Re: Files app bug?

From	Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.mobile.android
Subject	Re: Files app bug?
Date	2026-02-01 18:34 +0000
Organization	NOYB
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On January 27, AJL <noemail@none.com> wrote:
> On 1/27/26 8:37 AM, Frank Slootweg wrote:
> >AJL <noemail@none.com> wrote:
> >[...]
> >> Apparently the 'problem' has been around for quite awhile. My 6 year old
> >>  Samsung Galaxy S10+ phone does the same thing. The LOCAL Files app is shown
> >>  in settings as "installed" but is NOT in the App Drawer and I see no way to
> >>  put it there or to open it. However The "Google Files" app AND the Samsung
> >>  "My Files" app are in the drawer so guess the designers probably figured I
> >>  didn't need 3 Files apps.
> >> 
> >> Give your stuff a check and see what you find... 
> >
> >  Indeed, on my Samsung Galaxy A56 (Android) there is indeed a 'Files'
> >app in the (Settings ->) 'Apps' list. (And I of course have the Samsung
> >'My Files' app. I do not have the 'Google Files' app.)
> >
> >  BTW, contrary to your other post, I do not have to "Toggle Show system
> >apps to ON" to see the mystery 'Files' app. I already saw it, before I
> >toggled the switch to ON.
> 
> Yup, me too. My Files app on this Lenovo tablet is listed in plain sight in
>  the all apps list. That 'toggle system apps on' was just one cut and paste
>  solution I found for a particular device as an example of the very common
>  'bug' I didn't know existed.
> 
> >  Mystery solved.
> 
> Not for me cause I actually got my Files app to open on this tablet. And it
>  worked. I just can't remember how. Somehow I tapped something and got the
>  popup 'Open in Files, Open in Google Files, Always use this app. I picked
>  Files and it worked fine. So the mystery is what did I push to open that
>  choice. And if I had picked Always use this app would the local Files start
>  working? Lotsa mystery left...

  I happened to get the 'hidden' 'Files' app to open, not with an icon
'shortcut' in the 'app drawer', but still.

  I'll describe what I did, so that might lead to a clue to what you did
and hopefully to some method to open the 'Files' app in some easier way.

  I was in the (Google) 'Drive' app and wanted to download a file to my
phone, so I tapped the <three_vertical_dots> icon to the right of the
file name and tapped on 'Download'. Then I got a popup that a
notification would appear [1]. In the notification area there was a
notification "<Drive_icon> Downloaded 1 file <my_Google_Account_name>".
Opened ('\/' down-caret on the right) the notification, which now also
said 'Locate file'. Tapped on that and lo and behold, I got a popup:

"Complete action using	(i)

     <Files_icon>	<My Files icon>

        Files		    My Files

      Just once		    Always"

  By tapping 'Files' and the 'Just once', the 'Files' app opened and I
could use it.

  Sadly, I did not find a way to attach it to a icon/shortcut for the
'app drawer'.

  I hope this helps (a bit).

[1] 
"1 item will be downloaded. See notification for
 details."

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Files app bug? AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2026-01-26 16:57 +0000
  Re: Files app bug? VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2026-01-26 11:39 -0600
    Re: Files app bug? AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2026-01-26 19:01 +0000
      Re: Files app bug? VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2026-01-26 16:17 -0600
        Re: Files app bug? AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2026-01-26 23:28 +0000
  Re: Files app bug? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-01-26 18:28 +0000
    Re: Files app bug? AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2026-01-26 19:09 +0000
      Re: Files app bug? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-01-26 19:24 +0000
        Re: Files app bug? AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2026-01-26 20:10 +0000
      Re: Files app bug? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-01-26 19:47 +0000
        Re: Files app bug? AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2026-01-26 22:24 +0000
          Re: Files app bug? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-01-27 15:37 +0000
            Re: Files app bug? AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2026-01-27 16:01 +0000
              Re: Files app bug? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-02-01 18:34 +0000
                Re: Files app bug? AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2026-02-01 16:20 -0700
                Re: Files app bug? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-02-02 10:56 +0000
                Re: Files app bug? VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2026-02-02 06:52 -0600
                Re: Files app bug? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-02-02 16:07 +0000
                Re: Files app bug? VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2026-02-02 10:52 -0600
                Re: Files app bug? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-02-02 19:07 +0000
  Re: Files app bug? Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-01-26 16:42 -0500
    Re: Files app bug? AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2026-01-26 22:52 +0000
  Re: Files app bug? AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2026-01-27 04:08 +0000
  Re: Files app bug? VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2026-02-02 11:18 -0600
    Re: Files app bug? AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2026-02-02 11:59 -0700
      Re: Files app bug? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-02-02 19:31 +0000
        Re: Files app bug? AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2026-02-02 15:04 -0700

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