Thanks, this solves my first problem.
Now what if media files are deleted?
What if I do not know which ones have been deleted?
Is there a way to have it rescan the entire SD card in the
way it must do if the card has been removed and reinserted?
On Feb 14, 2:01 pm, Dave Sparks <davidspa...@android.com> wrote:
> You want something like this in your activity:
>
> import android.media.MediaScannerConnection;
> import
> android.media.MediaScannerConnection.MediaScannerConnectionClient;
>
> private static 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() {
> mConnection.scanFile(mPath, mMimeType);
> }
>
> public void onScanCompleted(String path, Uri uri) {
> // OPTIONAL: scan is complete, this will cause the viewer to
> render it
> try {
> if (uri != null) {
> Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
> intent.setData(uri);
> mContext.startActivity(intent);
> }
> } finally {
> mConnection.disconnect();
> mContext = null;
> }
> }
>
> }
>
> To scan a file, you just create a new MediaScannerNotifier:
>
> new MediaScannerNotifier(path, mimeType);
>
> On Feb 14, 9:45 am, kolby <kolbys...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > You can make an android.media.MediaScannerConnection, connect to it,
> > and provide a client to scan a directory.
>
> > Michael
>
> > On Feb 14, 7:05 am, "info.sktechnol...@gmail.com"
>
> > <info.sktechnol...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > If I progammatically store new media files on the SD card, the
> > > MediaStore does not know about them until I remove and reinsert the SD
> > > card. Is there a way to tell the MediaStore to rescan the SD card
> > > without first unmounting the SD card?- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
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