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iPhone OS4 like folders for android

hi all,
The new iPhone has real cool folders that show which apps are in that folder (max of 9). Does anyone know if that is possible on android? would be cool to be able to enable that...

Seriously? They're right there when you hold your finger on the screen. This article is six months old, but I think everything is still the same.

Jezzz guys. I realy love me nexus and android. The fact that I like a certain feature on a different platform shouldn't discredit me...... I just like the fact that on my home screen I am able to see what is in the different folders I have withou having to open the folder or use morw than one icon place.....
Please open your mind.
On topic, the link doens't help me as that just explains how to get a folder and fill it. That part I understand. Now how to have it filled with smaller icons that show what is in that folder?
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For modifying the "regular" folders to do that, you need the code in the system framework.
There might be such option made in programs like Folder Organizer (which aren't "real" folders), but I'm not aware of any.

fubaya said:
Seriously? They're right there when you hold your finger on the screen. This article is six months old, but I think everything is still the same.
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Yes, but the iPhone 4 OS folder you touch it, and it slides down and you can see the apps on the main screeen without having to go back/forth. I think that is what he is really looking for and is a useful feature.

If you look through the market you'll find some "widgets" that basically scale down the icons and allow you to put four shortcuts in the place of one regular sized shortcut.
I don't recall the name of it at the moment.

I guess some people can't read nor can they name their folders.
They have to look at pretty little colorful pictures to show them what's in the folder. I gotta admit though, the iPhone folders are VERY cool.

JCopernicus said:
If you look through the market you'll find some "widgets" that basically scale down the icons and allow you to put four shortcuts in the place of one regular sized shortcut.
I don't recall the name of it at the moment.
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more icons widget?

Get Apps Organizer. No preview, but crazy cool looking icons.

Flash sense ROM you'll have folders.
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MaximReapage said:
Get Apps Organizer. No preview, but crazy cool looking icons.
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apps organizer is fantastic.
make a 'group', drop it to your screen 1 2 or 3, make another group, do the same, then use them like 'intarweb' and 'communicate', or 'games' and it really makes selecting frequented applications a breeze.
i have 'phone' grouped with: gvoice, phone, sms
interweb: browser, gmail, email (3 accounts), facebook etc
money: craigslist, bank checks, check scanner, paypal, ebay, etc
it really makes the phone a breeze to use, even with tons of applications installed.

Lol it's funny how many people here hate the iPhone. Anyway, check out RomoApps "App Bar Widgets" at romoapps.com

Now that is what i was looking for! very slick and very good. Glad someone is willing to look beyond the flamewars!
Downloaded it and it is definitely a keeper! Thanks!
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I believe the MIUI ROM does this.

gibosn6594 said:
I believe the MIUI ROM does this.
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Miui I can vouch for doing it, and I love the rom =D if ya want it here's the link. If you like apple's UI, check it out for sure.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=789566
N1 running psfreedom recovery and MIUI! sent via XDA app =D

just found the solution, and apparently it was on my nexus the whole time. Add a new folder in folder organiser, and change the icon to: show items in icon.
voila, Iphone like folders. only thing missing is drag and drop into the folders, but personally think the way you have an overview in folder organiser is way better anyway. central place to manage the labels, and exportable to the sd card, so a perfect way to back up the settings, and labels!

pwvandeursen said:
just found the solution, and apparently it was on my nexus the whole time. Add a new folder in folder organiser, and change the icon to: show items in icon.
voila, Iphone like folders. only thing missing is drag and drop into the folders, but personally think the way you have an overview in folder organiser is way better anyway. central place to manage the labels, and exportable to the sd card, so a perfect way to back up the settings, and labels!
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This included in android? Where are you finding the option to change the icon to "show items in icon"? Or is this a third party app?

Unnecessary / hateful posts removed.
There's no need for this here. We're all intelligent people who have the right to prefer certain aspects of other operating systems, even though we may not all agree on the same things.

sprke said:
This included in android? Where are you finding the option to change the icon to "show items in icon"? Or is this a third party app?
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+1, only options I'm familiar with are the add folder and rename folder options...

conwick3 said:
+1, only options I'm familiar with are the add folder and rename folder options...
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Open Folder Organizer, select "labels", hit the arrow on the right of the icon you want to change, hit "icon", select option "show items in icon".

[Q] where are s memo lite images stored?

When you press the stylus button and double-tap the screen, s memo lite pops up and you can record a note. Does anyone know where the note is stored once saved? It never appears in my gallery, and I cannot find any of them!

/sdcard/Application/SMemo/switcher

Thanks for that!

They are in PNG format, and so do not show up in the Gallery. I can't see any way to open them form anywhere but a file manager, either. Seems like a but of a stuff up generally.
I'll put it under Sugarsync control so I don't lose them, but it would be nice to have proper access.

jeromepearce said:
They are in PNG format, and so do not show up in the Gallery. I can't see any way to open them form anywhere but a file manager, either. Seems like a but of a stuff up generally.
I'll put it under Sugarsync control so I don't lose them, but it would be nice to have proper access.
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Gallery handles PNGs fine. What's stopping them from showing by default is an empty marker file called /mnt/sdcard/Application/SMemo/switcher/.nomedia - delete that and they'll show up.

edanfalls said:
Gallery handles PNGs fine. What's stopping them from showing by default is an empty marker file called /mnt/sdcard/Application/SMemo/switcher/.nomedia - delete that and they'll show up.
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cheers the best tip i've had in ages if not ever.

I did look for that, but on reading your post I looked harder and realised I had not displayed hidden files.
Thanks!
Now working as desired? I still think it's a stuff-up as they should want these accessible in some way after saving.

Dropbox glitch

Anyone know how come my dropbox web access on tablet hides first line of files or folders? Also how do you move the files from one folder to the other with the android app?
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Mellowmark said:
Anyone know how come my dropbox web access on tablet hides first line of files or folders? Also how do you move the files from one folder to the other with the android app?
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Hi I don't know why you're missing the first line unless it is to do with font size I have mine set to large and do get an overlap on some websites/apps .
Regarding moving files the only way I have been able to do it is by creating a new folder in dropbox and re-uploading the files to a specific folder I have created. Which is a bit long winded but doesn't really take to long if the files aren't to large.
Sorry I don't have anything more positive.

Mellowmark said:
Anyone know how come my dropbox web access on tablet hides first line of files or folders? Also how do you move the files from one folder to the other with the android app?
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I would seem that dropbox has addressed this problem with its latest update. All you do now is a long press on a file you wish to move, this will for want of a better word put it into edit mode all then do is put a tick in the box next to the file and any others you want to move and click on the send icon in the top right hand corner ( third one in ). This then brings up a menu asking where to send it ,just select any existing folder or create one before hand. The second icon in ,which looks like a couple of sheets of paper will copy your file/files to another folder without moving them .
I assume this is new as haven't noticed it before !!
Hope this solves your problem.

[Q] Sony Album App/Gallery

Evening all..
So I've had a quick look through the forums, and not really seeing much about this...
I'm finding that the stock album/gallery app, although brilliant, is really annoying me! When you load the app, it shows the "Pictures" tab.. which appears to be ALL images it finds on the device (regardless of '.nomedia' files exising) The thing I'm finding the most annoying about this, is if I send someone a photo on whatsapp, or they send me one, it shows in this pictures tab. So If I take a picture, then send it to someone, it shows up as a duplicate image. A bit frustrating because I like the app!
Has anyone found a way of making it respect .nomedia files? Coming from CM10.1 on my old phone, so used to seeing it all in different folders.. can't remember if they were hidden before or not..
Thanks!

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+1 , or someone can mod it? ;D

Bump!
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+1 there should be an option to select which foldes are displayed in the album.
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maverick1103 said:
+1 there should be an option to select which foldes are displayed in the album.
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Yeah, I was thinking about where I would store white/blacklists for media if I would be ignoring the tools that have been given to me by Android OS (given the fact that they are ignoring the .nomedia files). As my phone is not rooted I am not able to explore the sqlite databases, but maybe someone with a rooted phone could have a look? It's a long shot, but it's worth trying . I'll be rooting my phone as soon as it's possible without unlocking the BL (and I know I might be waiting for a loooooong while, but it happened with the Motorola RAZR, so I figured as this device is officially unlockable developers might be able to find an exploit sooner?).

adzjwarner said:
Evening all..
So I've had a quick look through the forums, and not really seeing much about this...
I'm finding that the stock album/gallery app, although brilliant, is really annoying me! When you load the app, it shows the "Pictures" tab.. which appears to be ALL images it finds on the device (regardless of '.nomedia' files exising) The thing I'm finding the most annoying about this, is if I send someone a photo on whatsapp, or they send me one, it shows in this pictures tab. So If I take a picture, then send it to someone, it shows up as a duplicate image. A bit frustrating because I like the app!
Has anyone found a way of making it respect .nomedia files? Coming from CM10.1 on my old phone, so used to seeing it all in different folders.. can't remember if they were hidden before or not..
Thanks!
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There is. Nomedia file in demo video folder try that file out.
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TechGuru_x10 said:
There is. Nomedia file in demo video folder try that file out.
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First thing I tried, thought maybe I was making the .nomedia file incorrectly. No dice i'm afraid!

.nomedia should work, but it might take a while before the media library does a full rescan. Reboot the phone, connect it to PC and move a file to it, ... Those things could trigger it.

Ambroos said:
.nomedia should work, but it might take a while before the media library does a full rescan. Reboot the phone, connect it to PC and move a file to it, ... Those things could trigger it.
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Nomedia works until you add another photo to that folder
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the same thing is annoying me!! i came from s3 and i was using a custom rom with i don't know which album type... i've been looking all over the place for a solution or a way of porting the album from another rom or the phone!! is there any?

I also like the Album application and wish it gets "fixed"
Sony disregarding the ".nomedia" files is weird, since its android's standard way of dealing with media, although the ".nomedia" files are a really bad solution in itself since they provide no configuration options: Either you have media scanned or not (I hate having album covers appearing mixed up with my photos in the gallery, but cannot add a ".nomedia" file since that would make the system not find my music). Adding files with a specific key name in a folder manually is not a user friendly way of managing what folders to scan.
I always wondered why Android does not provide a system level interface to define what media to scan and where.
PS: The N900 provided a file where the scan paths and supported file types could be configured. I feel like android gave a step back in this regard comparing to maemo/meego.

Have you guys find out any way to hide images from Sony album app..?

hijagdeep said:
Have you guys find out any way to hide images from Sony album app..?
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If you have a folder with pics which you don't wanna see in album app:
create a text file on PC with name .nomedia without content (nothing before the point!). Then move the text file in to this folder.
Hmm or is this only for songs??!^^ you have to try
You can also use apps to hide pics or videos like keepsafe or something.

gripfly said:
If you have a folder with pics which you don't wanna see in album app:
create a text file on PC with name .nomedia without content (nothing before the point!). Then move the text file in to this folder.
Hmm or is this only for songs??!^^ you have to try
You can also use apps to hide pics or videos like keepsafe or something.
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This .nomedia method works till we add new picture to that folder..
After that , new image copied to that folder, shows in album app..
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hijagdeep said:
This .nomedia method works till we add new picture to that folder..
After that , new image copied to that folder, shows in album app..
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Aha, ok.
And then you have to delete .nomedia and take it again in? Or doesn't will hide again?
And when you restart?

We have to clear cache of album and media storage everytime to hide images in album app

Ok.. Thx for trying. Then the only thing which we can use is an app..
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Yr, someone pls get the solution of this....
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This super annoys me to. In fact a couple of things annoy me with the app.
Here is my wish list for the Sony Album app.
1. That upon opening, it should start with the "My Albums" tab
2. That there be an option to sort photos other than date.
3. That when I want to select a wallpaper form my album app right from the home screen, I am not bombarded with the whole long list of 5000 photos. It should present me with folders to choose from.
4. If it wants to stick to displaying the "Pictures" tab as default upon opening, it should at least start with displaying only the camera album. Then a small shortcuts to enter all folders at once.
5. If it wants to stick to sorting only by date, it should at least follow the exif data of pictures. Sometimes after flashing a new ROM, I find my taken pictures in wrong orders. Most recent at the bottom and old ones at the top.
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How do you access the clipboard to paste?

I've noticed that clipboard comes up sometimes when you want to copy text, but how do I open up the clipboard to paste various things that have been saved? Usually in a text field, Ill only get to paste the last thing copied. Do I need the pen out or something?

It's a virtual place, not really an app to open. And it just stores the last thing that was copied/cut.
Edit: If you long press in a text field, an option for the clipboard is available.

spinkick said:
I've noticed that clipboard comes up sometimes when you want to copy text, but how do I open up the clipboard to paste various things that have been saved? Usually in a text field, Ill only get to paste the last thing copied. Do I need the pen out or something?
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I have the same question

On the sprint note 5 make the keyboard pop-up. Hold down on the microphone button (next to space bar ) you get several options, the middle option is the clipboard. Using samsung keyboard hope this helps a little
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mikejones13 said:
On the sprint note 5 make the keyboard pop-up. Hold down on the microphone button (next to space bar ) you get several options, the middle option is the clipboard. Using samsung keyboard hope this helps a little
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Anyway to do it when using a 3rd party keyboard?

How to lock a file or text on clipboard so it won't be deleted as long as I lock it. I have this feature on my galaxy Note 2, but I can't find the option to lock a file in clipboard option. With Note 5 now I can't save the copied text from a week ago or so.

I have thi wierd clipboard issue. Currently just with gmail app. Ill post the screenshots.
I can access the clipboard when im in 'To' and 'subject' section, but not when in 'compose email' section. Any help on that? I previously have been using clipboard in compose email section too but not since last 2 days.

Ever figure out this issue
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How to lock a file or text on clipboard so it won't be deleted as long as I lock it. I have this feature on my galaxy Note 2, but I can't find the option to lock a file in clipboard option. With Note 5 now I can't save the copied text from a week ago or so.
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Ever resolve this? I'm coming from a samsung galaxy s5 sane OS and it seems on my note 4 I have no ability to save anything in my clipboard. Any help would be great. Thx