Your Android phone can store a lot of data and your private
data as well.For those times your smartphone ends up in foreign hands, having
the ability to keep certain content, such as photos and videos, out of their
sight could be considered essential. Being Linux-based, Android already offers
a primitive, and totally working solution for making certain files and folders
accessible only to a file manager app, and nothing else.
It's not only simple, but it will also spare you from
searching for a file hiding app. There's not a whole lot you need to, so follow
this little guide and be amazed!
The first trick is making a dedicated hidden folder. Just
create a new folder and put a dot in front of its name. It doesn't matter how
you name it, just put a dot before it. This basically tells Android to forget
this folder and never look inside of it. Only file managers and specific system
apps are aware of its existence. This means files hidden inside won't show up
in the gallery, multimedia players, e-mail clients, office editors and the
like.
Important! Make sure to enable viewing of hiding files and folders inside your
File Manager, because you won't be able to reach your files otherwise.
Actually, the hardest part of the whole hiding ordeal is finding a File Manager
you enjoy using. If your phone or tablet doesn't come with one, try ES File Explorer. It's free, fully-featured, supports 30
languages, and it rates really high on Google Play. It has a bit of a learning
curve, but it's a polished app worthy of attention.
