How to get all video files in specific folder in android phone external storage?

Question

I create a method that upload and save the video in "/download" folder in external storage in the android phone, if i use MediaStore.Video.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI all video files will be included, i want to know how to get the exact path of the "/download" folder in the phone storage?

because if i use this

private static final Uri sourceUri = MediaStore.Video.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI;

videoCursorTitle = getContentResolver().query(sourceUri, projection,
                null, null, orderByTITLE);

if i use that it gets all the video from the external storage, how to get video in a specific folder? folder name is "/download"

[Here](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20007342/how-to-get-list-of-video-files-in-a-specific-folder-in-android) is a answer to get video files in a specific folder. — JK Park, Mar 12 '14 at 06:39

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 12 '14 at 06:36

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 String selection=MediaStore.Video.Media.DATA +" like?";
            String[] selectionArgs=new String[]{"%FolderName%"};
            videocursor = managedQuery(MediaStore.Video.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI,
                    parameters, selection, selectionArgs, MediaStore.Video.Media.DATE_TAKEN + " DESC");

answered Mar 12 '14 at 06:36

Bhanu Sharma

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what does "%" foldername do? – Piolo Opaw Mar 12 '14 at 06:39
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% check the specific folder name which u will pass – Bhanu Sharma Mar 12 '14 at 06:43
just use this it will give u as u want – Bhanu Sharma Mar 12 '14 at 06:44
what does "?" do in the selection? i read ? is used to follow guidelines, but i dont get it, what does it really do? – Piolo Opaw Mar 12 '14 at 06:47
Is this method give u as u want in that folder dude – Bhanu Sharma Mar 12 '14 at 06:49
i tried your codes but it also include other videos from other folder outside of "download" folder – Piolo Opaw Mar 12 '14 at 06:50
just try without % once – Bhanu Sharma Mar 12 '14 at 06:54
bro i delete last % "%download" same result, btw my folder is in "mnt/sdcard/download" at KSfilemanager in my settings – Piolo Opaw Mar 12 '14 at 06:57
omg it work hahahhahahah i forget to put the selection and selectionArgs in the query thats why its not apearring hahahahha tnx bro you help me – Piolo Opaw Mar 12 '14 at 06:59
bro this is the info of the "?" in the selection Use question mark parameter markers such as 'phone=?' instead of explicit values in the selection parameter, so that queries that differ only by those values will be recognized as the same for caching purposes. what does it means? – Piolo Opaw Mar 12 '14 at 07:04
i know % means "specific" in my starting i just read once so i just apply this here and i think it works fantastic – Bhanu Sharma Mar 12 '14 at 07:07
i cant find the one right sign, where is it located? – Piolo Opaw Mar 12 '14 at 07:32
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This code is not working for me getting count `0` if folder programmatically created – Sagar Feb 22 '18 at 17:29
Do one thing 1.Refresh your audio items 2. May be that format of song your android is not tasking in this category. Other wise code is running at my side – Bhanu Sharma Feb 23 '18 at 06:51

How to get all video files in specific folder in android phone external storage?

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