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DownloadManager.Request.AllowScanningByMediaScanner Method

Definition

If the file to be downloaded is to be scanned by MediaScanner, this method should be called before DownloadManager#enqueue(Request) is called.

[Android.Runtime.Register("allowScanningByMediaScanner", "()V", "GetAllowScanningByMediaScannerHandler")]
public virtual void AllowScanningByMediaScanner();
[<Android.Runtime.Register("allowScanningByMediaScanner", "()V", "GetAllowScanningByMediaScannerHandler")>]
abstract member AllowScanningByMediaScanner : unit -> unit
override this.AllowScanningByMediaScanner : unit -> unit
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Remarks

This method was deprecated in API level 29. Starting in Q, this value is ignored. Files downloaded to directories owned by applications (e.g. Context.getExternalFilesDir(String)) will not be scanned by MediaScanner and the rest will be scanned.

If the file to be downloaded is to be scanned by MediaScanner, this method should be called before DownloadManager.enqueue(Request) is called.

Android reference for android.app.DownloadManager.Request.allowScanningByMediaScanner.

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Applies to