Media Scanner - update gallery Apk

Older Versions

Apk Infos

Version	1.0
Rating	2.8/5, based on 20 votes
Size‎	8.3 KB
Requires Android	Android 2.2+ (Froyo)
Author's Notes	Force Android to scan media files, so missing photos can be shown up in gallery.

About Media Scanner - update gallery APK

Description

This is a small tool to force Android to scan public media directories, and recovery missing items in gallery / music / video apps.
It can help to resolve the issue that, some pictures or musics are in photo or music folders, but won't show up in Gallery app or Music app.

This tool scans Android public directories, include DCIM / Movies / Music / Pictures folders, to list all files, compares with existing items in Android MediaStore, then triggers Android MediaStore scan procedures for missing files.
So if your photos, musics or videos, are in expected folders, but they won't show up in apps, this app is the right tool to resolve the issue.

It has no UI. After being started, it will do its work in background, then quite. You may schedule a regular job to execute it with Init script runner -- autoexec @ https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.gemini.init, or other job schedulers.

Though this app itself has a very small footprint, only several kilo bytes of storage, and several mega bytes memory usage, the MediaStore scanning service it triggers is not a cheap procedure. So it's not a good idea to start this app too frequently. And I do not want an icon to enlarge the size of this app, so the default icon is transparent.

The only permission required by this app is READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE, which is required to list existing media files.

Note, if your media files are not in the default folders, this app won't help you. Since it won't randomly search in entire file system. According to the hardware / manufacturer configuration, the default folders may be various, but usually they should be,
- /sdcard/Music for musics
- /sdcard/DCIM for photos
- /sdcard/Pictures for other pictures
- /sdcard/Video for videos (Some may just be put into DCIM folder)

This is an open source project, you can find the code @ https://github.com/Hzj-jie/android-media-scanner.

Latest updates

What's new in version 1.0

Activity request storage permission

How to install Media Scanner - update gallery APK on Android phone or tablet?

Download Media Scanner - update gallery APK file from ApkClean, then follow these steps:

Update Phone Settings

• Go to your phone Settings page
• Tap Security or Applications (varies with device)
• Check the Unknown Sources box
• Confirm with OK

Go to Downloads

• Open Downloads on your device by going to My Files or Files
• Tap the APK file you downloaded (org.gemini.media_scanner-v1.0-ApkClean.apk)
• Tap Install when prompted, the APK file you downloaded will be installed on your device.

Older Versions

1.0 (8)

8.3 KB

Questions & Answers

Q: What is an APK File?

A: Just like Windows (PC) systems use an .exe file for installing software, Android does the same. An APK file is the file format used for installing software on the Android operating system.

Q: If I install an APK from this website, will I be able to update the app from the Play Store?

A: Yes, absolutely. The Play Store installs APKs it downloads from Google's servers, and sideloading from a site like ApkClean.net goes through a very similar process, except you're the one performing the downloading and initiating the installation (sideloading).
As soon as the Play Store finds a version of the app newer than the one you've sideloaded, it will commence an update.

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