

It is up to the user to choose what apps they download, where they download it from, and to install them on their devices. How is Total Commander responsible for what the user does? That's why the restriction posed on Total Commander feels unfair. The irony is that Android's stock Files app, Google Chrome allow installation of APKs, as do all third-party file manager apps and browsers. Ghisler tried reaching to Google to appeal the decision, but was unable to reach a real person at the company. A third warning will remove the app from the Play Store altogether, as has happened to other developers. The developer blocked the installation of Total Commander, so it can't update itself via its own APK (when the user downloads it from elsewhere), but Google sent a second warning with the same wording. Google claimed that Total Commander was violating this policy. It also restricts apps from downloading other apps from third-party sources. The policy forbids apps from modifying, replacing or updating itself from any other source except the Play Store. What was the offense? The app was reportedly not compliant with the Device and Network Abuse policy. Christian Ghisler, the developer of Total Commander, has revealed that Google sent him a warning that his app would be removed from the Play Store within 7 days unless he modified his app. Furthermore, as ugly as its interface is, it's also as practical.Total Commander for Android removes the ability to install APKs

Total Commander is quite a complete tool to manage files that, in spite of having an unattractive to ugly interface, offers a number of very high benefits. RAR, you will have no problems when seeing its contents.Įven more interesting than the before mentioned tools is the possibility to put a widget on the desktop with access to an FTP client, or have an internal text editor to work with without the need to resort to other applications. More options of this Android version can be found when working with compressed files that you can open with ease and even create new ones. You have to be careful when carrying out this last action because you won't have a Recycle Bin. Create new folders or change the name of already existing folders, and of course delete files or folders.

That is to say, through the application you can move, copy and paste entire directories and subdirectories with ease. Total Commander is the Android version of the same file manager for Windows and offers a series of similar benefits to those of its version for desktop operating systems.
