Currently I have a program that takes pictures and saves them as a jpg on the top level of the sdcard, but its not appearing in the Gallery. Is there something I must do to make it happen?
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You need to call the MediaScanner so that it knows your file exists:
File file; // = your file
String mimetype; // = your file's mimetype. MimeTypeMap may be useful.
MediaScanner.scanFile(getApplicationContext(), new String[]{file.getPath()}, new String[]{mimetype}, null);
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Any example how to use this please? :) – Maurice Jul 13 '11 at 03:48
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Nevermind got it here. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5107823/force-scan-files-after-taking-photo – Maurice Jul 13 '11 at 03:56
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What is `MediaScanner` for God sake?! , it should be `MediaScannerConnection` instead ! – Yahya Apr 06 '18 at 08:33
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It should be something like this: `MediaScannerConnection.scanFile(getContext(), new String[]{file.getPath()}, null, null);` – Yahya Apr 06 '18 at 08:35
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Try this answer. Working for me
context.sendBroadcast(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MEDIA_SCANNER_SCAN_FILE, Uri.fromFile(finalFile)));
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