Passward or hide

[SoyEli]

Hello:

Is it possible to hide or passward a folder ?
"Not incrypt"

Thank you:

 

[margret]

If you create the folder in:

/data/data/myappname/files

it will be hidden. The only way to access it is with your app. This is the same as creating a folder under:

File.DirInternal

 

[mc73]

If you create the folder in:

/data/data/myappname/files

it will be hidden. The only way to access it is with your app. This is the same as creating a folder under:

File.DirInternal

Even when the phone is rooted? I'm asking this, cause it would be very nice if I could have a db really hidden there.

 

[margret]

O.K. you didn't say rooted in the first post. It looks like on a rooted phone they could get to your data. See This:

android - Can other applications monitor/access my apps internal memory after rooting - Stack Overflow

 

[mc73]

O.K. you didn't say rooted in the first post. It looks like on a rooted phone they could get to your data. See This:

android - Can other applications monitor/access my apps internal memory after rooting - Stack Overflow

I am sorry, margret, I am not the one who wrote this thread. Just from curiosity, because as I've said, it would be quite good to perform such a task

 

[margret]

No problem, if I would learn how to read I would of seen that.

 

[SoyEli]

Thank you for the advise:

"/data/data/myappname/files"

Did not work, I can still see it with "file manager"
Maybe its possible to change the attributes ?, if so how ?
and no, my phone is not rooted.

Droid 2.2

Thank you again:

 

[mc73]

Thank you for the advise:

"/data/data/myappname/files"

Did not work, I can still see it with "file manager"
Maybe its possible to change the attributes ?, if so how ?
and no, my phone is not rooted.

Droid 2.2

Thank you again:

Tried the file.dirInternal as margret suggested?

 

[SoyEli]

The file is to big, 5+ mB

 

[mc73]

The file is to big, 5+ mB

I don't know the size limitation of such folders. Perhaps, then, you might want to try to encrypt the file, thus making opening from an external application, useless?

 

[SoyEli]

Thank you for the reply:

I did that but, after 20 min of waiting for incryption of 5 MB I gave up.

 

[margret]

I would still try what I suggested and see if it works. You can always change it later. 5mb is not to big for the internal folder.

File.MakeDir(File.DirInternal, "mydata")

File.Copy(File.DirAssets, "myfile.txt", "", File.DirInternal & "/mydata/myfile.txt")

If your phone is not rooted this should be hidden. Replace the folder and file names with yours.

 

[SoyEli]

Ok I will try:

Thank you: