I am using your code to go in sub folders with adding lines: Uri childrenUri; try { //for childs and sub child dirs childrenUri = DocumentsContract.buildChildDocumentsUriUsingTree(uri, DocumentsContract.getDocumentId(uri)); } catch (Exception e) { // for parent dir childrenUri = DocumentsContract.buildChildDocumentsUriUsingTree(uri, DocumentsContract.getTreeDocumentId(uri)); }
One way to do this would be to install ADB (android debugging bridge, part of the SDK) and launch it as a child process from python. ADB can be used to, among other things, read from or write to, an android device.
I used a nugetpackage called MediaDevices this made it very easy for me to copy my photos from my android phone to my computer. public class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { var devices = MediaDevice.GetDevices(); using (var device = devices.First(d => d.FriendlyName == “Galaxy Note8″)) { device.Connect(); var photoDir = device.GetDirectoryInfo(@”\Phone\DCIM\Camera”); var files … Read more
Seems to be a known issue affecting Android USB file access over MTP. The MTP cache gets out of date until a reboot of the phone. A workaround is: Clear the “Media Storage” app’s data Use the SDrescan or the SD Scanner (also works on Android 4.4/5, available on F-Droid) app to force an update … Read more