Having played around with various apps to lock or hide pictures in the phone's gallery and found them somehow lacking I've discovered that if you edit a photos properties on the PC and make it 'hidden' when you sync it then it will not show up in the phones picture gallery.
However I have no experience in developing apps so maybe this info would be of use to someone who knows how to exploit it.
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Using Launcher Pro and trying to modify the dock background and icons with custom. This thing is pissing me off and I can't find the answer anywhere.
I know how to add these but the problem is this:
1) No one will ever give an answer on what file formats are compatible with LP....jpg, png, ico, etc
2) I have a lot of graphic files on the root of my sd card. However, when trying to pick a custom one from LP, it opens the crappy HTC gallery app every time (even though I have a better one supposedly set as default in settings) and it only shows some jpg wallpapers. No way to browse or try to find additional graphics that I know for a fact are compatible with LP. If I use my other picture program it shows all the graphics but no way to get them to LP.
How can something that should be so simple be such a pain in my rear? Any suggestions?
Here's what little I know from my own experimentation...
For the dock, you can use .png files for icons.
If you want to use custom icons for your applications, they seem to need to be in .jpg format.
The .png files I have on my phone show up as blank photos in the gallery app, you have to guess which one is which, but they are there.
No doubt somebody else has a better grasp of how to make this work smoothly, but that's what I've found.
I have both jpegs and png files and none of them are showing up in the gallery for some reason, not even as a blank file. Just the wallpapers and have no idea why.
Ok...nm....mounted my phone and removed some pictures, then didn't really do anything else and now they show up in gallery.
Buggy deal but seems fixed now.
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I have a quick question with regards to Geo Tagging.
When I take a photo on my phone, I have it set to Geotag its position. The tag is definitely saved within the file as when I export it and look at the properties the location information gives the coordinates. What is strange is that the inbuilt gallery app does not seem to want to plot the photos. It is very selective on which ones it plots.
I have imported photos from my iPhone and saved them on to my memory card. It has plotted some of the photos, but not all. Likewise, earlier, after taking a few pictures I looked at the location view in the gallery and found that it had not placed any of the photos on a map.
I have cleared the cache on the photo app but this does not seem to solve the problem.
Does anyone have any ideas?
It's kind like confusing to see so many different folders of picture showing up in my gallery......i've tried using 3rd party app from playstore. But all these different music folder just keep showing up.
I know that LG default Gallery allows u to hide them, but tapping hundreds of folder to hide is crazy....
is there any way to make gallery to hide those music folder pictures by default ?
I really like the way the Stock Android Gallery app handles my photo, rather than the Sony Album app. But recently I noticed that my phone has a number of photos that supposed to be deleted re-appeared in my Gallery app. Very strange.
I installed Google KitKat 4.4. Gallery and Camera app , installed google plus, thus the "photo app" came together as well. All photos save to SD card DCIM folder by default. I did make sure that cache cleared, thumbnail rebuild after each test below:
1. Delete a photo from Gallery App, it disappear from all photo viewing apps, including the Sony Album App.
2. Check ES Explorer, the photo supposedly deleted still in there.
Tried again, using the Google Plus photo app
1. Delete a photo from Google Plus Photo App; made sure empty the Bin as well. Check all photo viewing app, the photo has been removed.
2. Checked ES Explorer again, the photo deleted is still there!
Then I tried Sony Album App
1. Delete a photo from Sony Album App. All photo viewing apps have the photo removed
2. ES explorer: this time it removed the photo there as well!!
Is this some kind of feature that the google apps build to protect accidental deleted image? If so, how come the photos are still there after Bin was emptied? How to make sure the photos that I wanted to delete is genuinely deleted? (apart from using other apps)
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Is this some kind of feature that the google apps build to protect accidental deleted image?
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It gives you the option when setting up the Phone to backup to Google so check your sync settings.
I didn't even turn on the photo auto backup. So there is nothing I can set there except from logging into google account.
As for the Gallery app, I can find any setting regarding deleting photos. There is not even a Bin folder in there.
Bump. Anyone can help?
I have tried many app... starting from Best applock, or any other method like hiding in quickpick.
I want an app which hide the photo/video/etc in external card...
Please help if someone knows... (paid/free app no problem)
-if you have any query with question,REPLY dont just view and move :cyclops:
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kiridhruv said:
I have tried many app... starting from Best applock, or any other method like hiding in quickpick.
I want an app which hide the photo/video/etc in external card...
Please help if someone knows... (paid/free app no problem)
-if you have any query with question,REPLY dont just view and move :cyclops:
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Thankx for Viewing ... i got the apk which HIDE in external.. and working superfine...
in google play , trial version is avilable... go for PRO version as it give unlimited hide feature,, otherwise limited to 100
Application GALLERY VAULT
My Personal experience ,very best app as it restores the lost files if you accidently delete the apk.
Byee
5 BEST ANDROID APPS TO HIDE PHOTOS AND VIDEOS
1. Hide Pictures Keep Safe Vault - is one of the best apps to lock away your personal pictures and videos with ease. The app makes it effortless to simply store away your videos and photos in a safe vault. The separate gallery is kept hidden from the regular ones. I have used the basic version of the app for a while and it worked perfectly.
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4. Gallery Vault - Hide Video&Photo - comes with a simple and understandable interface and a good design. You simply need to move the images to the GalleryVault and they will be kept safe behind a lock code. The app also has the option of making the launch icon hidden; virtually making it completely concealed from your device.
5. Hide Pictures & Videos - FotoX - allows you to store your private pictures and photos in a secret gallery. If you want, you can take a picture directly from the app itself and it will be stored instantly. It is a great way to avoid the extra work of manually selecting pictures and hiding them in a secret vault.