I'm not sure about the process of removing a file from the database. I suggest looking at the Music Player source - it has an option to delete files from the SD card.
Under what circumstances would files be deleted without mounting and re-mounting the SD card? That sounds like a poorly behaved app. On Feb 17, 6:03 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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, "[email protected]" > > > > <[email protected]> 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 - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
