Added in API level 1

MediaScannerConnection

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Kotlin |Java

open class MediaScannerConnection : ServiceConnection

kotlin.Any
↳	android.media.MediaScannerConnection

MediaScannerConnection provides a way for applications to pass a newly created or downloaded media file to the media scanner service. The media scanner service will read metadata from the file and add the file to the media content provider. The MediaScannerConnectionClient provides an interface for the media scanner service to return the Uri for a newly scanned file to the client of the MediaScannerConnection class.

Summary

Nested classes
abstract	MediaScannerConnectionClient An interface for notifying clients of MediaScannerConnection when a connection to the MediaScanner service has been established and when the scanning of a file has completed.
abstract	OnScanCompletedListener Interface for notifying clients of the result of scanning a requested media file.

Public constructors
MediaScannerConnection(context: Context!, client: MediaScannerConnection.MediaScannerConnectionClient!) Constructs a new MediaScannerConnection object.

Public methods
open Unit	connect() Initiates a connection to the media scanner service.
open Unit	disconnect() Releases the connection to the media scanner service.
open Boolean	isConnected() Returns whether we are connected to the media scanner service
open Unit	onServiceConnected(className: ComponentName!, service: IBinder!) Part of the ServiceConnection interface.
open Unit	onServiceDisconnected(className: ComponentName!) Part of the ServiceConnection interface.
open Unit	scanFile(path: String!, mimeType: String!) Requests the media scanner to scan a file.
open static Unit	scanFile(context: Context!, paths: Array<String!>!, mimeTypes: Array<String!>!, callback: MediaScannerConnection.OnScanCompletedListener!) Convenience for constructing a MediaScannerConnection, calling connect on it, and calling scanFile(java.lang.String,java.lang.String) with the given path and mimeType when the connection is established.

Inherited functions

From class ServiceConnection Unit onBindingDied(name: ComponentName!) Called when the binding to this connection is dead. This means the interface will never receive another connection. The application will need to unbind and rebind the connection to activate it again. This may happen, for example, if the application hosting the service it is bound to has been updated. Note: The app that requested the binding must call Context.unbindService(ServiceConnection) to release the tracking resources associated with this ServiceConnection even if this callback was invoked following android.content.Context#bindService. Unit onNullBinding(name: ComponentName!) Called when the service being bound has returned null from its onBind() method. This indicates that the attempted service binding represented by this ServiceConnection will never become usable. Note: The app that requested the binding must still call Context.unbindService(ServiceConnection) to release the tracking resources associated with this ServiceConnection even if this callback was invoked following android.content.Context#bindService.

Public constructors

MediaScannerConnection

Added in API level 1

MediaScannerConnection(
    context: Context!, 
    client: MediaScannerConnection.MediaScannerConnectionClient!)

Constructs a new MediaScannerConnection object.

Parameters
context	Context!: the Context object, required for establishing a connection to the media scanner service.
client	MediaScannerConnection.MediaScannerConnectionClient!: an optional object implementing the MediaScannerConnectionClient interface, for receiving notifications from the media scanner.

Public methods

connect

Added in API level 1

open fun connect(): Unit

Initiates a connection to the media scanner service. MediaScannerConnectionClient.onMediaScannerConnected() will be called when the connection is established.

disconnect

Added in API level 1

open fun disconnect(): Unit

Releases the connection to the media scanner service.

isConnected

Added in API level 1

open fun isConnected(): Boolean

Returns whether we are connected to the media scanner service

Return
Boolean	true if we are connected, false otherwise

onServiceConnected

Added in API level 1

open fun onServiceConnected(
    className: ComponentName!, 
    service: IBinder!
): Unit

Part of the ServiceConnection interface. Do not call.

Parameters
name	The concrete component name of the service that has been connected.
service	IBinder!: The IBinder of the Service's communication channel, which you can now make calls on.

onServiceDisconnected

Added in API level 1

open fun onServiceDisconnected(className: ComponentName!): Unit

Part of the ServiceConnection interface. Do not call.

Parameters
name	The concrete component name of the service whose connection has been lost.

scanFile

Added in API level 1

open fun scanFile(
    path: String!, 
    mimeType: String!
): Unit

Requests the media scanner to scan a file. Success or failure of the scanning operation cannot be determined until MediaScannerConnectionClient.onScanCompleted(String, Uri) is called.

Parameters
path	String!: the path to the file to be scanned.
mimeType	String!: an optional mimeType for the file. If mimeType is null, then the mimeType will be inferred from the file extension.

scanFile

Added in API level 8

open static fun scanFile(
    context: Context!, 
    paths: Array<String!>!, 
    mimeTypes: Array<String!>!, 
    callback: MediaScannerConnection.OnScanCompletedListener!
): Unit

Convenience for constructing a MediaScannerConnection, calling connect on it, and calling scanFile(java.lang.String,java.lang.String) with the given path and mimeType when the connection is established.

Parameters
context	Context!: The caller's Context, required for establishing a connection to the media scanner service. Success or failure of the scanning operation cannot be determined until MediaScannerConnectionClient.onScanCompleted(String, Uri) is called.
paths	Array<String!>!: Array of paths to be scanned.
mimeTypes	Array<String!>!: Optional array of MIME types for each path. If mimeType is null, then the mimeType will be inferred from the file extension.
callback	MediaScannerConnection.OnScanCompletedListener!: Optional callback through which you can receive the scanned URI and MIME type; If null, the file will be scanned but you will not get a result back.

See Also

• #scanFile(String, String)