So, the amazonmp3 app does manage to get its downloads added to the
library immediately (even 2.2); so it must be doable. Sorry to bump
this again, but this is still driving me crazy. Anyone have any ideas
or know how that amazonmp3 interacts with the media scanner?
On Jul 7, 8:58 pm, jdeslip <jdes...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I tried with the new API:
>
> MediaScannerConnection.scanFile(EMD.context,names,types,null);
>
> ...and it still does not add the files to the music library. Is media
> scanning just broken in Android 2.2??? The files are actually added
> to my library if I restart the phone or unmount/mount the sdcard. But
> in 2.1 and below, they are added to the music library immediately
> using the above code.
>
> Anyone got any ideas/suggestions?
>
> On Jul 7, 4:55 pm, jdeslip <jdes...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > I have develop and app that downloads music files and should add them
> > to the music library. I use the following class to do this:
>
> > public class MediaScannerNotifier implements
> > MediaScannerConnectionClient {
>
> > private Context mContext;
> > private MediaScannerConnection mConnection;
> > private String mPath;
> > private String mMimeType;
>
> > public MediaScannerNotifier(Context context, String path, String
> > mimeType) {
> > mContext = context;
> > mPath = path;
> > mMimeType = mimeType;
> > mConnection = new MediaScannerConnection(context, this);
> > mConnection.connect();
> > }
>
> > public void onMediaScannerConnected() {
> > Log.e("SCANNER","SCAN CONNECTED");
> > mConnection.scanFile(mPath, mMimeType);
> > }
>
> > public void onScanCompleted(String path, Uri uri) {
> > Log.e("SCANNER","SCAN COMPLETED "+path+" "+uri);
> > mConnection.disconnect();
> > mContext = null;
> > }
>
> > }
>
> > Everything works ok with android 2.1 and below. But, in android 2.2,
> > the media files do not get added to my music library. :( I know there
> > were some changes in froyo API for music scanning, but I am unsure why
> > the above no longer works.
>
> > By the way, everything seems to scan fine - i.e. I get ok log messages
> > - E/SCANNER ( 339): SCAN COMPLETED /sdcard/EMusic/Josh Woodward/
> > Breadcrumbs/TheVoices.mp3 content://media/internal/audio/media/4
>
> > Any idea on what to change to make media scanning work again in froyo?
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