Android: Refreshing the Gallery after saving new images

Question

So in my application I at one point save a bunch of images to a temporary folder, and I want them to show up immediately in the Gallery. Off of a reboot, they do, but otherw

Answer 1

Code provided by Petrus in another answer works for me on Kitkat (4.4):

MediaScannerConnection.scanFile(this, new String[] { Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().toString() }, null, new MediaScannerConnection.OnScanCompletedListener() {
/*
 *   (non-Javadoc)
 * @see android.media.MediaScannerConnection.OnScanCompletedListener#onScanCompleted(java.lang.String, android.net.Uri)
 */
public void onScanCompleted(String path, Uri uri) 
  {
      Log.i("ExternalStorage", "Scanned " + path + ":");
      Log.i("ExternalStorage", "-> uri=" + uri);
  }
    });

Answer 2

Try this one: after saving your file to folder,write below code

sendBroadcast(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MEDIA_SCANNER_SCAN_FILE, Uri.fromFile(new File("your image path"))));

Answer 3

 FileOutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(file);
            finalBitmap.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.JPEG, 100, out);
            out.flush();
//Gallery Refresh Code         

    MediaScannerConnection.scanFile(getActivity(), new String[] { Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().toString() }, null, new MediaScannerConnection.OnScanCompletedListener() {
                /*
                 *   (non-Javadoc)
                 * @see android.media.MediaScannerConnection.OnScanCompletedListener#onScanCompleted(java.lang.String, android.net.Uri)
                 */
                public void onScanCompleted(String path, Uri uri)
                {
                    Log.i("ExternalStorage", "Scanned " + path + ":");
                    Log.i("ExternalStorage", "-> uri=" + uri);
                }
            });
            out.close();

Answer 4

Implement MediaScannerConnectionClient and add the below code.Works perfectly in 4.4 :)

MediaScannerConnection conn;

public void startScan(String url) {
    imagepath = url;
    if (conn != null)
        conn.disconnect();
    conn = new MediaScannerConnection(activity.this, activity.this);
    conn.connect();
}

@Override
public void onMediaScannerConnected() {
    try {
        conn.scanFile(imagepath, getMimeType(imagepath));
    } catch (java.lang.IllegalStateException e) {
        //Do something
    }
}

@Override
public void onScanCompleted(String path, Uri uri) {
    conn.disconnect();
}

Answer 5

Below code work all device for refreshing the gallery after saving image.

if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.KITKAT) {
       Intent mediaScanIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MEDIA_SCANNER_SCAN_FILE);
       File f1 = new File("file://" + Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_PICTURES));
       Uri contentUri = Uri.fromFile(f1);
       mediaScanIntent.setData(contentUri);
       sendBroadcast(mediaScanIntent);
   } else {
       sendBroadcast(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MEDIA_MOUNTED, Uri.parse("file://" + Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory())));
   }
   sendBroadcast(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MEDIA_SCANNER_SCAN_FILE, Uri.fromFile(new File("your image path"))));

Answer 6

I know its late but try this can working in all versions:

   if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.KITKAT) {
                    Intent mediaScanIntent = new Intent(
                            Intent.ACTION_MEDIA_SCANNER_SCAN_FILE);
                    Uri contentUri = Uri.fromFile(out); //out is your file you saved/deleted/moved/copied
                    mediaScanIntent.setData(contentUri);
                    this.sendBroadcast(mediaScanIntent);
                } else {
                    sendBroadcast(new Intent(
                            Intent.ACTION_MEDIA_MOUNTED,
                            Uri.parse("file://"
                                    + Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory())));
                }