Application writes file to internal sd card, but Windows doesn't see the file

Question

So, what I\'m trying to do is write data to a file on the sdcard and then have windows read the file.

The issue I\'m seeing is that windows never sees my new files unt

Answer 1

Use MediaScannerConnection and scanFile().

On Honeycomb and higher, Android has switched to MTP and away from USB Mass Storage mode. On the whole, this is a good thing, but it means only indexed files show up.