You put the files in a folder whose name starts with a period, and they still show up in the music app? Are you sure it's not the old files in the old location that are still showing? Can you check that there are actually entries in the media database whose path (the _data column) includes a folder that starts with a period?
On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 10:08 PM, clark <clarkd...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Just tried it and the sounds are showing up in the music player. So > much for that idea. Anyone else have experience with this? > > I guess I can try changing the extension since I pass it the Uri, and > hopefully MediaPlayer and SoundPool don't choke. I just have quite a > few files and would hate to have to check them and rename them from > within the app or have the users re-download the new data. > > Suggestions welcomed. > > > ~clark > On Apr 27, 4:51 pm, Marco Nelissen <marc...@android.com> wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 4:36 PM, clark <clarkd...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I'm torn between which group to post this too, but since it is for an > > > application I am working on, I guess I'll stick it here. > > > > > So here we go. I have an application which downloads data onto the > > > sdcard to be used by the application. Some of these files are sound > > > or music files and the music player in android seems to parse these > > > directories and add these files to the list. I'd like to somehow > > > block or hide these files from the music player. Is there is a way to > > > do this? > > > > > I was thinking it may be possible to name my folder with a period at > > > the beginning, since linux hides such files. I'm just not sure if > > > that is going to hide it from the music player or if there is another > > > way to handle this. > > > > You could have just tried it, and you would have found that that does > indeed > > have the effect you're looking for. > > Alternatively, you can put a file called ".nomedia" in a directory to > > prevent the media scanner from scanning that directory. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
