RemoteFiles is a SFTP client for Android and iOS

remotefiles

remotefiles is a sftp client for android and ios and was developed with flutter in the dart programming language.

downloads

• apk file
• google playstore (not yet available)

information

sftp connection

the ssh package is used to connect to sftp, which wraps ios library nmssh and android library jsch.

connection data

the connections are saved in two json files (favorites.json & recentlyadded.json).

on android the files are located in the applicationdocumentsdirectory.

on ios the files are located in the applicationsupportdirectory.

downloaded files

on android the downloaded files are saved to external storage. the location can be changed on android in the settings.

on ios the downloaded files are saved in the applicationdocumentsdirectory.

get directories

the path_provider package is used to get the directories listed above.

permissions

to save files to external storage, the write_external_storage permission is needed on android. to request and check this permission the permission_handler package is used.

analytics

user data is tracked with the firebase_analytics package.

get latest available version

the releases on github are received with the github api and the http package in the json format. to get the latest version the releases are compared with the published_at key. then the version numbers of the latest available version and the currently used version are compared. the version number of the latest available version is determined by the tag_name. the version number of the currently used version is determined by the pubspec.yaml file. to get this version number the package_info package is used.

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