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Camera Date Folders

automatically sort or copy photos from camera folder to date related subfolders

Andreas Kromke · de.kromke.andreas.cameradatefolders

Not rated yet 100+ downloads v1.5.1 2.4 MB Android 5.0+ PEGI 3 · Everyone

At a glance

Latest version
v1.5.1 (11)
Updated
May 30, 2025 (1 year ago)
APK size
2.4 MB
Requires
Android 5.0+ (API 21)
CPU support
Any (no native code)
Category
Photography (app)
Listed since
Sep 3, 2022 (at least)
Permissions
3 (2 sensitive)
Website
gitlab.com/AndreasK/camera-date-folders
Developer contact
[email protected]
Privacy
Developer's privacy policy

About this APK

Camera Date Folders is an app by Andreas Kromke in the Photography category, listed since at least September 2022. It has no native code, so it runs on any Android processor.

It asks for 3 permissions, 2 of them sensitive: access all files and modify shared storage.

What's new in v1.5.1

- New Gradle and libraries. - Automatically adapt File Mode to "Manage all files" granted or denied. - Padding reduced between radio buttons in Preferences GUI. - Optionally use compact folder names, e.g. "1965/07" instead of "1965/1965-07".

Description

From the listing uploaded by “ibloomstore”.

While camera devices usually sort photos taken to specific folders on the SD card, Android photo programs do not do so. Instead, thousands of photos are stored in the same directory, usually DCIM/Camera. When the photos are copied via USB to a computer, the transfer often is unstable and timeouts while reading the huge directory. Further, it is difficult to copy newer pictures, e.g. those taken last month. This program creates a folder tree structure and sorts the photos into these folders. As a result, no more than photos taken on one day or month shall be stored in the same directory. As a consequence it it will become trivial to copy a day or month folder from the device to the computer. Even more: Given a Document Provider (like the "CIFS Documents Provider" or some cloud services, but not Google) supporting directories, the application can directly make incremental backups e.g. on a computer in the same LAN. Supported: * One, two or three levels of subfolders. * Daily, monthly or yearly subfolders. * Revert, i.e. all files are moved back from subfolders to main folder (flattening). * Keep photos within camera folder path or specify separate destination directory. * Either move or copy (incremental backup) photos to separate destination directory. * In SAF mode the destination could also be a shared folder on a computer (needs a Document Provider app on the device). * Deselect destination directory by leaving the file selector with the BACK button or set as same as camera folder. * Already sorted photos will be re-sorted when subfolder scheme was changed, also in destination folder (if any). * File names beginning with "yyyymmdd\_". * File names beginning with "PXL\_yyyymmdd_" or "IMG\_yyyymmdd\_". * File name extensions ".jpg", ".jpeg" and ".mp4". * Storage Access Framework used for Android 7 and newer. * Traditional File mode used for Android 4.4, 5 and 6, as SAF does not support file move operations. * Fixed camera path "DCIM/Camera" for Android 4.4 due to lack of file selector. * Traditional File mode can be forced for Android 7 to 10 for higher speed, but due to Android without write permission to SD card. Current Limitations (Yet): * Currently no EXIF metadata are extracted, instead the photo's date must be encoded in the file name. * Only one photo directory is currently supported. * Due to Google's policy, the program is forced to use Google's Storage Access Framework, which is extremely slow. A faster version is technically trivial, but that one would not be allowed to be published in Play Store.

Security & authenticity

Security rating: Unknown

Signing certificate

  • Certificate issued to “fdroid.org” Not the developer's name (“Andreas Kromke”). Names in certificates can't be verified, so this alone proves nothing.

Store checks and file details

  • Developer signature not checked yet May 30, 2025
  • Signed byCN=FDroid, OU=FDroid, O=fdroid.org, L=ORG, ST=ORG, C=UK
  • Signing certificate (SHA-1)33:56:CD:43:AD:4A:93:47:DD:B4:DF:24:2D:02:10:5A:F2:AB:A2:D1
  • File MD5c7b0006909c8b2a636909794c7168a67
  • Uploaded by “ibloomstore” 340 followers · uploading since 2022

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Permissions (3)

Camera Date Folders requests 3 permissions, 2 of them sensitive.

Required hardware & features

Camera Date Folders APK: questions and answers

Can I install this APK over the version I already have?

Only if it is signed with the same certificate as the copy on your phone and isn't an older version. If Android says “App not installed”, the certificates differ; uninstalling your copy first works but deletes its data unless it is backed up.

Is the Camera Date Folders APK safe?

No one can promise that a file is safe, but some things can be checked. The source store rates this file Unknown. After downloading, check that the file's MD5 is c7b0006909c8b2a636909794c7168a67.

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