Sridhar K
Reputation: 37
MediaStore.Audio.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI does not scan inside data folder
I'm fetching music files from device using MediaStore.Audio.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI .. For other folders it is working fine. but it is not fetch/scan music files inside app's data folder (getFilesDir().getAbsolutePath())... why? is there any limitations??? TIA.
Upvotes: 0
Views: 642
Answers (1)
CommonsWare
Reputation: 1006819
why?
The MediaStore has no access to those files, nor does it know about them. Those files are private to your app.
Upvotes: 1
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