Got to create a plugin from it , here it is
the scanMedia.java
public class scanMedia extends CordovaPlugin {
@Override
public boolean execute(String action, JSONArray args, CallbackContext callbackContext) throws JSONException {
if (!action.equals("mediaScanner")) {
return false;
}
try {
String absolutePath = args.getString(0);
if (absolutePath.startsWith("data:image")) {
absolutePath = absolutePath.substring(absolutePath.indexOf(',') + 1);
}
return this.mediaScanner(absolutePath, callbackContext);
} catch (JSONException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
callbackContext.error(e.getMessage());
return false;
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
callbackContext.error(e.getMessage());
return false;
}
}
private boolean mediaScanner(String absolutePath, CallbackContext callbackContext) throws InterruptedException, JSONException
{
Intent mediaScanIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MEDIA_SCANNER_SCAN_FILE);
//File f = new File(filename);
Uri contentUri = Uri.parse(absolutePath.toString());
mediaScanIntent.setData(contentUri);
System.out.println("from internal?" + contentUri);
//this.cordova.getContext().sendBroadcast(mediaScanIntent); //this is deprecated
this.cordova.getActivity().sendBroadcast(mediaScanIntent);
return true;
} }
the scanMedia.js
(function() {
/* This increases plugin compatibility */
var cordovaRef = window.PhoneGap || window.Cordova || window.cordova; // old to new fallbacks
/**
* The Java to JavaScript Gateway 'magic' class
*/
function scanMedia(){ }
scanMedia.prototype.mediaScanner = function(string, win, fail) {
cordovaRef.exec(win, fail, "scanMedia", "mediaScanner", [string]);
};
cordovaRef.addConstructor(function() {
if (!window.plugins) {
window.plugins = {};
}
if (!window.plugins.scanMedia) {
window.plugins.scanMedia = new scanMedia();
}
});
})();
and reference in the config.xml file
<plugin name="scanMedia" value="org.apache.cordova.scanMedia"/>
In order to call the plugin you need to pass the file.fullPath to the function (you use the phonegap file reader)
var theLink = fileEntry.fullPath;
window.plugins.scanMedia.mediaScanner(theLink,
function(result) {
console.log(result);
}, function(error) {
console.log(error);
});
Hope it helps somebody in need of media discovery. If anybody can do this for iOS that would be great :)