Customers are also reporting behavior where they do not see files from their computer when they do in fact exist.
Are there better references for what the media scanner does than what very very little I have found in documentation. According to previous statements in this group, the media scanner does care about more than just media files, which is not mentioned in the documentation yet. If this invisible file behavior has nothing to do with the media scanner, then please tell me what could be causing it. Nathan On Monday, August 6, 2012 10:17:32 PM UTC-7, Nathan wrote: > > This is something that I found in the documentation. > Hiding your files from the Media Scanner > > Include an empty file named.nomedia in your external files directory > (note the dot prefix in the filename). This will prevent Android's media > scanner from reading your media files and including them in apps like > Gallery or Music. > > --- > > I have files I don't want to see in Gallery or Music. So far so good. > Seems like I would want to include a .nomedia file. > > However, what else does this do? Does it mean it will also NOT show up > when browsed from a computer. > > Why do I ask? I've found some files that are most definitely on storage on > my Galaxy Nexus. They show up in a file explorer app on the device. Not all > of the files show up when I go to My Computer on Windows and Explore > "Galaxy Nexus", I do not see the same number of files. I do not know if it > is because of a .nomedia file one folder up. > > If this has nothing with the media scanner, what could be happening that I > can't see files on the Galaxy Nexus? > > Nathan > > > > -- 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
