On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 2:06 PM, Nathan <[email protected]> wrote:
> Does it create locks on files or folders, where if I am extremely > lucky, my app will come into conflict with it? > No. > Does it delete certain files that it doesn't think the user needs in > order to save space? > No. > Will it choke if it comes across a file that happens to have an > extension that usually means an image/media file but is not actually > decipherable in that format? > No. The media scanner just scans through all of the files on external storage, collecting meta-data about them to populate the media database you so can do queries on them. A crash in the media scanner would be a bug in the media scanner, not in your app. It is possible that if an app makes lots and lots and lots of small files it could have trouble using too much RAM, though I don't know if it has such a problem in any particular release. -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer [email protected] Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
