Send With FTP

Usage

When you launch Send With FTP through its app icon, you manage a list of FTP URIs. You can:

Add a URI

Simply enter it into the text field at the bottom of the screen and click on Add

Edit a URI

Select Edit from an entry's context menu. The text field at the bottom gets filled with its content, and you can edit it, and commit your change through the Change button.

Delete a URI

Select Delete from an entry's context menu.

It is from this list that you can select a target URI when you choose Send With FTP for sharing content. Before selecting a target (by clicking on its entry in the list), you can still add, edit, delete entries, as explained above.

Example use cases supported by Send With FTP are:

• Sharing an image from Androids Gallery app.
• Transfering a file from file manager applications that support sharing like OI File Manager, ES File Explorer or File Expert.
• Transfering an exported transaction list from My Expenses.

Send With FTP currently does not prompt for username and password. You have to provide them in the URI, e.g.: ftp://login:password@my.example.org:port/my/directory/ .

Concept

Send With FTP responds to two intents for sharing files through FTP:

1. android.intent.action.SEND: The user manages a list of FTP URIs and selects one as the target for the file being shared. This intent is Android's generic standard for sharing files, thus Send With FTP will be available from any app allowing to share files.
2. android.intent.action.SENDTO: if the URI in the data is of scheme ftp, Send With FTP immediately triggers the upload to this target. This mode is used from my app My Expenses.

Integrating Send With FTP into your app

If you want to provide users of your app, the possibility to transfer content to an FTP server you could suggest the installation of Send With FTP and create an intent for initiating the transfer with code similar to the following

      
File file = new File(dir,name);
String mimeType = "text/qif";
String target= "ftp://login:password@my.example.org:port/my/directory/";
intent = new Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_SENDTO);
intent.setDataAndType(android.net.Uri.parse(target),mimeType);
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, Uri.fromFile(file));
if (packageManager.queryIntentActivities(intent,0).size() == 0) {
  Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(),
    R.string.no_app_handling_ftp_available, Toast.LENGTH_LONG)
  .show();
} else {
  startActivity(intent);
}
      
      

      
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Install

Sourcecode

View on GitHub

Licence

GNU General Public License version 3

Includes FTP library from http://commons.apache.org/net/ , licenced under http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt

Changelog

1.2.2April 1 2016

Handle more types of shared data.

1.2.1August 4 2014

Make it work under Kitkat.

1.2.0July 17 2013

Support for explicit FTPS.

1.1.0March 2 2013

Allow picking a file for upload. Completed UI translation.

1.0.8February 8 2013

Turkish translation. Show example URI as hint.

1.0.7December 29 2012

Added usage information. Allow editing of entries while selecting share target.

1.0.6December 28 2012

Fix crash when trying to share vcard from contacts application. Do not overwrite files on target.

1.0.5December 26 2012

Now works with more use cases like sharing pictures from galery or files from file explorer.

Credits

• French, Italian and Spanish localization by Laurent Collombet.
• Turkish localization by mauron

Feedback

If you find Send With FTP useful, leave a comment in the Market. If you find a problem, have a suggestion for an improvement, or would like to contribute, please contact Michael Totschnig. You can also donate through Flattr or PayPal