Hiding a folder in Android

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I want to make an application in android ,which can hide my selected files are folders from Sdcard . your suggestion will be appreciated.Thanks!!

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8135179/how-to-hide-a-folder-in-sdcard-in-android — Ahmad, Oct 28 '12 at 19:35

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 28 '12 at 19:35

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In the Android file system (which is UNIX based), you can prepend a file or folder name with a period, and it will be invisible to standard file browsers (though not un-findable). So for example, the file .hidden will be hidden, whereas visible would be seen by users.

answered Oct 28 '12 at 19:35

Phil

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This is partially true. Prepending name with dot is NOT handled on filesystem level. Files/folders with name prepended with dot are just regular files/folders. The fact they are sometimes treated as "hidden" is handled on application level (i.e. `ls` or `mc` eetc). So UNIX or not makes absolutely no difference - app need to support this naming schema as there no magic – Marcin Orlowski Oct 28 '12 at 20:26
It is good to further clarify this, however I did specify this by using the phrase "invisible to *standard* file browsers." – Phil Oct 29 '12 at 04:35

Hiding a folder in Android

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