Refresh Android mediastore using adb

Question

I\'m using adb to sync music on an android phone. Essentially, I rm the existing music directory and push replacement music files.

I\'d like to be able to use adb to

Answer 1

The rescan apps use a media mount intent to kick off the media scanner. You can use am broadcast to send the same intent.

The command is:

adb shell am broadcast -a android.intent.action.MEDIA_MOUNTED -d file:///sdcard