MediaScannerConnection#scanFile converts directories into files when accessing them with USB-MTP on Android 5 Lollipop

Question

Changes like renaming a file triggered by an app only appear to the USB-MTP interface after reboot of the Android device or after you registered the new fil

Answer 1

I ended up creating a dummy text file in each directory I wanted to make visible, and use scanFile on the file.

1) create directory, but don't "scan" directories

2) copy file to directory

3) run scanFile on the filePath

MediaScannerConnection.scanFile (_application, new String[] { filePath }, null, null);