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 MEDIA_MOUNTED intent is no longer permitted (post KitKat) for non-system apps; try this instead.

It’s not recursive, though, and has to be run on the exact_file_name, so it’s not a good replacement.

adb shell am broadcast \
    -a android.intent.action.MEDIA_SCANNER_SCAN_FILE \
    -d file:///mnt/sdcard/Music/

If you need to rescan recursively, you can use this command (fix paths accordingly):

adb shell "find /mnt/sdcard/Music/ -exec am broadcast \
    -a android.intent.action.MEDIA_SCANNER_SCAN_FILE \
    -d file://{} \\;"

Or like this (if above won't work for you):

adb shell "find /mnt/sdcard/Music/ | while read f; do \
    am broadcast -a android.intent.action.MEDIA_SCANNER_SCAN_FILE \
    -d \"file://${f}\"; done"