nomedia file is still visible in the file manager.
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It only works for media files (such as photos and videos).nomedia file on a computer (with Notepad), then copy / paste it into the desired folder (s) on your smartphone or use a free application such as Free File Manager to create the file directly in the target folder.
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nomedia file is a blank text file (.txt). nomedia is placed in directories that should not be indexed.
#Play nomedia file android
So that files specific to the Android system are not indexed, a document named. In this second method, it is simply a matter of creating an empty file named "nomedia".