Hi,
Does anyone know how I can exclude folders from display when I use the Gallery app?
I have lots of books in Aldiko that have covers and the Gallery app loads each of them when I use it. This can really slow down the use of the Gallery app.
I have tried manually deleting them whilst in Gallery but if I switch the device off it just reloads them the next time I use Gallery.
Hope someone can advise.
best regards
Charlie
Owner of Note 10.1 (2014) and Note 2
Thistlefee said:
Hi,
Does anyone know how I can exclude folders from display when I use the Gallery app?
I have lots of books in Aldiko that have covers and the Gallery app loads each of them when I use it. This can really slow down the use of the Gallery app.
I have tried manually deleting them whilst in Gallery but if I switch the device off it just reloads them the next time I use Gallery.
Hope someone can advise.
best regards
Charlie
Owner of Note 10.1 (2014) and Note 2
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I know this works for music but i think it should also work for pictures. You can create or copy a .nomedia file in the folder and it won't scan the folder
Thistlefee said:
Hi,
Does anyone know how I can exclude folders from display when I use the Gallery app?
I have lots of books in Aldiko that have covers and the Gallery app loads each of them when I use it. This can really slow down the use of the Gallery app.
I have tried manually deleting them whilst in Gallery but if I switch the device off it just reloads them the next time I use Gallery.
Hope someone can advise.
best regards
Charlie
Owner of Note 10.1 (2014) and Note 2
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The real solution for this is to use quickpic and then it will let you exclude folders.
Are you sure you're not trying to hid your porn pics or videos?
OK, here's the pro tip from yours truly. Make a folder and when you name it, place a period in the beginning of the name. So for example if you name your folder "Pictures" put ".Pictures" for the folder name. This will hide the folder. Have fun.
Gasaraki- said:
Are you sure you're not trying to hid your porn pics or videos?
OK, here's the pro tip from yours truly. Make a folder and when you name it, place a period in the beginning of the name. So for example if you name your folder "Pictures" put ".Pictures" for the folder name. This will hide the folder. Have fun.
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Very fun hahaha !
>Don't do that because your folder will disapear and no app could open it...Even if you connect your tab the folder won't appear on windows...
After that you have to unmount your card and connect it directly on your computer to rename your folder...
You haven't a good behavior Gasaraki-...shame on you !
enzorator said:
Very fun hahaha !
>Don't do that because your folder will disapear and no app could open it...Even if you connect your tab the folder won't appear on windows...
After that you have to unmount your card and connect it directly on your computer to rename your folder...
You haven't a good behavior Gasaraki-...shame on you !
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Windows can see the hidden folder... Just have the "show hidden folders" option enabled on your machine.
Also if you have a file browser on your tablet like ES File Explorer, they can all see hidden folders.
Are you just pulling my leg?
You can also see hidden "dot" folders on the tablet in Root Explorer (you don't have to be rooted). Astro and few other explorers don't show them.
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Windows can see the hidden folder... Just have the "show hidden folders" option enabled on your machine.
Also if you have a file browser on your tablet like ES File Explorer, they can all see hidden folders.
Are you just pulling my leg?
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I use ES file explorer and hidden folders are showed in my PC windows...
It is possible!
Thistlefee said:
Does anyone know how I can exclude folders from display when I use the Gallery app?
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You must know how:
open the gallery
Long press any folder
select the folders you want to hide
open menu (with menu key)
select 'hide selection' (or something like)
done
PS. This only works with internal files and not with files on a sd-card ?!
That did it.
les_garten said:
The real solution for this is to use quickpic and then it will let you exclude folders.
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The Quickpics app did what I wanted ...eventually
Many thanks
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Where do you store it to use? I've copied the same file into the root of my SD card, into the media folder and into the folder where photos are and it won't find it anywhere...
and I do have a thread in the Theme/App forum but not many answers...
it should be in the DCIM ...
I put mine there 960x800 JPG and it works.
Only way I've had it recognise a custom wallpaper is to name it like a photo (e.g. IMAG0002) and put it in the same folder as photos...weird...
I dont think you need to set the name like that.
I set mine to "black.jpg" and I have no problem with using it as wallpaper.
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Only way I've had it recognise a custom wallpaper is to name it like a photo (e.g. IMAG0002) and put it in the same folder as photos...weird...
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Mine finds all my music album images too, so shouldnt matter what you call it.
well, mine only saw it if renamed as above so any suggestions as to what might be wrong? sd card in use (not tried another one yet - using 16GB SanDisk card atm)
If I check using file manager (EStrong) app, mine is located here:
/sdcard/DCIM/100MEDIA/black.jpg
Size is 960x800.
16GB micro-sd card, but dont know the brand.
yep, thats where mine is but named as a photo, not what it was called originally...take it you're on 1.15.405.4?
Yes, 1.15.405.4.
Bought in NL, unlocked.
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yep, thats where mine is but named as a photo, not what it was called originally...take it you're on 1.15.405.4?
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Weird...
I've created a new folder on the root of the SD called 'Photo's' where i've transferred across some of my shots.
This folder clearly shows up when i browse my photo app and then i can simply add them as a wallpaper. It automatically updated itself.
.... if you want them to be displayed amongst the rest of the wallpapers, i have no idea how to do that.
So far I've put the JPG on the root of my SD card, in a photos folder, in the same folder as the other photos and in the media folder and the ONLY way I've had it show up is to rename it as a photo taken with the phone - must be a software issue...
Now, I got this problem too!
I cannot use custom image as wallpaper
I put in the "DCIM" folder, but it does not recognized.
I renamed to IMAGE0011.jpg, it still does not recognized.
Anyone know a 100% way to use an image for wallpaper?
I think it only depends on what 'file explorer' you use when choosing the wallpaper. At least on mine I have the Gallery installed and using that I can choose any image...
I experiencedproblem when I downloadedd pictures (and wallpapers) via FTP. Had to reboot my phone in order to see them in the album. Another way is to connect the phone to the computer and then disconnect, then it refreshed the albums and you can set the wallpaper.
But I would like to be able to select a wallpaper among the original wallpapers.
Thanks!
That was the workaround.
Before that, I tried to kill the "Photo" (album) application and it did not refresh.
Certainly, the Photo app is buggy.
Laban said:
I experiencedproblem when I downloadedd pictures (and wallpapers) via FTP. Had to reboot my phone in order to see them in the album. Another way is to connect the phone to the computer and then disconnect, then it refreshed the albums and you can set the wallpaper.
But I would like to be able to select a wallpaper among the original wallpapers.
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Oh btw, I transferred those images from share folder (LAN), WiFi, using EStrongs file manager.
I think this is the problem? Strange, because the "Camera" app recognized the images without any problem.
I tried making the folders hidden by adding a period, but it's still read by HTC Album. How do I get around this? Is there any tweak to change the read permission on folders?
Luckily I discovered this problem myself.
create a file named ".nomedia" and put it in the folders you don't want the media player to show.
Windows will not let you create such a file, so create an empty text file named "a.nomedia", copy in the folders, then using Astro rename it deleting the "a" and you're good to go
JapanLover said:
create a file named ".nomedia" and put it in the folders you don't want the media player to show.
Windows will not let you create such a file, so create an empty text file named "a.nomedia", copy in the folders, then using Astro rename it deleting the "a" and you're good to go
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I have read elsewere that this method can erase the files in that particular folder. I'm not sure when or why it does it but watch out!!
Dodgy pics of the missus eh? Say no more.
I just moved a picture into a folder starting with a fullstop and it's not showing up in the gallery anymore. Are you running the HTC photo gallery or the Cooliris Gallery app?
[EDIT] I also just added a fullstop to the front of a folder on my SD card (/media/wallpapers became /media/.wallpapers) and it's no longer showing in the gallery.
Seems to work. Thanks!
I have read elsewere that this method can erase the files in that particular folder. I'm not sure when or why it does it but watch out!!
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I'm not using it for sensitive documents
Are you running the HTC photo gallery or the Cooliris Gallery app?
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It's the HTC one. The widget doesn't display hidden folders, but when you list all media (where the app searches for pics and vids), it shows.
my (well, it's not mine of course ) method doesn't delete anything. Or at least I'm doing so in almost three cells and since... hmmmm let's say 6 months.
as for putting a dot in front of the folders... keep in mind that it can cause probs to the apps using that folder.
I.E. a GPS app will not find its icons and so on.
Just use the file methid, I'm pretty sure it's safe
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my (well, it's not mine of course ) method doesn't delete anything. Or at least I'm doing so in almost three cells and since... hmmmm let's say 6 months.
as for putting a dot in front of the folders... keep in mind that it can cause probs to the apps using that folder.
I.E. a GPS app will not find its icons and so on.
Just use the file methid, I'm pretty sure it's safe
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I created the wallpapers folder so no apps should be using it.
Adding a .nomedia file worked for me, but only after a reboot. No more album art showing up.
samsanchez88 said:
I have read elsewere that this method can erase the files in that particular folder. I'm not sure when or why it does it but watch out!!
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you are right:
h_t_t_p://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=3692
Forget what I said. It doesn't work. I rebooted the phone, effectively refreshing the album cache, and .nomedia is listed when it searches for photos and videos.
Aitese said:
Dodgy pics of the missus eh?
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At first i read this as doggy pics, which sounded gnarly.
I also just added a fullstop to the front of a folder on my SD card (/media/wallpapers became /media/.wallpapers) and it's no longer showing in the gallery.
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What does "adding a full stop" mean?
And why is windows referenced above, vs android OS?
I just downloaded Pandora which essentially does the job.
Android is a Linux based OS. A folder with a period in front of it means its hidden to any app that doesn't directly know its there
biemsy said:
Adding a .nomedia file worked for me, but only after a reboot. No more album art showing up.
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And then I realised the .nomedia meant music players ignore the folder too. Doh!
I just do the full stop method and use astro file manager to view the items.
hey any one can tell me that how to hide video?????????????
or any sofware wwhich hide video from galary????????????????
Explain what you want in better words, please. I think i won't be the only one who does not understand what you posted.
I think the guy wants to know if there is any way to hide video from the gallery.
Simple. No or at least not to my knowledge anyway. Gallery reads everything that is image and video related, no matter what it is and shows it. You could use other apps and just not include that folder, but nontheless it would still be on there.
Meaple said:
I think the guy wants to know if there is any way to hide video from the gallery.
Simple. No or at least not to my knowledge anyway. Gallery reads everything that is image and video related, no matter what it is and shows it. You could use other apps and just not include that folder, but nontheless it would still be on there.
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Okay, this could be. If, i would advise the same.
Well, since Android is linux based, you put a . in front of the file name (e.g. -> IMAGE066.jpg to .IMAGE066.jpg) - it won't show up in ES File Explorer, but not sure about the gallery.
Also you can transfer the files you don't want to see into a separate folder (e.g. Secret) and when you open gallery, you hit Menu and select Show/ Hide albums and deselect the Folder you don't want to see (maybe sense 2.1 or newer ROMs needed).
Third alternative: use B-Folders
Stick stuff you want to hide in a separate folder and put a file called .nomedia in the folder.
Your stuff shouldn't show up anywhere then.
Alternatively don't store porn on a phone you share with your mum.
I've tried the .nomedia method but that doesn't seem to work in ICS. Does anyone know how to prevent a folder from being shown in the Gallery app?
Thanks.
I'd be interested in a solution to this too, don't really want all my album art and images from games etc cluttering the gallery.
Either a method to exclude certain folders or one to only include certain ones would do.
Tried .nomedia as well for my icons folder... doesn't seem to work.
This is driving me nuts. I tried the .nomedia thing too before I found this post. This is such an oversight for the gallery app.. it's pulling all of the downloaded icons/images from my mail app..
i was having issues with gallery not displaying thumbs & even wouldn't open some files. i ended up looking for an alternative and found this:
QuickPic
it is working well and you can specify folders to include/exclude.
Thanks - just downloaded this as well. Should work until someone can find a fix to the .nomedia thing..
Does anyone know what the Scrapbook Photos folder is? I think it may have come from picasa or G+.. but mine is empty and cannot be deleted in the regular gallery.
after putting the .nomedia, try rebooting, or downloading "sdrescan" from the market (free). the android media scanner indexes your files, but its often slow and doesn't update unless the camera puts something there. chances are it just hadn't known there was a .nomedia sucks, they'll probably have a fix eventually
cancerouspete said:
after putting the .nomedia, try rebooting, or downloading "sdrescan" from the market (free). the android media scanner indexes your files, but its often slow and doesn't update unless the camera puts something there. chances are it just hadn't known there was a .nomedia sucks, they'll probably have a fix eventually
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Unfortunately it seems that there are certain folders where .nomedia will never work. So far I've found this with the downloads folder. No amount of rescanning or rebooting will stop images in the downloads folder appearing in the gallery.
I found that creating a subfolder with a dot in front of it (ie, .stuff) inside the download folder, moving the images into this folder, then rescanning will work.
you guys are honestly just unlucky. .nomedia works perfect for me. i even have a .nomedia file in my music folder and it works.
neok44 said:
you guys are honestly just unlucky. .nomedia works perfect for me. i even have a .nomedia file in my music folder and it works.
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Which application did you use ?
Cheers~
The .nomedia method works for me too in the Gallery app.
no media does not work for me and its extremely frustrating...bump.
sluflyer06 said:
no media does not work for me and its extremely frustrating...bump.
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After trying many solutions , finally this one is working for me : https://market.android.com/details?id=com.theronrogers.vaultyfree&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS50aGVyb25yb2dlcnMudmF1bHR5ZnJlZSJd
Good luck !
Cheers~
tossero said:
After trying many solutions , finally this one is working for me : https://market.android.com/details?id=com.theronrogers.vaultyfree&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS50aGVyb25yb2dlcnMudmF1bHR5ZnJlZSJd
Good luck !
Cheers~
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It looked to me like Vaulty physically moves the selected files to a folder and renames them so they're 'protected' because when i tried it out (it did work) but the location where the files were was not empty in root explorer.
voxigenboy said:
i was having issues with gallery not displaying thumbs & even wouldn't open some files. i ended up looking for an alternative and found this:
QuickPic
it is working well and you can specify folders to include/exclude.
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Been using this for a bit now. Seems to work really well.
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I second QuickPic. I used to use it on my HTC Magic because it was too slow for the 3D galley and I've used it ever since. Very efficient, fast, and allows you to zoom in to 100%.
Why don't you guys just put a dot in front of whatever filer its in? So like if the folder was "Pix" then make it ".Pix"....
nomedia is working for me too
It seems that Gallery mostly respects hidden (.foldername) folders and the .nomedia flag, but some process is alerting the Gallery to new folders and files as they are created, and that process does NOT respect hidden folders or .nomedia.
If you believe your problem is solved with the nomedia app, I suggest you move a photo into your hidden and/or .nomedia-ed folder and see if Gallery does not show it afterwards.
The only workaround that I have found is to Force Stop the system app called "Media Storage", clear it's cache and reboot. When media storage runs again at startup you'll find .nomedia and hidden folders are treated correctly (i.e. ignored) again. Beware though, my ringtone and notification tones were reset and I suspect it was a side-effect of doing this.
Hi!
I want to hide my whatsapp media file from stock gallery app.
I did try the .nomedia file by placing it in the whatsapp folder and it hided the pics
but as soon as I receive any new pic, its starts showing in the gallery.
Can anybody please help to resolve this issue.
imblfmstr said:
Hi!
I want to hide my whatsapp media file from stock gallery app.
I did try the .nomedia file by placing it in the whatsapp folder and it hided the pics
but as soon as I receive any new pic, its starts showing in the gallery.
Can anybody please help to resolve this issue.
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I have exactly the same problem. I didn't figure it out too. You have to delete and re-create the .nomedia file every time you want to hide the recently received pictures.
underlines said:
I have exactly the same problem. I didn't figure it out too. You have to delete and re-create the .nomedia file every time you want to hide the recently received pictures.
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never try it with whatsapp yet, but this apps "storage analyzer" free from play store, can do the hide thingy from gallery n it's work with my games folder that sometimes the picts came out in the gallery. but now the problem solve. :laugh:
To hide it, search for this app
Audio manager/hide it pro
This app is 2 in 1
U can manage all ur audio and also hide app,vids,pics and so on
Its a great app and have been using for a long time now
Heres the link :
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.smartanuj.hideitpro
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imrhay said:
To hide it, search for this app
Audio manager/hide it pro
This app is 2 in 1
U can manage all ur audio and also hide app,vids,pics and so on
Its a great app and have been using for a long time now
Heres the link :
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.smartanuj.hideitpro
Sent from the undoubtedly best phone on earth, the Samsung Note II
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Buddy, Hide it pro takes a long time to hide pics & videos and also work on folders which are fixed
whatsapp folder keeps on updating, hence it doesn't work good here.
I read somewhere its an issue with note gallery app
Download es file explorer.
Then go into WhatsApp folder. Then click new file. Name it .nomedia
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Go to the WhatsApp Images folder. Now create a new file inside this folder and name it .nomedia (Click + New icon and then select new file)
Similarly, create the .nomedia file in WhatsApp Video folder to hide it from Gallery.
Now open up the gallery and it won’t show your WhatsApp stuff anymore!
Only one way is to rename whatsapp media folder with ".media".
But by doing this, whatsapp create new media folder when you download a new file.
I got solution to solve this using tasker.
I have tried hiding apps, .nomedia file. But all will not work.
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.nomedia in my case don't work..
Quickpic has the option to put the nomedia file automatically, try it
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as easy as 123.
1-ES File Explorer
2-Hold the folder
3-Hide
now it is hidden from ES and Gallery only.
whenever you wanna browse it just use other browsers OR settings>hidden files.
not sure exactly where :S
but in this case whatsapp recognize the folder correctly?
No
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but in this case whatsapp recognize the folder correctly?
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Yes, only the gallery would miss it and ES. I use this all the time. Whatsapp can't find it when you hit upload from gallery. but it will be able to put files inside because the Directory isn't hidden.
Download audio manager . Has built in picture video and app hider that works perfect. Plus has awesome volume contols
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1.copy sdcard/whtsapp/Profile pictures to sdcard/whtsapp/media
2. Now delete sdcard/whtsapp/media/Whtsapp Images folder
3. Rename the folder sdcard/whtsapp/media/Profile Pictures TO sdcard/whtsapp/media/Whtsapp Images
suael said:
1.copy sdcard/whtsapp/Profile pictures to sdcard/whtsapp/media
2. Now delete sdcard/whtsapp/media/Whtsapp Images folder
3. Rename the folder sdcard/whtsapp/media/Profile Pictures TO sdcard/whtsapp/media/Whtsapp Images
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Tested not working. It requires reboot every time after downloading image. As this is using .nomedia file.
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Tested not working. It requires reboot every time after downloading image. As this is using .nomedia file.
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did u do exactly as wht i said..not just copying nomediafile....am able hide medias successfully
Yes done exactly same. But after downlaoding new media. It appears in galleries.
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You can use the "WhatsApp Media Gallery" app to manage all the media from WhatsApp. Just like android gallery, but with an added feature to hide them.