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I need to save a bitmap to the Gallery using my application name as the album. The path should be:

Gallery->MyAppName->test.png

but the best result that I get looks like:

Gallery->Others->MyAppName->test.png

Here is my code:

using Android.Graphics; using Android.Media; using System; using System.IO; .. . . public static void ExportBitmapAsPNG(Bitmap bitmap) { var sdCardPath = Android.OS.Environment.ExternalStorageDirectory.AbsolutePath+"/MyAppName"; if (!Directory.Exists(sdCardPath)) Directory.CreateDirectory(sdCardPath); var filePath = System.IO.Path.Combine(sdCardPath, "test.png"); var stream = new FileStream(filePath, FileMode.Create); bitmap.Compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.Png, 100, stream); stream.Close(); MediaScannerConnection.ScanFile(Android.App.Application.Context, new string[] { filePath }, null, null); }

I hope someone could tell me what I'm missing?

P.S. I tried to use MediaStore, but it's always save in Picture folder and has no overloads to change this. 

Android.Provider.MediaStore.Images.Media.InsertImage(ContentResolver, bitmap2, "test", "");
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I've rewritten your function to provide that capability. The key difference is how the folder is created. Additionally, I use an Intent for the media scanner. Anyway, I think this should get you where you want to be. Hope this helps!

public void ExportBitmapAsPNG(Bitmap bitmap) { // Get/Create Album Folder To Save To var jFolder = new Java.IO.File(Environment.GetExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DirectoryPictures), "MyAppNamePhotoAlbum"); if (!jFolder.Exists()) jFolder.Mkdirs(); var jFile = new Java.IO.File(jFolder, "MyPhoto.jpg"); // Save File using (var fs = new FileStream(jFile.AbsolutePath, FileMode.CreateNew)) { bitmap.Compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.Png, 100, fs); } // Save Picture To Gallery var intent = new Intent(MediaStore.ActionImageCapture); intent.PutExtra(MediaStore.ExtraOutput, Android.Net.Uri.FromFile(jFile)); StartActivityForResult(intent, 0); // Request the media scanner to scan a file and add it to the media database var f = new Java.IO.File(jFile.AbsolutePath); intent = new Intent(Intent.ActionMediaScannerScanFile); intent.SetData(Android.Net.Uri.FromFile(f)); Application.Context.SendBroadcast(intent); }

Hope this helps!

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Intent.ActionMediaScannerScanFile doesn't work with android sdk 10+ I think, maybe 11, not sure.

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