Hello fellow XDA members,
Does anyone know of a file manager app that also has widget functionality? There are a few folders on my SD Card that I occasionally need to access (I currently use Root Explorer for this), which have various types of files in them. I would like to place a widget on one of my home screens so that I can directly have the file manager open up to a desired folder location.
Anyone?
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Try File Widget from the Market. Free, no file manager needed, creates shortcuts both to files and folders.
Did a search because of the same problem yesterday. I use Ghost commander as file manager which has a totally useless shortcut feature. The rest of the file managers is to bloated for me (except Linda, which has a shortcut feature, also worthless).
Hope this helps.
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Hey guys,
I'm currently using the standard gallery on my Samsung Galaxy S II I9100.
I find it anoying that the gallery shows all folders with pictures in it, for example application folders with button images in them.
I want to remove/hide those from my gallery but I can't find a way to do this.
Is there a way to do this or should I start using a different non-standard gallery app?
And in the last case, is there a way to remove or deactivate the standard gallery?
I hope one of you has an answer to this
Thanks in advance,
DAZL
Create a file with e.g. es file explorer with the name .nomedia
Put it in the map you want to exclude from gallery.
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Thanks for the fast reply.
I saw this option somewhere but with the warning that other programs would also see the folder as a folder with no media in it, effectively making the folder unaccessable by for example the application it belongs to.
Is this information true or not?
Is there a way to hide certain folders from showing up in the gallery? Thanks for the help
Download Quickpic from the market, I use it as my default Gallery. You can hide and even lock certain pic folders.
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Ok thanks a lot
Came in here to say QuickPic as well. Not only can you hide stuff, you can choose to exclude folders from showing crap you'd rather not fill up your gallery. Great free program.
a more manual way would to be create a blank file using root explorer called ".nomedia" and place it in the folder with the images you are wanting to hide from the gallery.
make sure after you use something like sd rescan or just reboot your phone
I use the ".nomedia" method, but you could also put all of the files you don't want in the gallery in a folder whose name begins with a period as well. Ex: "sd_card\.MyPics\img001.jpg"
I use file copy. It even uses a password to get in which I like
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Got my nootlet sideloading and rooted, rocking the GoLauncher, replaced b&n home screen, and i'm happy except for a couple things: google market only wants to crash, but more importantly I miss being able to drag books onto the home screen. I tried anycut but didn't see a way to add a shortcut to a file.
Am i not using it right or is this not (yet) doable?
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Download ES File Explorer from the market.
Navigate to any folder or file with it, and long press. Choose Shortcut. It will create a file or folder shortcut on the homescreen.
Since you're using GoLauncher, you can also longpress the shortcut, choose 'replace' and select any icon you want from installed themes or icon packs, or select 'custom icon' and create one (say, of a book cover) from a .jpg file.
You are my hero! Thanks.
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Also, google market crashing is a permissions issue - it should be in system/apps, with all other programs set as rw-r--r-- and Vending.apk specifically showing rw-rw-rw- (you can check this with root explorer) - at least it is for me, and rw-r--r-- promptly crashes it. data/app should also have a com.android.vending.apk with permissions rw-r--r--. If not, reinstall, or factory reset + reroot (don't need to do the drivers part again). You *will* miss a functional android market. It's more useful than you think.
I un-rooted then re-rooted the nook. That seems to have solved all the issues I was having. So zmobile, your advice made perfect sense, thanks.
cellhead said:
I un-rooted then re-rooted the nook. That seems to have solved all the issues I was having. So zmobile, your advice made perfect sense, thanks.
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Great! Glad it works
Hi there,
nook tablet not rooted
Go Launcher and ES Explorer on
tried to find my ebooks searching for .epub or .pdf but cannot find nothing.
i'm uploading my books from pc with calibre.
everytime i try to enter in a path (internal memory, sd card...) a message pop up similar to (sorry i do not have my nook here now) "no folders are found, do you want to create one?"
thanks
The books go in /media/my files/books
Path on sd card is /my files/books
They will all show up in the library then.
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Is there a way to block certain folders from showing their images in the Gallery app? I love mClock and the skins for it have image files. So whenever I open the gallery app it shows all the images for mClock and just clutters up the gallery. Is there a way to block this?
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If you make a file called .nomedia and put it in the folder you want to block it should block it. Just a blank file, starts with a period, all lowercase. This is respected by many apps, but not all. Official google ones should respect it though.
Here's how...
t0ska said:
Old thread but here is a no Computer needed option:
Download ES File explorer (its free)
Install and open it
Navigate to the folder you want to exclude (remember it propagates down e.g. if you place it in the root of SD then the whole of SD is excluded including all the sub-folders)
Press Menu and select "new"
Select "File"
Call it .nomedia
Rescan your memory Cards
Sorted no PC required
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You can also create a text file in Windows Notepad. Save a blank document named ".nomedia" (w/o the quotes) and instead of saving as "txt," use the drop down and save it as "all." Drag the document in to the folder you want to block the OS from scanning.
Ok got it fixed thanks guys...
On a related note, the pictures from my google+ account haven't been syncing with my TP Gallery. Usually if I take a picture with my Galaxy Nexus it will sync with my TP Gallery. Kinda cool except it hasn't been syncing. The photos are synced in the Gallery on my Galaxy Nexus, but no show on my TP since 1/27...
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From my experience with my galaxy s, just adding a '.' Before any folder name will prevent it from showing in your gallery. You can call it whatever you like.
Hello
I currently have a HTC EVO 3D, and on that phone I am able to create a folder named ".story" in my file manager app, and all the pictures i put in there will not be shown in the gallery app. Works very nicely and exactly how i want it to.
Now onto my issue.
I tried to do the same on my Prime, creating the folder, putting the exact same images in that folder (all from dropbox, syncing it to my comp, phone and tablet).
But the images still show up in the gallery app.
I also tried to put a file named ".nomedia" in the folder where i keep all my pictures, still didn't work.
I tried rebooting several times to see if i had to force a media rescan, but it seems like it didn't work.
I'm running .21 update, stock, with root.
Am i missing something, or doesn't this work on the prime? If so, any other way to do so? (I don't want to use a "vault" app to hide pictures and such)
- Moon
I had the same problem a few weeks ago. Try the app Hide it Pro. It's free on the Play Store and does pretty much what your asking for. It also works with videos, Docs and apps.
Sorry can't post links yet!
Edit: oops sorry, I didn't read the full post
it is annoying
You are not alone, naming the folder with a initial . and creating a .nomedia file does not work for me either, and I find it annoying. Clearing Gallery cache did not help either.
Works just fine, ".foldername" with a .nomedia file in it. Does for me at least, hides it from gallery and from the built in file manager. ES file explorer picks it up but it's at that point you're not hiding anything
EDIT: Try making a file on your computer, right click and New>File, name it .nomedia, then DropBox (that's a sign up link, you'd help me out as well as yourself by using it) it. Download it and copy/pasta to the folder. That's how I did it, because a guide I read said it worked better if from the PC instead of through Android.
If you're trying to hide a whole trove of things, make a folder and name it ".foldername" and then put your hidden folder in there and name it ".foldername2", then drop a .nomedia into .foldername and .foldername2 as well, doubling up on that.
I wouldn't recommend that with app picture caches though
If you are up for using a different Gallery app, you can whitelist and blacklist folders to be displayed in QuickPic
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Works just fine, ".foldername" with a .nomedia file in it. Does for me at least, hides it from gallery and from the built in file manager. ES file explorer picks it up but it's at that point you're not hiding anything
EDIT: Try making a file on your computer, right click and New>File, name it .nomedia, then DropBox (that's a sign up link, you'd help me out as well as yourself by using it) it. Download it and copy/pasta to the folder. That's how I did it, because a guide I read said it worked better if from the PC instead of through Android.
If you're trying to hide a whole trove of things, make a folder and name it ".foldername" and then put your hidden folder in there and name it ".foldername2", then drop a .nomedia into .foldername and .foldername2 as well, doubling up on that.
I wouldn't recommend that with app picture caches though
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I did as you suggested, and it friggin worked! AWESOME!, mucho love to you
Now my files on my tablet is in a folder named ".story", inside that is a folder named "story" with a ".nomedia" file in it, and inside the "story" folder are all my pictures. (I made the ".nomedia" file on Windows, dropboxed it over to my Android Tablet (I made a new .txt document, removed the .txt and just named it ".nomedia" if anyone is wondering)).
After you try it, be sure to reboot your tablet, as that forces a media rescan