Better Open With
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About Better Open With
With so many cool Android apps, Better Open With saves you the hassle of having to choose only one default app handler when you click a filetype, and without having to choose between "only once" and "always"!
Created to mimic Android's default "Complete action using" dialog, Better Open With shows you a visually similar popup screen when you choose to open a link, an image, a PDF or any other filetype - listing all possible app handlers as you normally see.
What's different is that you only see the popup dialogue for a few seconds (5 seconds by default, but customizable), allowing you to choose an app handler if you want, after which it will automagically open it with your preferred app!
Unlike other similar apps, you just wait for your preferred app handler to launch (no clicks necessary), or choose a different app in the meantime. Just set Better Open With as your default handler for the filetypes you want, and let it work for you!
Personalize how you want to view the Better Open With popup screen!
• Choose between grid and list view
• Set text size, show only icon (no text) and other options
• Light and Dark themes available
• more options to follow!
Better Open With is handy if:
• you switch between browsers, but usually have one preferred app;
• you prefer using one app to view your PDFs, photos and other files, but sometimes use another app to edit them;
• you usually want video links to open with a player, but sometimes you want to open them with an app that lets you download the file, and maybe yet another that will Chromecast it;
Better Open With is completely free, and no ads! No permissions requested!
It started off as a little side project, inspired by a reddit post by reddit's oroboros74 at http://www.reddit.com/comments/24okaq/what_apps_would_you_like_to_have_that_dont_exist/ch96jid. Since we think others might enjoy it, we're making it available to everyone!
Future releases will include:
• support for more filetypes!
• sort apps in list (alphabetical-default, manual, chronological)
• create "sessions", allowing to choose a different, temporary preferred app (for next X clicks, next X minutes)
• translations (translators wanted!)
• suggestions from you, the user!
Email the developer at android@aboutmycode.com if you have any question, suggestion or want to contribute.
Suggest new features or vote for existing suggestions at https://betteropenwith.uservoice.com/
Created to mimic Android's default "Complete action using" dialog, Better Open With shows you a visually similar popup screen when you choose to open a link, an image, a PDF or any other filetype - listing all possible app handlers as you normally see.
What's different is that you only see the popup dialogue for a few seconds (5 seconds by default, but customizable), allowing you to choose an app handler if you want, after which it will automagically open it with your preferred app!
Unlike other similar apps, you just wait for your preferred app handler to launch (no clicks necessary), or choose a different app in the meantime. Just set Better Open With as your default handler for the filetypes you want, and let it work for you!
Personalize how you want to view the Better Open With popup screen!
• Choose between grid and list view
• Set text size, show only icon (no text) and other options
• Light and Dark themes available
• more options to follow!
Better Open With is handy if:
• you switch between browsers, but usually have one preferred app;
• you prefer using one app to view your PDFs, photos and other files, but sometimes use another app to edit them;
• you usually want video links to open with a player, but sometimes you want to open them with an app that lets you download the file, and maybe yet another that will Chromecast it;
Better Open With is completely free, and no ads! No permissions requested!
It started off as a little side project, inspired by a reddit post by reddit's oroboros74 at http://www.reddit.com/comments/24okaq/what_apps_would_you_like_to_have_that_dont_exist/ch96jid. Since we think others might enjoy it, we're making it available to everyone!
Future releases will include:
• support for more filetypes!
• sort apps in list (alphabetical-default, manual, chronological)
• create "sessions", allowing to choose a different, temporary preferred app (for next X clicks, next X minutes)
• translations (translators wanted!)
• suggestions from you, the user!
Email the developer at android@aboutmycode.com if you have any question, suggestion or want to contribute.
Suggest new features or vote for existing suggestions at https://betteropenwith.uservoice.com/
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App History & Updates
What's Changed
Added youtu.be short url support
Added Lithuanian and Polish translation.
Added youtu.be short url support
Added Lithuanian and Polish translation.
Version update Better Open With was updated to version 1.4.10
More downloads Better Open With reached 100 000 - 500 000 downloads
Version update Better Open With was updated to version 1.4.2
More downloads Better Open With reached 50 000 - 100 000 downloads
What are users saying about Better Open With
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Very good! I do wish there were more options for countdown time (1.5 sec would be awesome)
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Clean and simple..does what it says it does..fixed a really annoying problem of always set to default..im happy
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Good app since Samsung decided to automatically make your first choice a default. Now we have choices.
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An absolute need for all android users, now i just need a similar program for Windows 10
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Does not help. I want to open a specific file extension by an installed app
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Best app to set default apps for opening specific type of files. Nice customization. A must have app.
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Very handy since an Android update took away making a choice.
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Quote: Better Open With is completely free, and no ads! No permissions requested!
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doesnt work fake app..!!!!
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Really saves me a lot of extra taps
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Didn't do anything my phone didn't already allow me to do.
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Great apps for Just once/always problem in 6.0.1 and above
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Developer responded quickly to all addressed issues!
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Does not show launchers
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Choices I wanted were not options in every case.
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Nice app but I can't add the app I want to use
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I Got What I Searched For!!!
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Almost perfect app, more interface designs and options would be great
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Great app. Very intuitive. Thanks for providing this service!
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A must have App ! Loving it. Try it for sure.
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Decent feature-rich app. Highly recommended!
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Useful way of vetting which app gets used.
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IT'S LIKE THE BEST SEX EVER
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Great app, very practical. and without rubbishy permissions needed. although it sometimes don't work, since the standard andriod option pops up to ask me what i want to use to open the file with (and this app is listed first, selected). using Total Commander. sony z5 with marshmallow.
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Really a great app! It also helped me out on selecting which browser to be used when launching a site by selecting an URL from within an email: for sites that require a login, I can select my password manager browser, for any other sites I can select the default Android browser. This was a problem for a long time. Thanks!
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Very good for individuals who use different media players, or internet browsers, for different situations. This app is actually perfect for the said scenario!! I was pretty disappointed marshmallow did not have this feature included in the final version AND there was not a way to add it via root (I soft-bricked phone with Odin, trying to root). Make sure you pick "Better Open With" the first time you open a file, then you can choose which app you want each time afterwards. Can also easily choose/remove default app preferences for different file types in app home screen.
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Very useful app,Thank you so much. After I update my android 4.4 to 5.1 , not asking (open with) become a problem for me but your app helped me ,thank you so much. android 5 has very very very problems.
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So useful! My Samsung J3 automatically sets apps as the default no matter how many times I dig through the settings to reset it... This app fixes that issue for me... Thank you so much Dev(s)!
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Its best. Just allow us to add the app of our choice to the category and it becomes perfect. Because some streaming links are still recognized as browser links and we have no choice to open it up in app like VLC or MX player. Adding both these apps to the browser category may solve the issue.
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Very useful app, extremely irritating when they changed the default option on new phones. This let's you get control back especially with the browsers. Only criticism is that I have 2 phone apps and it doesn't work for those.
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Frustrated when Android removed the JUST ONCE vs ALWAYS options when choosing an app to open a given file type. Love the fact this app essentially brought that back.
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A couple of months since last had to use this but my phones last rom update lost the 'just once' and 'always' options again. Love the ability to disable the timer. Great app that keeps getting better.
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Has potential and better than the last one I tried. But, cannot create a setting for DWG files to be opened by Schemata. No, thank you! Uninstalling too!
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If the camera option is not disabled then the SAP Concur application will not be able to capture a picture (like of a receipt). Feedback sent to both Concur and this developer to resolve.
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Needs AMOLED black and to pause the timer if we tap the box, but otherwise an excellent app. I'm surprised it's free. Definitely try this out, and if we ever get to set custom categories it'll be a must have for every Android user. In its current state it is the best default manager I've found.
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Fixes a problem I have where I want one app to be the default but twice a week I need to use a different app.
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After a recent update to nougot my phone dialer would not stay set as the default dialer. This app cured that trouble and has much more to offer.
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Work great! This replaces the "use this app this one tume" functionality that Google took out of android v6.
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Indispensable App-Opener: I only wish it remembered my default app preferences and also that it stopped randomizing my default app list.
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just came here to give u 5 star! super useful app!