how to hide images from android gallery

Question

One part of my current project is downloading images from URL then saving to SDCard. But the problem is all of saved images in sdcard is displayed in android gallery page. What I want is "I don't want all of my saved images in android gallery."

Answer 1

1. Add ".nomedia" file. Did not work? Try the second option.

2. Save your files to a folder that starts with ".", e.g., /sdcard/.myimages/

Answer 2

You can create .nomedia file using this code:
String NOMEDIA=".nomedia";

File Folder = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() + "/mydir");
   if(Folder.mkdir()) { 
      nomediaFile = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() + "/mydir/"+ NOMEDIA);
      if(!nomediaFile.exists()){
          nomediaFile.createNewFile();
      }
   }

Answer 3

I found a simple way(I think so).

Create a folder in 'Android' folder(where data & obb folders are present) and put your media(pics,videos, etc.,) in the folder you've created.

Gallery app ignores that 'Android' folder. Simple :-)