Is it possible to somehow prevent certain applications from accessing certain folders on Android?
I use Adobe Lightroom that has an option to automatically add pictures to my library. The problem is, Adobe provides very little customisation for what gets added, which means it doesn't just add my phone photos, but also all my screenshots, WhatsApp images, Instagram posts and basically any media folders on my device.
I'm hoping there's some way I can block Lightroom's access to those folders at OS level so it can't even see them. Is that possible?
itsChimpanzee said:
Is it possible to somehow prevent certain applications from accessing certain folders on Android?
I use Adobe Lightroom that has an option to automatically add pictures to my library. The problem is, Adobe provides very little customisation for what gets added, which means it doesn't just add my phone photos, but also all my screenshots, WhatsApp images, Instagram posts and basically any media folders on my device.
I'm hoping there's some way I can block Lightroom's access to those folders at OS level so it can't even see them. Is that possible?
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To block the app per folder at system level is not possible. However, you can try a good old trick to make them invisible, maybe the app won't recognize them after: put a dot before the name of the folders you want to hide, for example: ".WhatsApp"
Try that and let me know
Thanks Raiz. I'll give that a go.
Nice idea but unfortunately, WhatsApp stops recognising the folder and just creates a new one and Lightroom uploads from that instead.
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Ever since I got in contact with Android I've noticed this annoying problem (if I can call it a problem): the gallery scanner grabs all the pictures on the card, not being limited to a folder or something. That's not bad in itself, but when the music library contains album art, you get lots of extra, useless pics in the picture viewer.
Yes, I already know about the <.nomedia> file and the dot at the beginning of the folder name, but that doesn't solve my problem.
Basically I don't want to hide folders all together from the media scanner, as that would cripple my audio/video player's functionality, but keep the picture viewer confined to a single (maybe two) folder.
Did I miss something while searching around or something like that is not possible at the moment?
Thank you!
PS: As noticed in my signature I have a Motorola Defy with CM7
I also knew about the .nomedia trick.. it should work
you can also hide albums (with a HTC that is)
if you go to your gallery (HTC phone) and press menu
you can select albums to show or hide
No, it's not possible. That's why most of us use a third party gallery app. QuickPic is the most popluar one, and does what you want.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.alensw.PicFolder&feature=search_result
or you can use vaulty free hides pictures, which i believe integrates with your current gallery app
As Android is a linux thingamagic, it will hide the media of folders where you create a file called ".nomedia" without the quotes. Use your favorite file explorer to do this.
I use that, and it works
This tablet is awesome, however the stock gallery app seems to be useless or am I missing something? I bought tablet because of the stylus and photo editing possibilities. I copied my photos from my pc on a micro sd card and inserted it into the note. However the gallery app does not seem to sort the resulting folders in any order, just a random mishmash of dates and names, I'd rather use the stock gallery due to the multi screen support however it is a real chore to find a folder / photo when it's presented randomly....does anyone know how to make the folders sort and appear alphabetically? Or even how the gallery app sorts the folders that photos are in?
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That's easy:
Arrange photos in Folders (= Albums) and You have them sorted in Albums. (Which by themselves can be sorted by time, location etc .)
Once You are IN an Album You can sort them by tTime, location, persons or groups
troed said:
That's easy:
Arrange photos in Folders (= Albums) and You have them sorted in Albums. (Which by themselves can be sorted by time, location etc .)
Once You are IN an Album You can sort them by tTime, location, persons or groups
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I'm missing something with the gallery, too. I have my photos in folders, and when I have albums selected from the upper-left menu, I see a bunch of randomly sorted "albums." If I choose something else from that menu... say, time, for instance, each item on the screen (each thumbnail) is a group of photos from a specific day. I'd like the folders to be sorted in such a way that makes sense. Ideally, I'd like to sort them by name, as my folders are named with year and month (yyyy_mm). And I'd also like to not see every folder on that main screen, because some of them are inside the yyyy_mm folders. Ideally, I would only see a bunch of thumbnails named yyyy_mm, in chronological order... the way they appear in my folder structure on my PC.
Is this possible?
What I've found out about the stock gallery..........
Firstly there seems to be a limitation on android that it whilst it knows folders are nested, it will not support displaying only the parent folder, rather it displays all the orphan folders, I've tried lots of photo organising apps and they all have this limitation....this is a right pain if you want to sort your folders in logical way without every single folder displayed on the root display
In the stock gallery app the display options are based on..
Place, uses GPS data on the photo
Album, the folder names that your pictures are stored in on the device
People, face tagging which you have to enable on the device and then assign names from your contact directory.
groups, will display face tagged photos in the group's that are set up in your contact directory.
The limitation of face tagging is that you can't just enter a name for a face, it will only use your contacts directory so you have to enter a load of names in your directory to use for this feature, I suggest you make a group for these entries.
The main problem with the stock gallery is that once you have your photos in the gallery displayed in one of the ways detailed above you can not sort them, hide folders or enter manual information such as a location on places.
For my purposes I just want the folders to be displayed as I have them saves in my sd card, I have a parent folder for each year since 2000 within each oh these folders are a series of further folders for each set of pictures such as holiday, wedding etc. I just want my parent folders displayed in the gallery root, sorted by date. This doesn't seem possible as the stock gallery has no sorting options, my albums are displayed with no logic just, it seems, randomly.
I use the excellent quickpic app, which has loads is display and sorting options but has the "can't display only the parents of nested directorys" feature of android.
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manmikey said:
What I've found out about the stock gallery..........
Firstly there seems to be a limitation on android that it whilst it knows folders are nested, it will not support displaying only the parent folder, rather it displays all the orphan folders, I've tried lots of photo organising apps and they all have this limitation....this is a right pain if you want to sort your folders in logical way without every single folder displayed on the root display
In the stock gallery app the display options are based on..
Place, uses GPS data on the photo
Album, the folder names that your pictures are stored in on the device
People, face tagging which you have to enable on the device and then assign names from your contact directory.
groups, will display face tagged photos in the group's that are set up in your contact directory.
The limitation of face tagging is that you can't just enter a name for a face, it will only use your contacts directory so you have to enter a load of names in your directory to use for this feature, I suggest you make a group for these entries.
The main problem with the stock gallery is that once you have your photos in the gallery displayed in one of the ways detailed above you can not sort them, hide folders or enter manual information such as a location on places.
For my purposes I just want the folders to be displayed as I have them saves in my sd card, I have a parent folder for each year since 2000 within each oh these folders are a series of further folders for each set of pictures such as holiday, wedding etc. I just want my parent folders displayed in the gallery root, sorted by date. This doesn't seem possible as the stock gallery has no sorting options, my albums are displayed with no logic just, it seems, randomly.
I use the excellent quickpic app, which has loads is display and sorting options but has the "can't display only the parents of nested directorys" feature of android.
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Wow, that seems like a pretty silly limitation. I would think a lot of people would want to be able to sort the way you described. I organize my photos almost exactly the same way, except that I have a folder for each month. But then, like you, I have subfolders that describe an event. I, too, just want to see the top level. I hope, at some point, someone comes up with an app that does that. In the meantime, I'll try QuickPic, as it seems to have more sorting options and, hopefully, I can at least sort the "albums" in a way that doesn't seem competely random.
Thanks!
Looking for some help in finding a gallery app.
Basically I have a large set of images (currently between 3000 - 4000) that I like to browse through. They are all grouped together in a favorites album, and I usually don't bother tagging the individual images. The problem is, unless I keep the app suspended in the background with the last image I was looking at on the screen, the minute I close the app I loose my place and have to try to refind where I was all over again if I want to browse them without starting from the beginning (these aren't grouped by date, and all the names don't follow any unified format). I'd like to have a way to bookmark an individual image so that I can go right back to where I was in the viewing order, and continue on from there.
The closest I've found so far is F-stop, but the app doesn't allow bookmarking of individual images, only by folder, rating, etc., which isn't what I'm looking for.
Anyone know of any such gallery app/image viewer that would have what I'm looking for?
Hi, I am currently an Samsung User and I am using the feature Secure Folder.
I love this feature to hide foto's and apps from the children that somethimes use my phone without asking.
Does the Pixel has a comparable feature?
Hide your sensitive photos & videos - Google Photos Help
You can save sensitive photos and videos to a folder protected by your device screen lock in the Google Photos app. Items in Locked Folder won’t appear in the Photos grid, memories, search or albums
support.google.com
cmh714 said:
Hide your sensitive photos & videos - Google Photos Help
You can save sensitive photos and videos to a folder protected by your device screen lock in the Google Photos app. Items in Locked Folder won’t appear in the Photos grid, memories, search or albums
support.google.com
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What about applications?
I use my phone also for work, So I use 2 whatsapp accounts, the work one is hidden.
Hmm, theres Profiles you can setup, that might work for your purpose, or not. There are 3rd party apps that can hide stuff like apps I believe. But other than the Profiles, not a built-in thing.
Ok, Clear. Thank you.
think I will stick with samsung. I find secret folder good implemented.
On iPhone, the clipboard retains data only for about 20 minutes, and there is no concept of clipboard history.
On Android, different OEMs have different implementations. Samsung has a very neat clipboard history feature that allows one to copy something quickly and paste it elsewhere.
Here is the problem:
The clipboard retains the last copied item until the phone is rebooted. This allows any app that can access clipboard to see what is there, and may be keep a record of it too in its own data (although I don't think this is possible unless the user manually pastes it somewhere).
HOW CLIPBOARD SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED
1. Clipboard should be automatically erased by the OS every 20 minutes or so.
2. Clipboard Access should be a setting and users should be able to allow/ deny access per app (just like they can for other permissions like Camera, Microphone, etc.).
3. Clipboard History should be retained in a secure encrypted storage, so user can access it whenever he wants. No app should have access to the history. User must manually copy it each time it is required.
Use ColorNote to retain copies and hyperlinks. Auto backup to SD card or cloud.
I use it to store bookmarks as well.
blackhawk said:
Use ColorNote to retain copies and hyperlinks. Auto backup to SD card or cloud.
I use it to store bookmarks as well.
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That requires me to create a note each time, which is not convenient. Hope you're aware of the restrictions with clipboard starting with Android Q. I welcome this move to block clipboard monitoring by 3rd party apps.
If the OS allows to keep clipboard history, it should ensure no apps have access to it without user intervention.
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That requires me to create a note each time, which is not convenient. Hope you're aware of the restrictions with clipboard starting with Android Q. I welcome this move to block clipboard monitoring by 3rd party apps.
If the OS allows to keep clipboard history, it should ensure no apps have access to it without user intervention.
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Clipboard works ok on Q... scoped storage sucks. For those who think they can install anything they want rather than being careful what they install. No saving dumb bunnies... they always end up dead.