Search Thru

Search Thru Free App

Rated 4.03/5 (31) —  Free Android application by FksApps

About Search Thru

Search Thru performs a Grep - like search on content of chosen files or directories on SD card for matching expressions.

Features:

•supported file types: DOCX, ODT, TXT, XML
•support for regular expressions http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/essential/regex/
•possible preview of results during the process of searching, preview in Results Preview http://www.google.com/url?q=http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gmail.fksapps.resultspreview with focus on text matching keyword or in any other word processor of your choice
•case sensitive/insensitive search
•easy to use, intuitive interface (see screenshots):
-click button “Choose file or directory”, short click to browse folders on SD card, long click to choose folders or files, you can choose as many folders/files as you want
-enter keyword or regular expression you want to find inside chosen files and click “Search”
-list of results contains names of files and fragments of text with the keyword or matching expression highlighted
-click on the result you are interested in and preview the whole document, choosing Results Preview will give you focus on paragraph containing keyword or matching expression
-press Back to return to list of results
-press Back again to start new search
-list of files and directories chosen for search is saved between sessions, long click on a filename if you want to remove it from the list
•suitable for everyone who needs full-text search through notes and other documents, among others: students, lawyers, doctors, analysts, salesmen, administrative assistants

Upcoming features:

•support for more file types
•more search options

Attributions:

•Icon created with the Android Asset Studio / CC BY 3.0
•Search Thru uses Xalan library / Apache License 2.0

How to Download / Install

Download and install Search Thru version 1.1 on your Android device!
Downloaded 1,000+ times, content rating: Not rated
Android package: com.gmail.fksapps.searchthru, download Search Thru.apk

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App History & Updates

What's Changed
•Availability on Android 2.3.3+
•Link to Results Preview
•Bug fix
More downloads  Search Thru reached 1 000 - 5 000 downloads
More downloads  Search Thru reached 500 - 1 000 downloads
More downloads  Search Thru reached 100 - 500 downloads
More downloads  Search Thru reached 50 - 100 downloads

What are users saying about Search Thru

A70%
by A####:

Pressing settings does absolutely nothing and there is no support for external storage.

A70%
by A####:

Crashed at the first start

M70%
by M####:

Crap

M70%
by M####:

Just show error

C70%
by C####:

They are basically text files anyway

R70%
by R####:

Can search in background and notify me when it's done.

R70%
by R####:

No way to go to system root when selecting directory, because it automatically starts you in the system storage directory and going up to the root directory is disabled. Also, pressing "settings" literally does nothing.


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