How to Lock Android Applications so that Others Cannot Open

How to Lock Android Applications so that Others Cannot Open - Indeed smartphones are one of the very private objects for us, which only owners can use and know about their contents.

But sometimes, there are some from friends and relatives who borrow the smartphone that we have for their needs, whether to call, play games or something else.

But what should be wary of is the fad of our friends who sometimes peek at our social media, or even browse the contents of our smartphone media galleries. For those who have no secrets, it really doesn't matter if a friend sees the contents of your smartphone.

But what happens if your smartphone saves some files that are "privacy" that only we as owners can see.

Well , in order to anticipate this, one way that can be done is to lock the application, be it social media applications (Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, etc.) and other applications such as Gallery , or other applications that you consider "vulnerable".


This time, gadget specs will give tips or how to lock the application on a smartphone with the base of the Android operating system to be safe and cannot be opened by others.

How to Lock Applications on an Android Smartphone

1. To lock the application on Android, we need a third party application. There are many application options that can be used, but recode.ID recommends using the App Lock application
2. First download the application through the official market application, Google Play Store and then install.
3. If it is installed perfectly then please open the application to start making settings.
4. After opening, the first thing you have to do is create a security pattern for the application key. Make a pattern if only you can open it, repeat making the pattern once more to confirm.
5. Next, enter your active e-mail address, which is useful for receiving confirmation codes if at any time you forget the pattern.
6. Then it will appear, some list of applications that are on the smartphone that you use that you will lock.
7. How to lock the application you choose is to tap / touch the name of the application in the list.
8. Application permission notification will appear, and make sure you provide access rights for the App Lock application
9. If the padlock logo is green, the application you selected has been locked securely and only you can open it.
10. Finish, and you can exit the application

How, it's quite easy not to lock the application on the android smartphone you are using. To open the application, you only need to enter the pattern that you have made before.

In this way, guaranteed "secrets" you will be safe from the hands of ignorant who try to peek at the contents of the cellphone that you use. Good luck!