[Q] Hide From Gallery

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I have created a folder on my external sd card named Movies.

I use Moboplayer, and have pre-set it to only view that folder when opened. But, after viewing any of the files in the sd card folder, the folder and files are displayed in Gallery. How can I prevent that from happening?

Or, put another way, I want to store some video files on my external sd card
and want to be the only one who is able to view them?

create a file in that directory called .nomedia that will prevent it being scanned by Gallery

Thanks, I'll try that later today and report back.

Originally Posted by gunnyman

create a file in that directory called .nomedia that will prevent it being scanned by Gallery

As a beginner with Android, I'm not sure I know how to do what you said to do.
Can you please tell me the easiest way to create that file? Thanks again.

Sure. Open an adb shell. Change to the directory you want the file in. Type "touch .nomedia "
Press enter

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As an Android beginner, I have no idea what or how to use and adb shell.

Does it require that the Tab be Rooted?
Can I use a file manager like Astro?
Can I open the folder on my win xp desktop and create the file om the sd card with windows explorer?

Sorry to be so dense here, but, I am trying to learn what to do.

Originally Posted by jostarr

As an Android beginner, I have no idea what or how to use and adb shell.

Does it require that the Tab be Rooted?
Can I use a file manager like Astro?
Can I open the folder on my win xp desktop and create the file om the sd card with windows explorer?

Sorry to be so dense here, but, I am trying to learn what to do.

Get the free ES File Explorer from the store. You can do all the MS Windows-esque file management with that.

What is going to prevent someone else from launching Mobo and seeing the same files that you do?

I do have ES File Explorer installed, and didn't find a way to create a new file in that folder. Can you please suggest what to do when I get to the folder in question? Thanks.

As for your question about others using Mobo, is there a way to password protect a give app?

Originally Posted by jostarr

I do have ES File Explorer installed, and didn't find a way to create a new file in that folder. Can you please suggest what to do when I get to the folder in question? Thanks.

As for your question about others using Mobo, is there a way to password protect a give app?

Ok, es 101: the key to finding everything is the menu button that spears on the dock in es. From there you can select new> folder.
android/linux 101: any file or folder named starting with a period is deemed "hidden". An example would be a folder called .media. Because the name behind with a period, it is now hidden. To show hidden file, go into es file explorer settings, and check "show hidden files"

...and if you don't want to play with renaming folders every time, try Hide It Pro from the market. You set a password that is required to open the app. It disguise itself as a fake audio manager. You just need to browse to the file you need to hide and select "share with audio manager". There's a really good guide inside the app when you install it but its rather simple Works great on Iconia.

https://market.android.com/details?i...=search_result

It also displays adds but its free and your hidden content is just a "click" away You can hide any file type compared to Photo Vault and Video Vault (they support only several file formats and they are paid apps)