DocSearch+ Search File Content

Li Jane

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About this app

DocSearch+ is a full-text search application designed to search filenames and file contents on your mobile phone. This application focuses on searching file contents and filenames, excluding phone numbers, contacts, apps, etc. As a result, it is simple and easy to use, providing only relevant information in the search results. It is particularly useful for individuals who are primarily interested in searching for files on their phones.

When you first use DocSearch+, you will be prompted to create indexes for your phone. These indexes enable DocSearch+ to quickly search files based on keywords.

We need the " MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" permission, which will allow DocSearch+ to index all documents, providing efficient and accurate searches.

To conduct a search, enter one or more keywords in the text field at the top left and click the search icon on the right side of the field. The search results will be displayed in the result pane.

Features:
- Supports full-text searching of both filenames and file contents.
- Allows immediate viewing of file contents within the app, eliminating the need for external applications.
- After completing a search, you can view, open, copy, move, delete, sort, filter, and share all the resulting files. You can also access the files using a file explorer.
- Easily and quickly scroll to the matched words in full-text mode.
- In brief-text mode, you can simultaneously view all brief texts containing the keywords.
- Supports various file formats, including plain text (txt, text, java, php, etc.), Microsoft Office (docx, xlsx, pptx), PDF, ebooks (epub), odt, and HTML.
- Supports logical search, phase search, proximity search, regexp search, and "grep" search.
- Manages multi-page searches.
- You can search for special characters, for example, "#abc", "2366–1245", "[e-mail]".
- Supports almost all languages, including but not limited to English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian, German, French, Vietnamese, Tamil, Czech, Tibetan, etc.

Additionally, there are basic/standard/premium subscription features available:
- Sort and filter search results. (standard, premium )
- Unlimited access to view all file content within the search results.(premium )
- Search for keywords within the results.(premium )


important hint:
To protect your privacy, we only collect and use necessary permissions. We require the "MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" permission to index all documents and provide full search functionality. This application would not work without the core functionality of Index Documents. We respect and protect your personal information. For detailed privacy policy, please refer to the relevant pages in the app.

DocSearch+ allows you to easily find the content of files on your mobile phone, whether it is work documents, notes or entertainment materials, you can easily find what you need. Any questions or suggestions, please feel free to contact us.

Ratings and reviews

So far so good! It gives you a chance to uncheck a lot of directories you don't want/need it to index before it does so. Go ahead and grant access, then uncheck some boxes (like music streaming services, private DCIM pics, and anything else you want private. But that is pretty obvious it walks you through each step. Very applicable umm.... app(?) 😉

Overall I like the app but have found some issues in the search function. It seems the app doesn't like special characters such as / - etc. For instance I have stories that show pairings as Name1/Name2 but when you put that in quotes eg "Name1/Name2" the app returns any story that contains either Name1 or Name2 rather than the shorter list of stories that contain the phrase "Name1/Name2". Hopefully the next version of the app will fix that issue. Other than that the app works really well.

This is criminally under-rated. The interface is a bit arcane, but functional. Underneath is by far the best content search tool I've found on mobile. Supports boolean, variable proximity search & stemming. Can also configure the amount of context text shown around matches, which is very useful indeed. Filter options being a pro feature is a bit of a downer, but on the whole, $8 is a perfectly reasonable price for such a useful app. Only true negative is the inability to easily exclude directories from search. As far as I can tell you have no control over the filename search and the content search indexes are additive only meaning you'd need to add all your directories manually if you want to exclude a few. Other than that inconvenience, everything works as expected and WELL. If you need local content search on Android, DocSearch+ is the best I've found.

What's new

fixed font size changing problem