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I have a TrueNAS server at home and thought I could easily connect it to my phone (Pixel 7) as a network drive but was surprised to learn that Android doesn't have a built in feature for that.

iOS/iPadOS does have this to my surprise built in via the 'Files' app.

Or did I just not look hard enough in the Android settings? (I know there are 3rd party apps for this)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Which OS do you run? Android just isn't enough anymore these days.

Did you try material files?

3rd party apps are somewhat funny on android since every app is 3rd party on another android os device.

I am connected to my nextcloud and my proton drive via the "built in" files app from grapheneos.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Which OS do you run? Android just isn’t enough anymore these days.

I 100% agree with this. Different Android "skins" can be so different from one another in look and feel and capabilities I would qualify them as separate Operating Systems which run Android Apps.

Same as with Linux Distros. They all use the same kernel and same low level components like system-d, bash, glibC, ... but can offer vastly different capabilites and user experiences.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The post says Pixel 7, so Google Android and Google wants Drive customers.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've got a Pixel 6 but another OS

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

No additional qualifier means default OS of the device, obviously.