How to hide folder in sdcard programmatically in android

Question

I have an app with xyz.zip folder which is extracting after installation in sdcard. Folder contains a lot of files(e.g Video,audio,etc.).During installing app I wanna hide that folder and hide all items of folder. Thanks in advance.

Any answer is appreciated.

You should at least include what you've tried to do to achieve it. Googling it before asking is a good practice too. — nKn, Jan 17 '14 at 07:41

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 17 '14 at 07:30

Use a function like this:

public static void hideFile(File file){
    File dstFile = new File(file.getParent(), "." + file.getName());
    file.renameTo(dstFile);
}

Please note I did not try the code, but it should at least give you the idea of how to do it.

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:01

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If you want to hide folder in Android or any Linux based system just add . as prefix to folder or file name.

Answer stolen from here: How to hide a folder in sdcard in android

edited May 23 '17 at 12:01

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answered Jan 17 '14 at 07:18

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Thanks for replying ....Can u elaborate programmatically how can i achieve this thing. – user3205481 Jan 17 '14 at 07:27
Use the code which @FD_ wrote. Be sure to add the permission WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE – Manuel Allenspach Jan 17 '14 at 08:37

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