…It is a hidden file (the leading dot conceals it in standard Android and Linux file listings) that informs the Android media scanner that the directory in which it is located does not hold multimedia files that should be displayed, such as images, videos, or audio.
.nomedia files are used to hide the contents of directories so that they are not visible to media-aware apps - for instance, the system gallery or a music player. Placing one inside a folder prevents those apps from indexing and displaying its media. Removing the .nomedia file causes the media scanner to re-index the directory on its next pass.
If I hide a file with “.” my media gallery does not index it nor does my music player so no, I’m not. I’ve done it since my first android and never had anything index a hidden folder.
You can use .anything, the “.” in front of the folder name is what hides it not the name itself.
File not folder. .nomedia file goes in the folder you don’t want scanned unless I am very much misunderstanding.
You can also make hidden folders and files by putting a period at the front of the name but that hides it from everything not just the media scanners.
Ah, thanks for the explination. The misunderstanding was on my end. I guess hiding the whole folder has always worked for me so I never questioned it.
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I believe you have wildly misunderstood the post. You’re talking about completely different stuff.
If I hide a file with “.” my media gallery does not index it nor does my music player so no, I’m not. I’ve done it since my first android and never had anything index a hidden folder.
But this post isn’t about hiding specific files, its about the
.nomediafile that hides all of the photos/videos in the folderMaybe, but hiding the folder does the same thing, as was my point. Maybe it didn’t get across but it doesn’t change it.
Again. You are talking about something different.
What if it’s a folder that cannot be renamed because an app needs the original name?
Your tip is useless in such cases.
And again. Is completely different.
Are you trolling? I’m beginning to suspect you must be.