App Idea: Hide certain apps that are in your app drawer...

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Here's something for you devs. How bout an app that can hide apps that are in the app drawer. (the tool bar at the bottom). Because right now if someone was to want to hold my phone they could get right into my email, pics, astro, bank account, market, anything! You know what I mean? if we had an app that puts those icons inside of it then that would be a good start. You could call it Drawer Mod or something like that.

Sure they could get to them from the application set up option, but thats not so easy to figure out. First someone could work on that, then they can work on a password lock feature for it or something. I'd pass my phone around more freely if I had a little more privacy than just the pattern lock. (that can be bypassed if you know how anyway). Is it a good idea?

No. Either don't hand your phone out or use pattern lock. If I could use your phone I would dial long distance out of spite.

I been looking for something like this but for a different reason Its cramped lol, I just want to be able to organize the apps in folders or something my games clutter everything. May add password protect to certain folders

Originally Posted by breaultm

No. Either don't hand your phone out or use pattern lock. If I could use your phone I would dial long distance out of spite.

Wow you're just awesome!!! Yeah you can sooo borrow my phone and call all the long distance you want. If you gotta call then call. lol I didn't think generosity could be misguided into hate like that. Go back to your cave hermit! What's your problem?

Now back on topic with civilized people.

Originally Posted by ahddm

I been looking for something like this but for a different reason Its cramped lol, I just want to be able to organize the apps in folders or something my games clutter everything. May add password protect to certain folders

Folders would be good.. it gets a bit cluttered in there.

Hmm actually displaying folders might be difficult but as for hiding apps I think the easiest way would be to effectively move them to a hidden folder on the phone... using shell commands someone could accomplish this... consider these shell commands

Hide an app

mv /data/app/APPNAME.apk /hidden/

Run an app

mv /hidden/APPNAME.apk /data/app/
*figure out some command to run the apk*
*figure out how to wait for app to die*
mv /data/app/APPNAME.apk /hidden/

Make the icon of the app be a folder and the interface copied directly from the app drawer and it might actually act like a folder

Nice! So it's feasable. Now all we need is for someone to apply the info above into an easy to use app, or I learn how to be a pro with terminal commands. lol

yeah i really need that app. in my rokr e6 there was a menu where you could pick different user setups Games:eek:ffice:and Custom you could put watever you wanted inthem

http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/18/t...android-right/

Second video, at about :45 seconds in. They show a tabbed app drawer. Wish they would release it as a market app.

Originally Posted by Dharkaron

http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/18/t...android-right/

Second video, at about :45 seconds in. They show a tabbed app drawer. Wish they would release it as a market app.

That is a nice find! Now there's a visual. Would really make the phone less cluttered and more like a desktop. I wonder if its coming to the phone version of android. Anyone up for making a set up based on that?