Newly created image not showing in gallery

Question

I am creating an image (some sort of copy of another gallery image) using API, and the image is not being shown in the gallery.

I know the new file is there because I can see it using adb shell, and it's placed in the same folder as the original one.

I may be wrong, but I recall reading about specifying the type of file you are creating at creation time, but I cannot find it anymore.

Thanks in advance

are you updating your MediaStore? Thats surely the problem. – Raykud Jun 25 '12 at 16:42 — Raykud, Jun 25 '12 at 16:42

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:09

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After you create the file, then try manually notifying the Media Scanner about the file, as per this post.

edited May 23 '17 at 10:09

Community

answered Jun 25 '12 at 16:49

stuckless

great! I used the SingleMediaScanner class and works like a charm. – richardtz Jun 25 '12 at 16:59

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 13 '18 at 11:16

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After adding the file/folder just fire this broadcast.This invokes the Gallery to scan all the media files

sendBroadcast(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MEDIA_SCANNER_SCAN_FILE,<file-path>));

answered Jul 13 '18 at 11:16

Irshad Kumail

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