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Media Scanner - update gallery on Windows Pc

Developed By: Hzj_jie

License: Free

Rating: 2,8/5 - 20 votes

Last Updated: December 25, 2023

Download on Windows PC

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version 1.0
Size 8.3 KB
Release Date February 04, 23
Category Tools Apps

App Permissions:
Allows an application to read from external storage. [see more (1)]

What's New:
Activity request storage permission [see more]

Description from Developer:
This is a small tool to force Android to scan public media directories, and recovery missing items in gallery / music / video apps.
It can help to resolve the issue that, some pict... [read more]

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About this app

On this page you can download Media Scanner - update gallery and install on Windows PC. Media Scanner - update gallery is free Tools app, developed by Hzj_jie. Latest version of Media Scanner - update gallery is 1.0, was released on 2023-02-04 (updated on 2023-12-25). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 1,000. Overall rating of Media Scanner - update gallery is 2,8. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 20 users, 10 users had rated it 5*, 7 users had rated it 1*.

How to install Media Scanner - update gallery on Windows?

Instruction on how to install Media Scanner - update gallery on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install Media Scanner - update gallery on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

  1. Install using BlueStacks
  2. Install using NoxPlayer

Step By Step Guide To Install Media Scanner - update gallery using BlueStacks

  1. Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
  2. Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
  3. Once installed, click "Media Scanner - update gallery" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to install Media Scanner - update gallery on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

  1. Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
  3. The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "Media Scanner - update gallery" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Other versions available: 1.0.

Download Media Scanner - update gallery 1.0 on Windows PC – 8.3 KB

This is a small tool to force Android to scan public media directories, and recovery missing items in gallery / music / video apps.
It can help to resolve the issue that, some pictures or musics are in photo or music folders, but won't show up in Gallery app or Music app.

This tool scans Android public directories, include DCIM / Movies / Music / Pictures folders, to list all files, compares with existing items in Android MediaStore, then triggers Android MediaStore scan procedures for missing files.
So if your photos, musics or videos, are in expected folders, but they won't show up in apps, this app is the right tool to resolve the issue.

It has no UI. After being started, it will do its work in background, then quite. You may schedule a regular job to execute it with Init script runner -- autoexec @ https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.gemini.init, or other job schedulers.

Though this app itself has a very small footprint, only several kilo bytes of storage, and several mega bytes memory usage, the MediaStore scanning service it triggers is not a cheap procedure. So it's not a good idea to start this app too frequently. And I do not want an icon to enlarge the size of this app, so the default icon is transparent.

The only permission required by this app is READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE, which is required to list existing media files.

Note, if your media files are not in the default folders, this app won't help you. Since it won't randomly search in entire file system. According to the hardware / manufacturer configuration, the default folders may be various, but usually they should be,
- /sdcard/Music for musics
- /sdcard/DCIM for photos
- /sdcard/Pictures for other pictures
- /sdcard/Video for videos (Some may just be put into DCIM folder)

This is an open source project, you can find the code @ https://github.com/Hzj-jie/android-media-scanner.
Activity request storage permission
Allows an application to read from external storage.