panel of the native Android Files app.
You'll quickly see what I mean.
nixnixnixnix4 said:
SOLVED:
(1) It does exist.
(2) Settings > Apps > Click the grayish icon to the right of "Your apps" (Filter and sort) > Toggle Show system apps to ON.
(3) Scroll down to F and you will see the default Android Files app is present and alive, just not directly accessible.
(4) How do you gain access to this?: I use the "Shortcut Maker" app from the Play Store. In this app, go to Activities, click on Files, and select "com.android.documentsui.files.FilesActivity" to make a shortcut to this app.
This is how you access the native storage access framework. This lets you access different Google Drive accounts directly and also access something like Adobe Suite app files too.
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Just wanted to express my sincere thanks for this solution! Got my Pixel 6 Pro this evening and was very disappointed to discover that the option of opening storage settings and clicking on files, which still works on my 4 XL, doesn't prompt the choice between the new and old files apps on the 6 Pro. Thanks so much for the clear explanation / guide on how to ditch the handcuffs and recapture access to the full file system.
I have been trying to replace the my files app in the print to PDF function but Samsung's My Files continues to persist. I have the Files app shortcut but can't find a way to change it to be the default file picker. Anyone been able to figure this out?
nixnixnixnix4 said:
There has to be a way because I have seen this app when trying to send an attachment via e-mail or WhatsApp.
I need this in order to access the files that any app publishes to the native storage provider thing (https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/providers/document-provider), for example like Adobe's Apps do on Android and iOS.
For example, with this:
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Solved the issue on Pixel 6 Pro.
1. disable Google files.
2. Then go to play store and download this open source app.
3. It will open system files app
4. Enable Google files app again if you want
5. Open files shortcut app it will ask which app to open.
6. Select system files app.
7. Done!
Hope this helps.
nixnixnixnix4 said:
SOLVED:
(1) It does exist.
(2) Settings > Apps > Click the grayish icon to the right of "Your apps" (Filter and sort) > Toggle Show system apps to ON.
(3) Scroll down to F and you will see the default Android Files app is present and alive, just not directly accessible.
(4) How do you gain access to this?: I use the "Shortcut Maker" app from the Play Store. In this app, go to Activities, click on Files, and select "com.android.documentsui.files.FilesActivity" to make a shortcut to this app.
This is how you access the native storage access framework. This lets you access different Google Drive accounts directly and also access something like Adobe Suite app files too.
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This helped me a lot but do you maybe have a solution that would let me copy files from somewhere to another apps storage? Because as soon as I open the copying dialogue I can no longer see the folders for the apps etc.
nixnixnixnix4 said:
SOLVED:
(1) It does exist.
(2) Settings > Apps > Click the grayish icon to the right of "Your apps" (Filter and sort) > Toggle Show system apps to ON.
(3) Scroll down to F and you will see the default Android Files app is present and alive, just not directly accessible.
(4) How do you gain access to this?: I use the "Shortcut Maker" app from the Play Store. In this app, go to Activities, click on Files, and select "com.android.documentsui.files.FilesActivity" to make a shortcut to this app.
This is how you access the native storage access framework. This lets you access different Google Drive accounts directly and also access something like Adobe Suite app files too.
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Life saver! Thank you so much. Worked like a charm.
For more advanced use cases you can use intents to call the system Files app (also called DocumentsUI).
The important bits of the intent are these:
(1) android.intent.action.VIEW
(2) content://com.android.externalstorage.documents/document/primary%3APictures%2FMessages
This bare bones intent will offer to open Files at sdcard/Pictures/Messages (assuming that folder exists). Modify to match the folder you want to open. This format is for local storage. Other SAF locations would use different content:// provider roots.
nixnixnixnix4 said:
SOLVED:
(1) It does exist.
(2) Settings > Apps > Click the grayish icon to the right of "Your apps" (Filter and sort) > Toggle Show system apps to ON.
(3) Scroll down to F and you will see the default Android Files app is present and alive, just not directly accessible.
(4) How do you gain access to this?: I use the "Shortcut Maker" app from the Play Store. In this app, go to Activities, click on Files, and select "com.android.documentsui.files.FilesActivity" to make a shortcut to this app.
This is how you access the native storage access framework. This lets you access different Google Drive accounts directly and also access something like Adobe Suite app files too.
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Great. It worked exactly. Thanks a lot
nixnixnixnix4 said:
SOLVED:
(1) It does exist.
(2) Settings > Apps > Click the grayish icon to the right of "Your apps" (Filter and sort) > Toggle Show system apps to ON.
(3) Scroll down to F and you will see the default Android Files app is present and alive, just not directly accessible.
(4) How do you gain access to this?: I use the "Shortcut Maker" app from the Play Store. In this app, go to Activities, click on Files, and select "com.android.documentsui.files.FilesActivity" to make a shortcut to this app.
This is how you access the native storage access framework. This lets you access different Google Drive accounts directly and also access something like Adobe Suite app files too.
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Click to collapse
Great. It worked exactly. Thanks
nixnixnixnix4 said:
SOLVED:
(1) It does exist.
(2) Settings > Apps > Click the grayish icon to the right of "Your apps" (Filter and sort) > Toggle Show system apps to ON.
(3) Scroll down to F and you will see the default Android Files app is present and alive, just not directly accessible.
(4) How do you gain access to this?: I use the "Shortcut Maker" app from the Play Store. In this app, go to Activities, click on Files, and select "com.android.documentsui.files.FilesActivity" to make a shortcut to this app.
This is how you access the native storage access framework. This lets you access different Google Drive accounts directly and also access something like Adobe Suite app files too.
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Great. Worked as exact it could be. Thanks
OMGeeky said:
This helped me a lot but do you maybe have a solution that would let me copy files from somewhere to another apps storage? Because as soon as I open the copying dialogue I can no longer see the folders for the apps etc.
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You can do this a couple of ways.
If you want to move files into an app directory you can make a second window from the Files app menu at the top right. Now split screen the two Files windows. Now you can drag and drop files from one to the other.
If you want to copy files into an app directory you need a mouse or a keyboard. Right-click a file and pick copy with a mouse, or Ctrl + c with a keyboard. Then navigate to your destination and right-click paste, or Ctrl + v with a keyboard to complete the copy. This also works for moving files but you can skip the accessories like I said above.
Anytime you want to copy or move a file out of the app directory you can use the normal copy/move options in the menu. The reason you can't copy or move into app directories using the normal menu is that menu launches the directory picker and that is restricted like all other apps are.
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Have you been sucked in by Amazon's free app of the day promotion, downloaded an app, played with it for a couple hours and then decided to uninstall it?
Have you noticed how that uninstalled app will forever appear under My Apps in the App Store?
I wanted Amazon to stop passively reminding me about my fleeting affair with a past free app every time I go to their app store to try out the next free app of the day. The app store doesn't offer any way of removing the uninstalled and I like my lists to be cleaned up.
The solution I found is not perfect, but it works for me. I tried a variety of ways and this is the only thing I could find that avoided having the uninstalled apps re-appear after the app store syncs itself with my account. It requires root, Root Explorer and SQLite Editor. There are probably other ways to do this, but this worked for me.
In Root Explorer, go to the data/data/com.amazon.venezia/databases folder and open the file called "locker". With SQLite Editor installed, Root Explorer will automatically open the file with write permissions. There will be a list of 8 tables:
Applications - this is the table you want to edit
Blacklist - seems to be a table containing apps that are removed from Amazon
BlacklistCursor - somehow related to Blacklist
ContentTokens - the tokens for the apps you've downloaded. Syncs with your Amazon account every time you open the App Store. Deleting records here does nothing, as far as I could tell.
Downloads - lists any downloaded but not yet installed apps. When you download an app from the Amazon App Store, it downloads to a folder on your SD Card located at sdcard/Android/data/com.amazon.venezia/cache. Amazon names the apk oddly. Deleting records here does nothing, as far as I could tell.
Wishlist - I assume this syncs with your Amazon wishlist for apps. I don't use it, so I don't know for sure.
android_metadata - One record that identifies the locale as en_US.
sqlite_sequence - identifies the next sequence number that can be used (right? I'm not that familiar with it)
Select Applications
The first field is the ASIN identifier that Amazon uses. You can search Amazon for this and find the app that way, just in case you wanted to know.
Now, it would be great if deleting the record you don't want worked, but Amazon will just resync and add the record again. Boo.
The more interesting fields are off to the right, so scroll down that way.
Right after the SoldBy field are true/false flags. I'm listing them here, because I'm not entirely sure what they all do and maybe someone can fill in the blanks. If you edit most of these fields, Amazon will just reset them when it syncs, too. We want IsHiddenFromActionableItems.
IsPurchased - 1 if purchased
IsNew - 1 if there is a new version (to download or already downloaded but not installed, it seems)
IsUpdateAvailable - 1 if there is an update available (installed, with update available)
IsFlagged - not sure
IsNewNotified - 1 if notified of the new version.
IsUpdateAvailableNotified - 1 if notified of an update available. Interestingly, for the apps I uninstall the IsNew flag is true and IsUpdateAvailable is false, but the IsNewNotified is false and IsUpdateAvailableNotified is true. Seems backwards.
IsFlaggedNotified - notified of flagging?
IsHiddenFromActionableItems - this is the one you want.
IsDownloaded - 1 if downloaded and the file is still in its download location.
IsInstalled - 1 if downloaded and installed.
Full step by step:
***You need root***
1. In Root Explorer, go to the data/data/com.amazon.venezia/databases folder and open the file called "locker".
2. Select Applications
3. Highlight the record you want to edit by tapping it
4. Long press on the value in IsHiddenFromActionableItems.
5. Select Edit Field
6. Change the value from 0 to 1 (or the opposite if you want it back in the list)
7. Click Save
8. Repeat 4 - 7 for any other records you want.
9. Hit back to return to the table list and back again to go back to the folder.
That's it. When you run the Amazon App Store again, the apps you've changed the IsHiddenFromActionableItems value to 1 for will no longer appear under New (and presumably Update Available). Unfortunately, the apps will still show up under the All menu, unless you filter by Installed apps only.
Sorry for the long post, but I thought maybe someone else with more background than me would be able to figure out some other workaround.
I'm not responsible if this somehow screws up your phone.
THANK YOU.
God I thought I'd be waiting forever for them to come up with a better way to manage your purchased apps.
I'd be willing to bet that we'll see a better way to manage apps in future releases of their app store, but I'm not willing to wait for that.
You. are a god! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
I was so happy when I saw this post. I tried the recommended resolution. However, when I hit the refresh button in the Amazon App Store, the "hidden" application came back.
Any ideas? I would love to have a solution.
Thanks,
Evan
Two new ideas that may help with this issue:
1) If you are *totally sure* you never want to see the app again..
Just delete the app.
Amazon's official instructions are a ways down this page:
Amazon Appstore for Android says:
(AMAZON OFFICIAL)
Amazon Appstore for Android customers can now permanently delete apps from their account. To use this feature, visit the Your Apps and Devices (http://www.amazon.com/gp/mas/your-account/myapps) section of the Amazon Appstore for Android and click "Actions."
To learn more about this feature, visit:
Appstore for Android FAQs - http://www.amazon.com/appstore/faq
Appstore for Android "Manage Apps" overview - http://www.amazon.com/help/managingapps
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Note this is a somewhat drastic step - if you change your mind you will have to pay for the app all over again. Works great for free apps of course.
2) Amazon may have given us a way to run off *all* notifications with the latest Amazon App Store apk. See http://www.goodandevo.net/2012/03/turn-off-amazon-appstore-notifications-on-your-htc-evo.html
Does anyone know if there is a similar process that can now be used? It seems like the recent update to the appstore app broke this method.
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Hello!
I just purchased a Kindle Fire HD, and tried to install apps like MXPlayer and TubeMate.
That was not hard: Go to the developer page, download the app, and install. I can boot the app right after I install it, but after that, there's no shortcut to these apps in the carrousel or in the app list.
I can go to the app manager and see that they are installed, and if I use ES Explorer and, for example, click on a video, it gives me the option to use either the default video player, or MX Player.
I can't however, launch the apps directly.
Do you know anything about this?
Thanks in advance.
Elrom said:
Hello!
I just purchased a Kindle Fire HD, and tried to install apps like MXPlayer and TubeMate.
That was not hard: Go to the developer page, download the app, and install. I can boot the app right after I install it, but after that, there's no shortcut to these apps in the carrousel or in the app list.
I can go to the app manager and see that they are installed, and if I use ES Explorer and, for example, click on a video, it gives me the option to use either the default video player, or MX Player.
I can't however, launch the apps directly.
Do you know anything about this?
Thanks in advance.
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If your Kindle is rooted, you can use ES File Explorer (or something similar) to install a custom launcher (like ADW.Launcher) to your system partition. This custom launcher will list extra apps which the Carousel ignores.
Below are some hopefully helpful instructions: (sorry if they're long!)
Download ADW.Launcher from the attachments below. Instead of installing it, save it somewhere you will remember.
Open up ES File Explorer. Open the menu on the left (swipe from the left if it isn't there already).
If there is nothing below the "Tools" option, tap on it.
Then, scroll down to "Root Explorer" and tap "OFF" next to it to turn it on (yes, confusing).
Tap "Allow" if a message comes up, then tap on "Root Explorer" (this time, not on the "ON" button).
Now tap "Mount R/W" in the box that appears.
Tap on the dot under "RW" which lines up with "/system" then tap "OK".
Now, find where you saved the APK. If you downloaded it on your Kindle, it should be in "Download".
Find the file "org.adw.launcher.apk" and tap and hold on it for a second.
Tap "Copy" at the bottom.
Now, find the "/" directory by tapping on the top and choosing "Device".
Find the "system" directory and open it, then open the "app" directory inside that.
Tap "Paste" at the bottom and restart your Kindle.
When you unlock your Kindle, it should show a box. Tap "ADW.Launcher". Now, there should be an app drawer in which you should be able to find your other apps. (NOTE: don't install apps this way unless you absolutely need to.)
Extra:
If you like the new launcher, tick the checkbox which appears on the box when you tap on Home before selecting ADW.Launcher. If you don't like the new launcher, tick the checkbox and select "Launcher" instead.
If you read those instructions and felt I was explaining too much, sorry
How to have side-loaded apps (including those requiring Google services) show up and work on a Child Profile.
It its a processes and maybe there is another way, but I couldn't find it. Here's how I did it:
Primary Account
Install ES File Explorer from Amazon App store
Install Kids Folder from Amazon App store
Download and Install Google Account Manager - This should prompt you to allow Unknown Sources from Settings
Download and Install Google Services Framework
Download and Install Google Play Services
Download and Install Google Play Store
Primary Account - Setup Google Play
Launch Google Play and add account
Install MyAppSharer
Install YouTube Kids
Primary Account - Prep Files for Child Profile
Open MyAppSharer
Select YouTube Kids and export to SdCard Download folder
Open ES File Explorer
From the left menu, Select Download folder, copy the YoutTube APK, (also copy all 4 Google APKs), select SdCard and paste it at the root of the card
Primary Account - Add Content to Child Profile
From tablet Settings->Profiles and Library, select child profile
Add Content, Share Content
Click Games & Apps
Select Kids Folder, ES File Explorer
Primary Account - Uninstall Play Services
This has to be uninstalled before it can be installed on the child profile
Settings->Apps & Games->Manage All Apps, Uninstall Google Play Services
Child Profile -Google APKs
Switch to Child Profile
Open ES File Explorer
Select SD Card
Install All Google APKs - This should prompt you to allow Unknown Sources from Settings
Install YouTube Kids apk
Open Kids Folder and configure child
Click Manage apps, choose YouTube Kids. Play Store, Click OK
Click on YT Kids
Child Profile - GO!
From Kid Folder open Play Store
Complete Signing in, then exit once at the store
From Kid Folder open YouTube Kids
Complete parent signup and select your Google account to continue
YAY!
Notes:
- I was able to go back to the Primary account and reinstall Google Play Services. It told my to sign in, but then it said the account already existed. Simply backing a step or two let it finish the signup process.
- Play store download does not seem to work under the child profile. Simply use the primary account to download new apps/games, then use MyAppSharer to create APK and repeat the copy and install process for that app.
- I think I got all the steps noted here. If not let me know!
reserving for updates, I guess...
No longer working..at least for me..
Is there a way to have Youtube Kids or other sideloaded apps show up in Amazon FreeTime?
So this method no longer works, sadly. (Fire 10)
- "Kid Folder" no longer populates *any* apps including YT Kids or Play store.
- "GoToApp Full" also suffers from the same problem.
So, you can isntall apps, but you have no access to them from the Freetime app which is what is being used as a launcher for child profiles.
Any ideas?
Same as greenlndr
So this method no longer works, sadly. (Kids Fire 10)
Open ES File Explorer not allowed permission to the storage now.
"kids folder" seems to be dead: doesn't do more than the setup dialogue over and over again.
The "gotoapp full" works for me, but it is horribly designed (black text on black background) and translated... AND there is no parental lock included: your kid can access ALL apps through it through the menues.
JackOrJohn said:
"kids folder" seems to be dead: doesn't do more than the setup dialogue over and over again.
The "gotoapp full" works for me, but it is horribly designed (black text on black background) and translated... AND there is no parental lock included: your kid can access ALL apps through it through the menues.
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Hi,
I got it to work
2 things:
1. Make sure you download the latest GPS APK - the link above is not the latest. (scroll down the page to see the latest one)
2. when prompted to enter pin for kids folder........................don't put anything and it will go through. not happy about leaving the pin blank but the kid will need to figure out you have to press and hold the balloons to edit.
Hope this helps everyone
I’m confused. Can’t get past the ES File Explorer on the kids screen. Asks to be a premium member to install third party applications. No way around it.
I did a search for "kids folder" on my son's tablet and it did not come up! Any ideas what I should do?
JackOrJohn said:
"kids folder" seems to be dead: doesn't do more than the setup dialogue over and over again.
The "gotoapp full" works for me, but it is horribly designed (black text on black background) and translated... AND there is no parental lock included: your kid can access ALL apps through it through the menues.
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The "no parental lock" is my issue as well. The whole idea of the child profile is to lock them out of things you choose. I needed gotoapp to install Khan Academy (only available on GPS-not amazon apps) into my son's child profile (HD8 7th gen). I got it to to work but found that, with a little playing with the menus, my son could easily enable any app I had installed in my parent profile. This defeats the whole purpose of using a child profile.
So, I'm back to square one. How to install apps from the GPS into a child's profile while still having parent control over app accessibility?
Any fix for this yet please guys? I've sideloaded GPS and installed apps through there but frustrating I can't get them into my daughter's profile. TIA
Edit: I'm stuck on the Kids Folder app looping at first opening of the app.
sorry, see below
Teoman079 said:
sorry, see below
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It works with goto app full (I cannot post links)
english: amazon . com/gp/product/?ASIN=B007TLGPQ6
german: amazon . de/gp/product/?ASIN=B007TLGPQ6
BUT there is NO parental lock in goto app. You can preselect the apps your kids should see in goto app. But If your child is old / smart enough, he/she can find out how to add more apps that you don't want your kid to use. Having said that, the kid is still not able to start all of these apps. It still requires that this app is installed in kids profile.
For example, I go to kids profile, pretending to be the child. Starting gotoapp, adding Silk Browser (even my dad didn't want me to use it). Then I start Silk Browser, but it will close immediately. Because it is not installed in the kids profile.
Antoher example. If the kid adds settins in gotoapp, he/she can start android settings. Play around.
So it's still kind of restricted, not the perfect way though.
For me it's ok until there is a better solution.
Update: I realized that screen time is not reduced, if you use sideloaded apps in freetime. So this is a big disadvantage.
RocketApps
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KwarkLabs said:
Advert Disclaimer but there's a new app launcher for the Kindle Fire called RocketApps which has PIN code protected settings and can be used on the Kids Edition with FreeTime too. You can find it in the Amazon AppStore. #Ad #Advert
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Is the in freetime configured time periode elapsing when the kids uses the apps via the launcher (RocketApps)?
So say I configured 30 Minutes and my kid is going to start apps via RocketApps. After 30 minutes is it over or is it so to say infinite?
RocketApps and parental controls
Teoman79 said:
Is the in freetime configured time periode elapsing when the kids uses the apps via the launcher (RocketApps)?
So say I configured 30 Minutes and my kid is going to start apps via RocketApps. After 30 minutes is it over or is it so to say infinite?
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Thanks for your question about RocketApps Teoman79.
Whether the FreeTime parental controls apply to an app is not connected with how the app is launched or installed. It is only dependent on whether the app has been added to the list of allowed apps in the Amazon parents dashboard. All FreeTime parental controls will apply to an app which is on the allowed list if it is launched through RocketApps. There are also Amazon apps installed in the Kindle Fire Kids profile by default which are not on the allowed list – Amazon Music for example. If you launch Amazon Music without adding it to the allowed list then the time-based parental controls do not apply.
If you want to add time-based parental controls for apps that are not on the FreeTime allowed list then you could try using an additional parental control app. One example is "Limitly" which is free and can be sideloaded. You will need RocketApps to launch and configure Limitly. Like RocketApps, Limitly is protected using it's own PIN code. Hope this answers your question and helps.
KwarkLabs said:
Thanks for your question about RocketApps Teoman79.
Whether the FreeTime parental controls apply to an app is not connected with how the app is launched or installed. It is only dependent on whether the app has been added to the list of allowed apps in the Amazon parents dashboard. All FreeTime parental controls will apply to an app which is on the allowed list if it is launched through RocketApps. There are also Amazon apps installed in the Kindle Fire Kids profile by default which are not on the allowed list – Amazon Music for example. If you launch Amazon Music without adding it to the allowed list then the time-based parental controls do not apply.
If you want to add time-based parental controls for apps that are not on the FreeTime allowed list then you could try using an additional parental control app. One example is "Limitly" which is free and can be sideloaded. You will need RocketApps to launch and configure Limitly. Like RocketApps, Limitly is protected using it's own PIN code. Hope this answers your question and helps.
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If sideload an app on the kids side It will not show up and my son has absolutely no way to access it.
Does Rocketapps see these sideloaded apps and give him access to the sideloaded apps?, or is the launcher only for apps installed through the amazon store?
Just want to make sure before paying for the app. Everything I seem to try is not working for me.
Edit:
I also want to confirm, this app only allows access to the apps that I choose?? Apps I don't want my son to use will not be accessable?
The last time I used one of these launcher apps my son was able to get into the settings menu and accidentally formatted the tablet!!
RocketApps for sideloaded apps on Amazon Kindle Fire
ThaDraGun said:
If sideload an app on the kids side It will not show up and my son has absolutely no way to access it.
Does Rocketapps see these sideloaded apps and give him access to the sideloaded apps?, or is the launcher only for apps installed through the amazon store?
Just want to make sure before paying for the app. Everything I seem to try is not working for me.
Edit:
I also want to confirm, this app only allows access to the apps that I choose?? Apps I don't want my son to use will not be accessable?
The last time I used one of these launcher apps my son was able to get into the settings menu and accidentally formatted the tablet!!
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Sorry to hear about your formatting incident, that was particularly unfortunate! Yes, RocketApps should see all apps regardless of how they were installed. If you find an app that doesn't show up in RocketApps then please do let us know via the email link on the Amazon AppStore listing. And yes, RocketApps only enables the selected apps to be launched. The RockeApps PIN code is needed to alter the list of the apps. Please also note that, as mentioned above, the Amazon FreeTime time limits become "soft" limits with apps that have not been installed via the Amazon parental controls. That means the timers do not interrupt a running application. If "hard" time limits that do interrupt a running app are important to you then you could look at installing an additional parental contol app alongside RocketApps. Hope that helps.
Hi,
RocketApps has better graphics than GotoApps.
But it`s not working for me.
No one of the Apps installed via Google Play on my "adult" profile is shown on the RocketApps on the kids profile.
Could you help me?
Thanks
Need help. How can I force my Note9 to open certain files in the default app, and also, certain links in their respective apps?
Few examples. I try to open an image, phone asks me in which app I want to see this image, I choose an app, set it to open always with that app; nothing happenes, it asks me again, every time, for the image of same format.
I'm in YouTube app, there's another YT link in the description, I press on the link, I'm in already in YT app but system decides that I should watch this video in browser instead. Same goes for PlayStore links, instead of PlayStore app, link will open in webview; so ****ing frustrating. Same things for Medium, Reddit, and many other links, I think only Quora and Twitter links open in their respective apps.
I checked in Settings -> APPS -> Default APPs, nothing really to change here, all I can see here is that certain apps are set as default for something, and when I choose an app, all I can do is clear defaults.
I've also checked in per app settings, "Go to supported URLs" and "Supported web addresses", everything is set as it should be.
Go to application settings and find your app then looks for set as default... good luck
Hi. I'm trying to set up an Obsidian vault pointing to my own OwnCloud server so it synces between my devices. But when I open the Obsidian app (or any other app, as far as I've tried) and I click "Choose directory..." the file manager that pops up doesn't give me the option of chosing my remote OwnCloud storage. However, the super simple "Files" app in Play Store is able to do this. Do you have any insight of how can I set that app called "Files" as default when I try to browse my phone through an app?
PS: you might be wondering why don't I just sync a folder that I have access to. Sadly, this is not possible with the latest OwnCloud android client.
Thanks!