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Writing my game in libgdx, I arrived at the point when I need to save the player stats and the info of the levels. However, in libgdx it's not allowed to write the file inside folder of the application, only external (on the SD) is allowed. The point is that I don't want the file to be seen by anyone, or if they can see it, how can I convert it to a binary file so it's not human readable? I just want to hide the file.

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Libgdx has built in decoding and encoding functionality. Gustavo Steigert has written a nice article about this on his blog: http://steigert.blogspot.be/2012/03/5-libgdx-tutorial-files.html. Scroll down a bit to the section "2. Persist Profile operation".

In this blogpost, he explains that by using the class com.badlogic.gdx.utils.Base64Coder you can encode and decode files in the Base64-format. Leaving the unreadable and unmodifiable for end users.

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While better than plaintext base64 is visually recognisable and web based en/decoding tools are a search away. – Kelly Thomas Apr 16 at 20:53
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Again, try asking here..

http://www.badlogicgames.com/forum/

Basically, you may want to read up on how Android handles directories in your app. There is a file handle class in libgdx that should work for you. If you just want it saved in a protected place, use the internal process and it should be local to your app directory and not visible. It doesn't have to be on an sd card. Read the android docs and ask on the badlogic forum if you still need help and don't get any answers here

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libgdx doesnt let you write files internally, i resolved it making a callback to a method in Android, because Android can write it. Thanks – Rudy_TM Feb 17 '12 at 15:16
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Read this badlogicgames.com/wordpress/?p=2305 I believe it could be what you need. – arielsan Mar 19 '12 at 2:55
@Rudy_TM please add your comment as an answer and select it as the accepted answer so other people who read this later can clearly see it. – ashes999 Apr 2 '12 at 10:57
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I resolved it with callbacks, with that I can use Android methods, that way I can write to the internal memory.

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You should show what what callbacks you used. It'll be more useful for future visitors. – Byte56 Apr 2 '12 at 19:54
Does the Internal file type not solve your problem? code.google.com/p/libgdx/wiki/FileModule – Rubber Mallet Apr 2 '12 at 20:08
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You actually shouldn't use callbacks unless you don't want to use latest LibGDX... "local" files have been added as mentioned on blog to allow saving to private app directory – XiaoChuan Yu Apr 3 '12 at 0:14
I didnt know, i did the code like 2 months ago :/ i will change it :) thaks – Rudy_TM Apr 3 '12 at 20:46
@RubberMallet no, that doesnt do the trick, because it only reads, it doesnt write, see the part of the blog that put XiaoChuan Yu, thats the new stuff for files (its of type local) :) – Rudy_TM Apr 3 '12 at 20:49
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