Right. So part of the question is whether the OP wants the file protected/hidden on the phone or when viewed with a PC. (And a rhetorical question: Does viewing the SD from a PC while plugged into the phone function the same as viewing the SD while plugged directly into a PC?)
On Oct 6, 11:04 am, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 11:59 AM, DanH <[email protected]> wrote: > > You can set FAT files "hidden", but I don't know if Android has an > > interface to do it. > > You can use the Linux dot-prefix trick, but that's not particularly > hidden. Besides, the SD card can be removed and put on other devices, > where the dot-prefix trick does not hold. > > AFAIK, Linux does not honor the FAT32 hidden bit. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons > Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://github.com/commonsguyhttp://commonsware.com/blog|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > _Android Programming Tutorials_ Version 3.0.1 Available! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
