MTP support

[chrisjj]

Good news - thanks. I hope you'll beta test.

[capricorn]

Any news on this?

I am also eagerly waiting for BC to support MTP. I have seen some other products out there on the market that support file sync between Windows and Android. But as a long time and true BC user (1st registration 15 yrs ago! :-) I won't be cheating on BC, unless I am enforced.

[Zoë]

Status is basically the same as my post in December. Getting it into an early BC4 release is looking more likely, but there's still work to do, and the limitations I mentioned are just aspects of Android's MTP support that we can't control, so FTP/SMB servers may still give better results.

[Zingaro]

Status is basically the same as my post in December 2014. Getting it into an early BC4 release is looking more likely, but there's still work to do, and the limitations I mentioned are just aspects of Android's MTP support that we can't control, so FTP/SMB servers may still give better results.

... How about now?

[Zoë]

MTP support on Windows has been in since BC 4.0 launched. You can either browse to it from within BC or launch a comparison using the Explorer context menu.

Same limitations still apply: Last modified times can't be set on Android because it doesn't mount the file system in a way that allows it. Copying between directories on the device requires copying it locally and then copying it back.

No current plans to add support on Linux or macOS.

[obetz]

As thread opener, I want to thank for the MTP support in BC4. It's really useful to handle files on Android phones.