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Sort by file created/modified date
Please don't forget about this issue. Currently I download/receive an image and need to use a different gallery app because I cannot find it in Aves.
Please don't forget about this issue. Currently I download/receive an image and need to use a different gallery app because I cannot find it in Aves.
Can confirm. Genuinely the only reason I can't use Aves. I've had it installed for at least half a year, thinking this will be added eventually, since it's in every gallery app I've used. Is this in the plans at all?
Well, technically it would be trivial. But I think exposing a single date is clearer. The same date currently used for sorting is the one used for the overlay, stats, filters, etc. For example, it would yield very confusing results if you sorted and grouped by modified date while having the "on this day" filter.
One general issue is that users got used to modified dates that were reliable, at the time Android was letting any app have low-level access to files. This is no longer the case. Aves is not a file manager, so it does not have low-level access to files, and the modified date is not under control. It will change when renaming or moving files, for example.
In the use case described by @Donkey-Doug above, a simple "recently added" filter (showing only items newly discovered in, say, the last 24 hours) would do the trick. No need to bring in the modified date.
In general, explaining your needs ("I want to see newly downloaded items but I can't find them") is more helpful to me than requesting a specific implementation ("sorting by modified date"). So let me know if you have additional use cases.
In general, explaining your needs ("I want to see newly downloaded items but I can't find them") is more helpful to me than requesting a specific implementation ("sorting by modified date"). So let me know if you have additional use cases.
The only use case for me is browsing the images I downloaded, sorted by the date&time I downloaded them on. As it is right now, if I download multiple images through an internet browser, they will be all over the place. I often ended up being unable to find something I just saved, because it's not on the top or the bottom, but in some completely random spot in the middle of all files in my Downloads folder. I understand file storage access has changed for the worse on Android, and I can't speak for everyone, but I personally would much rather deal with the date modified changing everytime I rename or move an image (which is almost always immediately after the file is made/saved), than be unable to sort by the date that file appeared on my phone.
I appreciate you addressing this so quickly, but I don't think the solution implemented in the last update works. "Recently added" still sorts by date created. An image downloaded from deviantart (using the built-in download feature that downloads the original file) is at the very bottom, seemingly being added to my phone in 2016, before it was even made.
It also creates an additional hoop to jump through when you want to only see images in an album, rather than all images on your phone. Personally, everytime I open an album, I'd have to press the search icon, and tap the "recently added" filter to see my albums the way other gallery apps display them. The ideal solution would be to add recently modified to the sort filters, rather than a search filter. Simple Gallery does this and is open-source, if you're curious about their implementation.
I am facing a similar issue with sorting, but on the other end of this. I just moved all my photos from old phone to my new phone. Now all the old images have today's modified date and are showing up randomly under today's date in the gallery. Thankfully, I kept separate folders during the import and can use the file manager to sort by date created - but that defeats the purpose of using a gallery. If the option to select the type of date for sorting is there, then it can help a lot. ~~I also think an option should be to use the date from the pics exif/meta data (if present), which may be more accurate for some use cases.~~
I just moved all my photos from old phone to my new phone. Now all the old images have today's modified date
That's why people should not rely on file dates. Only metadata dates are meaningful.
I also think an option should be to use the date from the pics exif/meta data (if present), which may be more accurate for some use cases.
Aves uses the date from the pics exif/meta data (if present), so I don't understand your comment.
Sorry, I didn't realise, so I've updated my comment. I had gone off what I saw happening with my images. I've checked more deeply, and it seems a bunch of my images don't have exif data which was what muddied everything. It's a separate pain I now have to resolve and nothing to do with Aves.