I currently use audio manager aka hide it pro to keep my sexting evidence from private eyes but unfortunately it has no support for 3d content.
I know appending a period to the beginning of any folder name will keep it hidden from gallery indexing.
Best password protected file explorer to view these hidden contents?
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Quick Pic has a hide feature then to view hidden items you enter a password, this however doesn't hide anything from the file explorers.
ifly4vamerica said:
Quick Pic has a hide feature then to view hidden items you enter a password, this however doesn't hide anything from the file explorers.
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No native support for .mpo content though..
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true, so there is another post here somewhere that is called visidon ... it is in the market, i just tried it out and it uses face recognition to lock the app itself, so you can lock root explorer itself. It has settings to remove the notification and you can lock the visidon app itself also so nobody can change the settings. check it out it seems pretty cool.
Loky is great, although, it doesn't support .mpo or .jps files yet, maybe someone should email him and ask him to add it in
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Is there a way that i might be missing to hide albums in the gallery application? I know u can put a "." in front of the folder name to make it hidden to the whole device and possibly add 3rd party applications to hide folders but i just wanted to hide folders i have with icons in them, only in the gallery but still have them available when using other apps, that way i can still customize with the icons
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Is there a way that i might be missing to hide albums in the gallery application? I know u can put a "." in front of the folder name to make it hidden to the whole device and possibly add 3rd party applications to hide folders but i just wanted to hide folders i have with icons in them, only in the gallery but still have them available when using other apps, that way i can still customize with the icons
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Try Gallery Excluder. Easy way to choose folders that you want excluded in the gallery.
https://market.android.com/details?id=de.mrfloppycoding.galleryexcluder
Make sure you don't exclude your music and movies folder though.
If you put a text file in the folder and call it ".nomedia", then none of the images in the folder will show up in the gallery.
Unless you're really attached to the stock gallery, I'd recommend trying QuickPic. It lets you hide or exclude folders and numerous other things, it also loads much faster than the stock app.
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If you put a text file in the folder and call it ".nomedia", then none of the images in the folder will show up in the gallery.
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like he said copy this into the folders you wanna hide your pr0n in, it will also hide subfolders too
this works for music images, video ect...
i attached it because its hard to create it under Windows
unzip and place .nomedia in the phone folder
jeandujardin01 said:
like he said copy this into the folders you wanna hide your pr0n in, it will also hide subfolders too
this works for music images, video ect...
i attached it because its hard to create it under Windows
unzip and place .nomedia in the phone folder
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using this would hide the folder from every app though correct
like if i went to Launcherpro and wanted to change an icon in dock .. when i looked for that folder it would not be found.. really only wanted to block in gallery not the whole system
I'm having issues with this. My Nook app, for example, dumps huge folders of pics (from ArticleView I think) in the gallery. I've checked some albums, and they already have .nomedia in them and they still show in the gallery. I tried a few apps to hide the albums, but that breaks the functionality in the app too. Any solutions? This is really annoying.
try the app quickpic does an easy job of hiding or excluding folders.
CSGirl said:
I'm having issues with this. My Nook app, for example, dumps huge folders of pics (from ArticleView I think) in the gallery. I've checked some albums, and they already have .nomedia in them and they still show in the gallery. I tried a few apps to hide the albums, but that breaks the functionality in the app too. Any solutions? This is really annoying.
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When you manually copy the nomedia file you have to wait for the gallery Db to refresh to see the results.
If you download 'gallery excluder' it will add a nomedia file and allow you to force the media database to update whenever you'd like.
TL;DR:
Recently I have been working to get my homescreens a little cleaner. I started using a tool called DesktopVisualizer. It allows for "Tiles" or "Icons" to be placed as shortcuts instead of the icons you normally use. It allows for a cleaned up WP7 look. The one major drawback is you have to download "tile packs" or make them yourself. The app is great, but the problem is in our gallery app.
OUR STOCK GALLERY SCANS AND LOADS ALL THE 300+ TILES/ICONS IN TO MY GALLERY! I could not stand this! I started looking into how to hide stuff from the media gallery.
Hiding Folders: "." Folders and ".nomedia" Files:
Turns out they built a neat function into android that allows for hiding things from the gallery: a .nomedia file. Placing a blank file with that name into a directory (or root directory) causes the STOCK GALLERY to skip over the folder. So, if you are like me and have some naughty pics of your g/f, ALBUM COVERS, or other misc pics you dont want to see in the gallery; drop that little file in there and it will skip it.
Another way to accomplish this is to stick a . in front of the folder name. If you have a folder called "Pr0n" change it to ".Pr0n". This will do the same thing as the nomedia, however some apps/file explorers cannot see these guys as this is the "hidden attribute" for the folder.
The problem with the Atrix, and other devices that have custom galleries, is they scan EVERYTHING. You can place nomedia files in, periods, anything, they still come parading in to the gallery. "What the hell can I do", you ask? Well, we put in a nice new gallery.
Gallery3d.APK:
Ok, so I have attached the AOSP type of gallery from CM7. I think I "heard" some place that the CM7 gallery is tweaked a little, however I didnt notice any differences. So, download and install as normal, sideload it, whatever. Once its on, you are good to go. The only problem, if you freeze the 2.3.4 gallery from Moto, the camera app wont pull your pics. Everything in the cam still works as far as functionality to take pics. The problem is when/if you click on the small pic in the corner of the view finder(your gallery), it will give some error about "No gallery installed". I'm sure there is a way around this, but for now I just have both installed and use only the 3D gallery. Using LauncherPro I hid the other icon to keep "phone handlers" from going through my UBER gallery when they pick up my phone to play with it. This way I get the nice gallery3d, but still get the full sharing functionality of the moto gallery should I want to share straight from my camera.
There you have it. I have given you the the gallery apk, pros and cons, and how to hide folders. Knock yourselves out. OH! If you happen to get the cam to work with the 3D instead 2.3.4, please post a how to in here as well.
Thank you so much i have been wanting this on my atrix i hate the new galery in moto
Also check out Gallery Excluder in the Market for hiding folders with this method.
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Hi, Hi, I have a wildfire with Cyanogen 197 nightly.
I want to know if and how to hide certain files or folders to the gallery. In my old N70 I had put all the images and icons of the tomtom and had worked as a hidden, but now the wildfire not.
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Hi, Hi, I have a wildfire with Cyanogen 197 nightly.
I want to know if and how to hide certain files or folders to the gallery. In my old N70 I had put all the images and icons of the tomtom and had worked as a hidden, but now the wildfire not.
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It should work if you stick a file called .nomedia in the directory you wish to not load. It may need to clear out the cache for the gallery and such first to take effect.
or you can just rename the file/folder you want to hide as: .(file name)
the period in the front hides the file/folder
sweetnsour said:
or you can just rename the file/folder you want to hide as: .(file name)
the period in the front hides the file/folder
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Yeah, that should work too, but I've had apps that will freak out when you put a . in front of some folder they need on the sdcard (like beautiful widgets).
Another option is to use a Gallery replacement like QuickPic, that allows you to choose which folders are displayed within the app.
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It should work if you stick a file called .nomedia in the directory you wish to not load. It may need to clear out the cache for the gallery and such first to take effect.
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Thanks, I have adopted your method. However, Windows does not allow for files (even folders and I) so (ie, with and without dot in name), luck that I found and then copied into the SD.
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Another option is to use a Gallery replacement like QuickPic, that allows you to choose which folders are displayed within the app.
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Thanks for the advice, I do not know.
sweetnsour said:
or you can just rename the file/folder you want to hide as: .(file name)
the period in the front hides the file/folder
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thx for the tip
ok, im trying to hide this app, from the app drawer by editing the manifest.xml file, and i did it, to be specific i just remove this line from manifest.xml "<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />" but i want to hide it, and still have the option to open it...
i tried to start the application using titanium backup, but it doesnt give the option to open app...
im trying to do it by editing manifest.xml. i know there apps to hide anothers app..
if you have any idea of how to, ill appreciate it...
(im not an expert on this, and i dont even know if im asking in the right forum)
Hey, did you come across a solution? I'm facing exactly the same problem right now: The App's gone from the drawer but no longer executable by no means.
Sorry for bumping this old thread, but I endured reading about 10 pages of search results without success.
Thanks in advance!
You can use my app "App Quarantine" to do the job. You can disable the app in question (so it's no longer in the application drawer) and re-enable it as you want. Therefore you could use the home screen widget for quickly launching the app.
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You can use my app "App Quarantine" to do the job. You can disable the app in question (so it's no longer in the application drawer) and re-enable it as you want. Therefore you could use the home screen widget for quickly launching the app.
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Hey, thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately I'm searching for a solution to get along without any 3rd party app.
Which means, I want the app to be "set invisible" before even installing it on the phone. I'd really like to know, which file of the apk has to be edited in which way to achieve this.
It'd be totally fine if it simply didn''t appear on the drawer.
Any other ideas?
I have an idea.
I have replaced the icons with a completely transparent .png image and recompiled the apk.
Remember you should not change the file name of the original icon, just replace the content.
I have used apk editor pro for this work.
The app will be in the launcher or app drawer but it will remain invisible.
You should also replace the app name with 3 to 5 spacebars.You can remember the position of the app in the app drawer.
Everyone will see you tapped on a empty space and a app started
I have tested this.
So you can be sure.
One more thing
If you see any folder like mipmap_anydpi_xxx in /res you should delete it
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I have an idea.
I have replaced the icons with a completely transparent .png image and recompiled the apk.
Remember you should not change the file name of the original icon, just replace the content.
I have used apk editor pro for this work.
The app will be in the launcher or app drawer but it will remain invisible.
You should also replace the app name with 3 to 5 spacebars.You can remember the position of the app in the app drawer.
Everyone will see you tapped on a empty space and a app started
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4RCH1 H4CK3R said:
I have tested this.
So you can be sure.
One more thing
If you see any folder like mipmap_anydpi_xxx in /res you should delete it
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Thread has been moved to the proper location, even though it is a 9-year-old thread...
I can't understand.
Clark Joseph Kent said:
Thread has been moved to the proper location, even though it is a 9-year-old thread...
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So where should I post the reply?
Hi,
The same "old" question...... Is it possible to hide some folders from the stock Gallery in andreoid 4.1.2 (stock) ? ? ? I tried the .no media before - but its seems like it also hide the folder from the music player What I am looking for is a solution to hide all the Album pictures, so it does not show up on the gallery. I tried Hide It Pro - but it seems not to be stable.
Any help
Thanks
Just use a different gallery. I recommend Quick Pic, it's really fast and blows the stock gallery out of the water and it's less than 500 kilobytes in app size. Also, file hide pro will work with quick pic, but since Quick Pic is awesome, it does not need file hide pro, cause it has built in album/picture hider.
Check out "QuickPic"
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.alensw.PicFolder
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PenguinxEnjoi said:
Just use a different gallery. I recommend Quick Pic, it's really fast and blows the stock gallery out of the water and it's less than 500 kilobytes in app size. Also, file hide pro will work with quick pic, but since Quick Pic is awesome, it does not need file hide pro, cause it has built in album/picture hider.
Check out "QuickPic"
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.alensw.PicFolder
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Hi,
Thanks - but as i stated in question - I would like a solution for the stock gallery and not another 3. part app
Add a file called .nomedia to the folder and it will hide the pictures
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Add a file called .nomedia to the folder and it will hide the pictures
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YES - but it will also hide the content from music player - as I also written in my post .............................but thanks
This may not be very convenient for you but you can move the things you want to hide onto your laptop ?
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Nope other than creating a folder with name starting with a '.' and putting all the stuff you would like to hide in it (which eventually hides them from music player also) there seems to be no other way to do this especially since you don't want to use third party apps