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title: Tell Android to ignore folder contents
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- android
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date: 2023-01-14
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Tired of showing the contents of your audio books library in your music app?
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Many Android applications scan local directories and display the contents when you are trying to say, add an image to a text message.
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> a `.nomedia` file tells android to ignore folder contents when doing automatic scans for a file type.
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Using an app like Solid Explorer, browse into the folder you want to exclude, create a new file and call it `.nomedia`. Thats it, you are done.
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For example, if you have an "audio-books" folder, you don't want that appearing in your music app.
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If you have a "spicy memes" folder, you don't want that appearing in your photos app.
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Android has a built in mechanism that tells the system "Hey, ignore the contents of this folder." Simply browse into the folder (On your phone) and create an empty file, name that file `.nomedia`. Thats it! Android will now ignore that folder.
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