I have a Samsung Galaxy A10e, and I managed to download an mp3 file that I want to play frequently. It currently resides in my Downloads folder (Audio subdirectory). I am able to select it, and then I can click on the Move or Copy options down at the bottom--but how do I actually move it? I want to put it on the second page of my home page, instead of making me drill down and find the Audio folder inside the downloads folder. How can I copy or move it, so that it is on the second page of my home screen?
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How to move a downloaded mp3 file within phone
- Thread starter paulri
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Your homescreen is a virtual location, that you can store app icons, actual files cannot reside there. You can however, add your media player icon to the homescreen, and play from it.
You know, that idea occurred to me after I posted my question (happens quite often, unfortunately). Thanks, I think I'll do just that.
Quoted for truth. In fact android is completely unlike Windows in this respect: there is no Desktop folder you physically put things in, and indeed the desktops are created by an app called a launcher (so if you install more than one launcher each one, when you run it, will produce its own set of desktops with different things on them).
However, if it's a specific music file you wish to play you should be able to put a shortcut to that on your homescreen: using a file manager find the file, long press to select and look for an option to create a shortcut. You can then put the shortcut where you want it. Click on it and it will probably ask which app you want to open it with: choose the app, tell it to always use that, and job done.