Oh, yeah, something like ACTION_MEDIA_UPDATED would probably be
safer.  Regardless, I'll stick to creating and connecting to an
instance of MediaScannerConnection (probably do something smart like
have a member instance instead of instantiating on demand, etc...).

On Jul 6, 9:56 am, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote:
> Oh, that's really not a good idea. I'm surprised the OS even lets you
> fake that event.
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> On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 9:54 AM, Ab <[email protected]> wrote:
> > This also works:
>
> > sendBroadcast(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MEDIA_MOUNTED,
> > Uri.parse("file://" + Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory())));
>
> > Though this doesn't:
>
> > sendBroadcast(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MEDIA_MOUNTED,
> > Uri.parse("file://" + path)));
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> > On Jul 6, 9:49 am, Ab <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> Thanks, this worked!  I used the below code, is this a smart usage? if
> >> not, could you recommend a better strategy?  (I'd like it to be
> >> compatible with api version 7 and above)
>
> >> //called after writing file, from my activity
> >> if(Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 11)
> >> {
> >>    new SingleMediaScanner(this, path);
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> >> }
>
> >> private class SingleMediaScanner implements
> >> MediaScannerConnectionClient
> >> {
> >>         private MediaScannerConnection mMs;
> >>         private String path;
>
> >>         SingleMediaScanner(Context context, String f)
> >>         {
> >>             mPath = f;
> >>             mMs = new MediaScannerConnection(context, this);
> >>             mMs.connect();
> >>         }
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> >>         @Override
> >>         public void onMediaScannerConnected()
> >>         {
> >>             mMs.scanFile(mFile, null);
> >>         }
>
> >>         @Override
> >>         public void onScanCompleted(String path, Uri uri)
> >>         {
> >>             mMs.disconnect();
> >>         }
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> >> }
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