Network Browser

Brandon Stecklein

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About this app

Network Browser is a simple file manager/browser utility for browsing files on your Windows network. It can connect to standard Windows or Samba shares. Use it to browse files on your Samba shares, view pictures, play network music, watch videos that you are on your network, etc.

Presently, Network Browser should be able to connect to most Microsoft Windows or Linux and Mac OSX smb samba network shared folders. You need to know the IP address of the network server you are trying to connect to. You can connect as guest, or supply your username and password.

You can also open files that you find on your network. Tapping on a file will open it in the default editor on your Android system. Currently saving and uploading is not supported, but if there is interest in the project I can certainly work to add these features.

Network Browser now supports music and video streaming over the network! The current release only supports mp3 format for music and m4v and mp4 formats for videos, but I plan on adding support for more media formats in the future. Give it a try and let me know which formats you want me to work on next! Network Browser can now be your ultimate home network media streaming app!

Network Browser now supports Android TV! Stream videos from your network straight onto your Android TV device.

Network Browser is for you guys, so if there is any interest in this project, I will add any features that you want or request. With time and effort this could be a fully functional network file manager and Windows Networking app, but if there is no interest in the project then I will not put the time into it. Just let me know!

Network Browser relies on functionality from the JCIFS library, which can be found here:
https://jcifs.samba.org/

Ratings and reviews

Great App. I have 3 PC'S & 2 NAS Servers I have been trying to access them through my phone forever but it was difficult. I took a chance on this app & the results were amazing. All my files on all my Servers were at my fingertips. Just make sure you have the credentials for your PC'S and turn on file sharing for the files you want to share.

This has become my go to app. I have 3+ computers on my network with at least 25 terabytes between them and constantly needing files that was saved on "the other computer". This app is very easy to set up and even easier to use. I have swore by ES File Explorer for years, but now there is a new Sheriff in town and I assure you that you will not sorry you downloaded it.

So far so good. I was looking for a file exploring app for my new Sony Android smart TV but most of the normal file explorer apps didn't work too well with Android TV. I took the chance and downloaded Network Browser and it works great so far with Android TV. I was especially interested in viewing files on my 3TB WD NAS Hard drive. This drive is a few years old and the only think I could really use it for is backup storage since the WD apps and software are so slow etc. I can say that Network Browser and Android TV solves this problem. Now I can view pictures and watch video and movies right from the NAS drive without any problems. I've been looking for a solution to this for a long time. With my new Android TV and Network Browser problem solved. I have the donate version and will edit this review as I use more of the features. I can say it would be nice to connect to the server's name instead of it's IP address. Not a huge problem as I'm technical and know the IP address of all my devices. Keep up the good work and see if you can add more Android TV functions.

What's new

fix for issue where server credentials were not being saved