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What version are you using? We have launched Imagevue X2.8 beta which has a dedicated mobile version for android that doesnt allow downloading like that. You can download it from the thread in the link above, although I would recommend waiting for final release later this week.

Also, just for your information, imagebuttons or right-click only apply for the flash gallery. The settings for the mobile gallery are limited, and they can be found under the mobile tab in your settings. Just like the html gallery, we have limited control over what the visitor can do when they access your photos from a mobile device.

The original topic is about having image buttons and right-click available for the mobile version ... Not about disabling it, or disabling image access.

I am sorry to tell you this, but it is not possible to block downloading of images, because the features you mention are native to the device and browser. At best, we could perhaps integrate some kinda javascript that might prevent right-click in some devices. However, as we have pointed out earlier, as long as you are making your images public, they can be downloaded, regardless. Why bother protecting web-size images anyway? They can't be used for much, and as long as they are made available, they are easily accessible for anyone with a little knowledge.

Ok, you got some valid points ... We would definitely be willing to add some optional road-blocks to prevent an average visitor from downloading images, or put them off the idea. There are a few hazards though ... First of all though, let me quote what has been said in a general discussion of the topic:

James Bruce wrote:Disabling right-click is one very good way to seriously piss off your users. Not only does it prevent right-click -> save image, it also prevents right click-> anything.

Ref.: http://www.makeuseof.com/answers/preven ... e-webpage/

The topic above is generally for desktop browsers, but I think for mobile devices, you are pushing it even further. People are used to having their context menu appear somehow in a webpage, and here we are gonna take the liberty to just entirely block it.

Furthermore, it is a technical challenge, because general javascript stop-right-click does not generally work for mobile devices, which each have their own proprietary method of blocking the context menu (if possible at all).

It is however possible, and there are also a few other concepts that would add on to make it further difficult to grab any images. We will try to have a basic solution ready for next release, but it would be a few more weeks ...

I did some more research into this, and unfortunately, Android does not have any built-in method for disabling the context menu on long-press. That means, as long as the image loads onto the device, the context menu is there.

On iOS (iphone/iPad) it is already blocked in photo swipe mode ...

Of course, there may be additional minor hacks we can implement to make it more difficult, although they are quite tedious workarounds ... We will keep this in mind for future development.

Just for reference, I don't think you will find any other gallery on the web that prevents image download effectively on Android.