Sure, emailing files back and forth works, but many users need to have a more consistent, reliable, and easier means to transfer files to and from their Android tablet. Andrew Cheng asked for advice on the best ways to transfer files between his Android phone and his Windows PC. Foxit editor pro. The obvious way is to physically connect the phone to the PC, then drag and drop. To transfer files via Bluetooth, you need to: On both Android devices, turn on 'Bluetooth' from the home screen. Get your Android devices paired to each other. Open the file manager app on the source Android phone to select files for transfer. When it comes to transferring data from old tablet to new tablet, you can depend on Coolmuster Mobile Transfer (or its Mac version). This data transfer tool allows you to transfer all apps, music, photos, videos, documents, etc. Between two Android tablets safely with just 1 click. Transferring files between Android devices is a pretty simple task, with a lot of options available to handle it, based on your device's capabilities and the situation you are in. In this tutorial, we are going to be showing you how to seamlessly send and receive files between Android smartphones and tablets.
Its good idea to create multiple users on your Android tablet If the device used by different users. So each user have its own apps and settings. Specially for kids you must have created a different user and apply restriction to it.When we create different users account on Android Tablet, and want to share files with another user on the same device.
Requirements: Your tablet must have Android 4.2 or later version installed.
File Sharing Between Android Users
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We can share files between users by placing files inside 'obb' folder on Android tablet and don't need to use and storage service like Google Drive or Dropbox, so let's see in detail how to do that without Dropbox or Google Drive.
Suppose you want to share files from your main Android account to another Kids account.
- So, open your main account, from Android apps run the default file explorer app 'My Files'.
- Copy the files that you want to share with another Tablet user (To copy files tap and hold on the file and then select Copy from upper-right corner as shown below).
- Now Navigate to
Device Storage (built-in storage) > Android > obbfolder and tap the Past here button. - Switch to another user (In this example Kids user) from lock-screen of the tablet and open file explorer 'My Files' app. Navigate to
Device Storage (built-in storage) > Android > obbfolder - Here you can see the files that you shared from main user.
I suggest your to move files from obb folder instead of copying, because other users can also access this folder. To read more about Android Multiple users and obb folder please check this link.
Transfer Files Between Android Tablets
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