I have big problems with MediaStore. I need to handle events when MediaStore is changed over MTP. I already have a receiver for android.intent.action.MEDIA_SCANNER_FINISHED action, but it is useful...

In Android 11 targeting SDK 30, the files created into the shared folder with MediaStore are not retrieved when the app is reinstalled.

I've been updating meta data in the MediaStore through a ContentResolver, but this no longer works with Android Q (API 29). The following code gives me a warning, and the description is not updated...

I am trying to find the sqlite database used by the MediaStore. As far as I understand, the MediaStore contains amongst others the playlists defined in the default Music app. I actually would like ...

MediaStore.MediaColumns.DATA constant was deprecated in API level Q. Apps may not have filesystem permissions to directly access this path. Instead of trying to open this path directly, apps shoul...

I used to save images using MediaStore.Images.Media.insertImage but insertImage method is now deprecated. The docs say: This method was deprecated in API level 29. inserting of images should b...

I'm looking for: A list of the existing photo gallery names (hopefully their top thumbnail as well) The contents of the gallery (I can then load thumbnails and full size as needed) How would I go ...

According to the docs the RELATIVE_PATH Added in API level 29 public static final String RELATIVE_PATH Relative path of this media item within the storage device where it is persisted. For example,...

Here, this renameFile(..) func is working in Android API 30. But, it is not working in Android API 29 and shows the error like : java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Movement of content://media/exte...

This started out as a general user question on Android forums. However it's become, by necessity, a programming question. Here's my problem. Android has a service - MediaScanner - which runs in t...

How to get list of video files stored in a specific folder using mediastore? currently i'm using this code package com.example.videolisttest; import android.app.Activity; import android.content.C...

Here is a link to the new Android Q Scoped Storage. According to this Android Developers Best Practices Blog, storing shared media files (which is my case) should be done using the MediaStore API. ...

I have a requirement to delete screenshot image file after a certain time using background service in my app and it was working fine using the above method private void deleteTheFile(String path) {...

I am trying to find method which can handle create and copy of any file except Media files (Picture/Video/Audio) to copy from one place to other in internal storage in Android Q. In this I have my ...

I have an application on play store to whom the targetSdkVersion is update to 30 from 29, which is getting rejected again and again by Google Play after an update. Previously, there was a permissio...

My app creates playlists in the android mediastore. All is well for api's including 28 however, api 29 seems to require additional permissions. Inserting a new playlist name and id works without is...

I'm reading thumbnails from the device by querying the MediaStore, using MediaStore.Images.Thumbnails.getThumbnail(). However, this has been deprecated in Android 10 (API 29), with a pointer to Con...

Crash : java.lang.IllegalArgumentException Volume external_primary not found When querying for tracks from media store, I am getting this crash in some Android 10 devices (Most of them are from Xia...

On Android 11 my MediaRecorder fails to initialize. I suspect the problem is related to scopedstorage, but I have been unable to figure out the cause. I am using MediaRecorder to record audio from ...

For public media folders instead of Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_DCIM) we can use: values.put(MediaStore.Media.RELATIVE_PATH, Environment.DIRECTORY_DCIM) uri...

I am using media-store for listing pdf in recycler view. Media store does not load non-media files on android 10 and above but works for media files In build.gradle compileSdkVersion 30 buildTool...

I have recently switched my app to Scoped Storage. However, I have noticed that when I share an image from within the app (via an Intent), the GPS location data is removed from the image's Exif met...

Till now, I check whether a file exists or not and if it does not then I save it to the device in Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_PICTURES) but it is not support...

I am trying to use the picasso library to loading the image store in the mediastore. When I called load(imageview, callback), the picasso call onFail instead of onSuccess. How do I know why the ima...

I'm getting this exception upon calling MediaStore.createWriteRequest(contentResolver, uris). As in Anrdroid Q and above we have to make createWriteRequest to write on storage. So I'm trying the fo...