Stop images on sd card from showing up in gallery?

Question

I keep some png files on the user\'s sd card. Some users report that these images are showing up in their gallery application. Sounds like the gallery implementation on some

Answer 1

Hiding your files from the Media

Scanner Include an empty file named .nomedia in your external files directory (note the dot prefix in the filename). This will prevent Android's media scanner from reading your media files and including them in apps like Gallery or Music.

In http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/data/data-storage.html#filesExternal

You may also consider saving those files as cache files or in the internal memory. More info in that link.