About Ox Shell

Ox Shell is a launcher for android. It is an attempt to recreate the feel of a classic video game system.

Features

• [x] Controller support
• [x] Live wallpaper service
• [x] Built in file explorer
• [x] Launch roms directly into emulators that support it
• [x] Create custom associations for roms and other files
• [x] Install and uninstall apps
• [x] Customizable home menu
• [x] Customizable controls
• [x] Use home/recent apps/etc through controller from anywhere
• [ ] Add compression/extraction options to file explorer
• [x] Show prompt before deleting files in file explorer
• [ ] Show which files are in the copy/cut clipboard
• [ ] Show any file operation errors
• [ ] Show progress of file operations
• [ ] Add ftp support to file explorer
• [ ] Add start menu to file explorer that lists locations and is customizable
• [ ] Add more default associations
• [x] Make default generic associations (image/video/audio)
• [ ] Make a chooser in the create association menu to pick a template from the defaults
• [ ] Add more default shaders
• [x] Add UI scale option
• [x] Add text scale option
• [ ] Add setting to choose typeface
• [x] Optimize home menu performance
• [ ] Remember where user was in the home menu when coming back
• [ ] Make it possible to choose a default association for an extension if more than one exists
• [ ] Make it possible to pick which association to launch a file with when multiple exist for it
• [ ] Add gyro/accelerometer support to shaders
• [ ] Support ability to have multiple shader files
• [ ] Make it possible to set values of variables when setting shader as background if the shader has any to be set
• [ ] Add ability to write a shader directly in app with the ability to preview
• [x] Add a video player
• [x] Add a music player
• [ ] Add a photo viewer
• [ ] Make it possible to set the rect of the background image chosen when user setting wallpaper to image
• [ ] Add a web browser

It'll likely take time for these features to reach, as I am just one developer. Please consider supporting this project by purchasing it on the store.

Build for Yourself

• Clone the project or download the zip using the green code button above.
• Open Android Studio and browse to the directory you cloned/downloaded to and select it.

storeFile keystores/[keystore-filename]
storePassword [store-password]
keyAlias [key-alias]
keyPassword [key-password]