A negative confirmation is better than nothing, so thanks for that. At least I don't have to try any more variations of the scanner code.
On Tuesday, December 29, 2015 at 12:17:23 AM UTC-8, gjs wrote: > > Hi, > > I don't think you'll get the confirmation you are seeking, but here's what > I think is currently happening. > > (1) The (Google) Gallery app is no more, now being replaced by the > (Google) Photos app. > > (2) Currently the (Google) Photos app appears to ignore the > MediaScannerConnection calls and / or does not query the associated Media > repository (/database) where media metadata is cataloged nor listen or act > on any associated Content Providers etc. > > (3) The (Google) Photos app currently seems heavily invested in using > (Google) cloud storage to backup and sync all your photos from all your > devices mobile & desktop. From some tests undertaken just now I've found > that photos from third party app won't show up in the (Google) Photos app > unless you explicitly turn on sync'ing and backup (via its settings) > and explicitly select your third party app media folder(s). You > won't necessarily see photos taken very recently (with 3rd party app) in > the main photo view and you might see these in the Device Folders view (on > some devices), eg: I can see a recent photo taken on a Nexus 6P, but I > can't yet on an Xperia Z5. > > (4) The (Google) Photos app is overly ambitious(?) with many moving parts, > seeking to do all sorts of things, grouping stories, show what you were > doing on this day in previous years etc etc etc, but can't get the basics > to work *reliably* such as show all photos on the device, sharing & getting > sync'ing to work consistently, (unless perhaps you only use the default > camera app). On the Xperia Z5 sharing a photos currently crashes > the (Google) Photos app... The help suggests things like turning off > syncing and turning it back on again when it's not working... > > (5) Google has a habit of consistently changing the Photos apps every few > months or so both on mobile and on the web, so what might work now it bound > to change and be broken again in future. > > (6) If you want to be certain that photos, videos captured with you app > are present on the device then you need to provide you own viewer activity > of some sort as previously suggest, or else be willing to help your users > get the (Google) Photos app configured to find photos, video created with > your app and be ready to do that all over again with next the (Google) > Photo app updates. > > Regards > > > On Tuesday, December 29, 2015 at 6:37:32 AM UTC+11, David Karr wrote: >> >> I'm still hoping to get some help with this. I've made no progress on >> this. >> >> I've yet to get any confirmation that something like this can even do >> what I think it's supposed to do, which is make videos recorded by a custom >> app be visible by the "Photos" or "Gallery" app, as if they were recorded >> by the stock app. What I've read implies that this will happen, but I've >> yet to have this confirmed. >> >> The versions of this that I've tried both call the "completed" callback >> (except for the simple "sendBroadcast" variation), but that's the only >> indication I get that the process did anything. Despite the "completed" >> callback being called, the recorded videos are never visible in the >> "Photos" or "Gallery" app. >> >> On Saturday, December 19, 2015 at 9:58:02 AM UTC-8, David Karr wrote: >>> >>> Because I can't bring up the stock camera app with just a video >>> record/stop button (I'm using a remote bluetooth button to start/stop >>> recording), I've written a custom app that just displays the camera preview >>> and a video record/stop button. >>> >>> Despite the fact that this is a custom app, as much as possible I'd like >>> to store the videos as if they were taken with the stock app. This at >>> least means storing them in the same place, with a consistent naming and >>> metadata scheme. I might consider having custom preferences in the app, >>> but for now I'd just like to retrieve properties that will tell me where >>> the stock camera app will store videos, along with any other configuration >>> that should describe how I store the videos. >>> >>> How can I get this information within my custom app? >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/android-developers. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/android-developers/997d84fa-9d06-4bab-a7ac-8b050d3d9ccc%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
