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

While making external directory use something like this

File mediaStorageDir = new File(Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory("YourDirectoryName"),"YourFolderName");

Instead of

File mediaStorageDir = new File(Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_PICTURES), "YourFolderName");

These files won't be detected by gallery for more reference check saving media files on this link

http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/media/camera.html#intent-receive