9Primary windowChooses what the app opens as: device home screen, in-app desktop or main screen.
This choice appears only in editions that include the home surface. The recommended option is marked.
Welcome wizard
What this is for
The welcome wizard runs on first launch and walks you through language, theme, device profile, network sources, capabilities, permissions and the default player. You can open it again from Settings.
In this order
- On the first page, choose your language 6 and theme 7. Everything you pick in the wizard can be changed later in Settings, so there is no wrong choice here.
- Press Next 3 to reach the device profile page and tap the tile 8 that matches your device. It tunes the defaults for you; tapping the selected tile again moves you on.
- Switch on the network sources you plan to use (10, 11, 12). The page is left out when the edition has none of them.
- On the capabilities page, turn on what you need (15 to 23) - audio, video, documents, text recognition, translation, streams, gestures. Optional parts download right there.
- On the permissions page, press Grant All 25 to go through the requests one by one. A permission you skip stays off, and you can come back to it later.
- If your edition offers it, make FastMediaSorter the default app for audio, video, images and documents (28 to 31).
- Press Finish 4 to close the wizard. Previous 1 steps back, Enable all 2 on the first page does the whole setup in one go, and Help 5 opens this page.
The elements
Navigation
1PreviousGoes back one page.
It is hidden on the first page, where there is nothing to go back to.
2Enable allDoes the whole setup in one go.
It is on the first page only. First it explains what will happen, then lets you confirm your device profile, and only after that turns everything on, asks for the permissions and the default-app choice, and finishes. The pages in between are skipped.
- Undo
- Nothing is applied until you confirm the device profile; Back or a tap outside applies nothing. Anything it turned on can be changed later in Settings.
3NextMoves to the next page.
On the last page it is replaced by Finish.
4FinishSaves your device profile and closes the wizard.
Permissions are granted on their own page, so Finish asks for nothing more. It appears on the last page in place of Next.
5HelpOpens help for this screen.
You get the usual order of the wizard and what each control does.
Welcome
6Select app languageOpens the list of app languages.
The wizard reloads in the language you pick. You can change the language later in Settings.
7Select app themePicks Auto, Light or Dark for the whole app.
Auto follows your device. The theme is applied immediately, so you see the result at once.
How will you use this device?
8Device profilePicks the kind of device you are setting up.
Tiles cover a personal smartphone, tablet, TV box, car head unit, photo frame, e-book reader and more, and the one that fits best is marked as recommended. A profile tunes many defaults at once. Other keeps the settings as they are.
- Undo
- You can change the profile later in Settings.
Network resources
10Local network (Ethernet) SMBTurns on shared folders on your local network.
For example a shared folder on a Windows PC, a NAS such as Synology or QNAP, or a USB disk plugged into your router.
11Computer on the internet (S)FTPTurns on servers reached over FTP and SFTP.
For example a hosting account over FTP, your own home server over SFTP, or a camera that uploads photos to an FTP folder.
12In cloud resourcesTurns on cloud storage: Google Drive, OneDrive and Dropbox.
For example, sign in to Google Drive once and browse your photo backup like any other folder. The row is hidden in editions without cloud support.
13Get the Windows appOpens the page for the Windows companion app.
If your media sits on a Windows PC, the companion shares those folders to this device in a couple of clicks, with no server setup.
14Media exchange between devicesOpens the guide to exchanging media between devices.
Read it when you want to move files between your own devices.
What should the app do?
15Allow All Files modeAllows the All Files mode.
This switch only permits the mode, so you still turn it on for each resource.
16AudioTurns on music and audio.
Play music and audio, and sort tracks into folders.
17VideoTurns on video.
Play videos and sort clips with the built-in player.
18DocumentsTurns on documents.
Open PDF, text, e-books and office files.
19Text recognition (OCR)Turns on text recognition for images and scans.
Recognize text and copy it. The recognition pack downloads right on this page, with progress shown under the row, and the feature turns on once the download has succeeded.
20TranslationTurns on translation of recognized and selected text.
Works offline. The translation pack downloads right on this page, and the feature turns on once the download has succeeded.
21StreamsTurns on internet streams.
Play internet streams and import the built-in catalog. The catalog is imported right on this page, with progress shown under the row.
22Statistics collectionTurns on usage statistics.
They are collected on your device and nothing is sent automatically.
23Enable gesturesTurns on swipes from the left edge of the screen.
The swipes open the menu and take a screenshot, normal or silent. Android may ask for the Display over other apps permission first.
24All downloadable (optional) elementsOpens the list of downloadable, optional parts of the app.
Install the ones you want now, or leave them for later: you can also reach the same list from Settings.
Permissions
25Grant AllWalks you through all the permission requests.
First comes one Android dialog for the regular permissions, then the special ones open as separate system screens, one at a time. Turn the switch on there and press Back to continue.
26Open App SettingsOpens the Android settings page of this app.
Use it when you want to review or change a permission yourself, or when Android no longer shows its own request.
27"A few" permissionsLists every permission this edition can ask for.
Each row says what the permission is for and has its own button to grant it or open the matching settings. Opting out means leaving a permission off; nothing is hidden from you.
Default Player
28AudioMakes FastMediaSorter the app that plays your audio files.
Android shows its own dialog: pick FastMediaSorter and tap Always. This is not permanent - Android keeps the choice in its own settings, and you can change it back there.
29VideoMakes FastMediaSorter the app that plays your videos.
Android shows its own dialog: pick FastMediaSorter and tap Always. This is not permanent - Android keeps the choice in its own settings, and you can change it back there.
30ImagesMakes FastMediaSorter the app that opens your images.
Android shows its own dialog: pick FastMediaSorter and tap Always. This is not permanent - Android keeps the choice in its own settings, and you can change it back there.
31DocumentsMakes FastMediaSorter the app that opens your documents.
Android shows its own dialog: pick FastMediaSorter and tap Always. This is not permanent - Android keeps the choice in its own settings, and you can change it back there.