PDF previews on Android

[fenrir0wulf]

I'm looking for a mobile app that would have support for both PDF thumbnails and SMB shares, and I've been desperately looking for this for the past day or so. I've also posted the same question in other forums with no answers.

Basically, I want the thumbnail function that Windows provides, but for Android.

Most file explorers can do it with pictures like JPGs and PNGs, or even videos, but I absolutely cannot find anything that does it for PDFs.

The absolute closest I could find are Xodo and ReadEra, which are readers, and they both have file preview, but neither of them seem to be compatible with SMB shares. The easiest SMB share connector I've found is Total Commander, but it doesn't have file preview.

 

 

Alternately, if I could have some way of mounting an SMB drive as a "folder" that an app can then see and use, it could also work.

The tablet used is a cheap RCA Android tablet but this doesn't matter as it should be something applicable to any Android device.

 

As of right now, these are all the apps that I've tried:

Foxit (no SMB)
Google PDF (no thumbs, no SMB)
Files by Google (no thumbs, no SMB)
ES File (not the real one apparently) (no thumbs, no SMB)
Astro (no thumbs)
Adobe Reader (no thumbs, no SMB)
Xodo (no SMB)
EA Essential File Manager (no thumbs)
Simple File Manager (no thumbs, no SMB)
Easy inc. PDF Viewer (no thumbs, no SMB)
ReadEra (no SMB)
Perfect Viewer (no thumbs)
Librera (all of them) (no SMB)
Office (no thumbs, no SMB)
X-Plore File (no thumbs)
FX File (no thumbs, paid SMB)
eBoox (no SMB)
Pocketbook (no SMB) 
Lit Photo EBook (no SMB) 
Lithium (no SMB)

[jwk713]

File Viewers seem to support PDF Thumbnails but not SMB, File Explorers/Managers seem to support SMB but not PDF Thumbnails.

X-Plore has been upgraded since this post to support SMB and PDF Thumbnails. But sometimes it takes some time for the Thumbnails to pop up. Especially through SMB.

Wish it had option of one source instead of the default side by side view.  (Which is a plus for some) Each his own.