Designating album cover photo in gallery

[TJS860]

Ive done a bit of research on this topic and it seems that the last photo taken in an album becomes the cover photo by default. I remember once before I was able to alter the date on a photo which I wanted to designate as the cover photo and it worked. Unfortunately a decent amount of time has passed and I cannot remeber which steps I took. I have spent the better part of my entire morning figuring out how I was able to adjust the date on that photo in order to get this to work. If anyone could provide some insight on this topic it would be very helpful.

 

[TJS860]

Over 200 views on this topic and no one has any input as to how to change a date on a picture to make it as a cover photo in the gallery?

 

[dpham00]

You can use the "image date changer" app from the play store

dpham00, Android Central Moderator
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[TJS860]

Thank you dpham00. I appreciate your help. Although I am a bit curious. Im pretty sure that when I changed a date before that an app was not necessary. Did something change possibly during the last update taking that feature away?

 

[dpham00]

I don't know of a way with the stock app.

dpham00, Android Central Moderator
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[Rpd0992]

Figured it out! Open the photo you want to make as the album cover, take a screenshot of it, and then move the screenshot (from the Screenshots album) to your album.

I guess it makes whatever is the newest created file in the album as the album cover, so this seemed to work as a workaround.