Gander: an offline file viewer for Android with an empty permissions page. MIT on GitHub, and now on Play too.

16 days ago by Arjun Maniyani to c/opensource

Take a gander at any file. Offline, zero-permission Android viewer for PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, photos, video, audio, Markdown and code. - mokshablr/gander

cross-posted from: https://lemdro.id/post/46516699

GitHub · Google Play

Opens PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, photos, video, audio, Markdown and code, all rendered on the device. About 5 MB, one build for every processor, Android 8.0 and up.

Search works in every document type. PDF text selects, copies and reads aloud to a screen reader, and there is a night mode that turns the paper black and leaves most photographs alone.

Its permissions page is empty and the manifest has no INTERNET so it can't open a network connection. Files reach it through the system picker, an Open-with intent, or a folder you grant once. The About screen asks Android what the app requests and shows you the result.

Not an editor. Legacy .ppt does not open. Complex PowerPoint renders approximately.

I will be in the comments today, so ask away, including why it isn't on F-Droid yet.

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quantumvoid0 0 points 8 days ago

This is cool, I was literally looking for an app to open all kinda files for a lean build...great piece of software..

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mokshablr 0 points 6 days ago

Thanks! What's the lean build, a stripped-down phone? If a file doesn't open, do let me know.

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quantumvoid0 0 points 6 days ago

its just a custom rom, stripped down to the basics...and as far as i have tested almost all files open except .odp format, other than that, rly great app

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