No view for file/folder browsing (only artist, album, genre, etc) on Auto

I don't understand why I can't browse media with a file-manager tree-view. Is VLC shying away from appealing to power-users? My media often lacks metadata, or I can't rely on it, or it will take less screen-taps because of some file-system structure I've organized.

It's called directories, and it is the 3rd entry in the menu.

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there is no such entry in the Android Auto view

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File browsing is not relevant on Auto

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Please don't put words in my mouth or project your sentiments on me... file/folder-based browsing is definitely relevant and a key feature to a positive user experience (for me, and I assume many many other 'power' users).

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changed title from No view for file/folder browsing (only artist, album, genre, etc) to No view for file/folder browsing (only artist, album, genre, etc) on Auto

Changed title accordingly.

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We won't add FS browsing on Auto as it goes against the navigation guidelines.

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Haha, "goes against guidelines" what a joke... You think you know what's safe for me and millions of other long time users? Safety is keeping all my ingrained muscle memory habits available. Safety is folder browsing, sorting by date modified OR title, etc. Sad to hear such a response from VLC devs.

No, we know that, if we don't respect the guidelines of Android Auto, we could get removed for the "Auto" part of the store.

We're not idiots, and we've always listened to our users.

Also, improvements are always welcome.

Rocket Player has folder based browsing... And hasn't been disabled in years of Android Auto updates. They lack sorting functionality though, which definitely makes more effort for quickly and efficiently using the interface safely during driving.