Adding Photos to Gallery

golf_squared · 12-21-2011, 05:29 PM

Hello All,

I have searched this site as well as google, and I cannot figure out how to add photos to the gallery app. I loaded them on my vox in a folder I created called /Pictures/Europe Pics.

When I open the gallery app, it says I have no items in my collection, and there is no way to add collections. Can anyone help?

Thanks in advance,

Rowan

jefftheworld · 12-21-2011, 07:16 PM

The built-in gallery app is pretty basic and only looks at images placed in certain folders (like the /sdcard/media folder or the /sdcard/pictures folder, I believe).

There are almost certainly other, better [free] image viewer apps that are out there but I've never really looked.

pokee · 12-22-2011, 06:01 PM

If you have Astro or another file manager on your Vox, you can store your photos folders on your micro sd card and then open them via the folder which will automatically bring up Gallery. That's what I do...

golf_squared · 12-23-2011, 12:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pokee

If you have Astro or another file manager on your Vox, you can store your photos folders on your micro sd card and then open them via the folder which will automatically bring up Gallery. That's what I do...

hmmm, strange. I use astro, and it crashes whenever I try and open a picture. Ill see if moving the location works, or ill try a different program.

Thanks for the help.

oldyellr · 12-23-2011, 01:55 PM

I just copied a picture to a microSD card and tried viewing it. I have both Astro and ES File Explorer installed, just to compare the two. They're practically identical, but I'm finding the latter easier to navigate and find stuff. I found the picture on the external card with both and could display it using Astro Image Viewer, ES Image Browser or Gallery. Gallery took the longest to load.

When you put your picture(s) on the microSD card, was it a fresh card, or the one you keep in the Vox? I unmounted my existing external microSD card and had the image on another card I inserted. It worked for me, but if you have other apps on your external card that you maybe removed, that might be a problem. I see that I have a bunch of stuff on my microSD card that's normally in the Vox that I didn't ask to be put on there.

golf_squared · 12-24-2011, 11:54 AM

Its the built in sdcard. All I did was plug the vox into my mac, created a folder called pictures in the media folder, and copied my pictures. There is a bunch of things on that card by default from kobo.

I cannot find another picture viewer in the app store.

golf_squared · 12-27-2011, 12:42 PM

Update:

I installed Photo Days, and it also did not detect any pictures. So I am guessing there is some issue with how pictures are named, or what folder they are in, or how folders are named. I do not understand why there is so little documentation about this on the internet about this, even among Android devices in general.

oldyellr · 12-27-2011, 12:53 PM

The Vox recognizes the following picture formats. Are yours different?

Quote:

Picture Formats
• JPEG (.jpg)
• GIF (.gif)
• PNG (.png)
• Bitmap (.bmp)

golf_squared · 12-27-2011, 01:04 PM

they are jpeg

kcarscadden · 12-29-2011, 11:37 AM

Try QuickPic. It has setup to include specific folders.

Keith

golf_squared · 12-30-2011, 01:10 AM

Thanks for the tip, but that app is not in the getjar store. How did you install it?

kcarscadden · 12-30-2011, 10:09 AM

You can get it from AppBrain:

http://www.appbrain.com/app/quickpic...ensw.PicFolder

Keith

12-21-2011, 05:29 PM	#1
golf_squared Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: Kobo Vox	Adding Photos to Gallery Hello All, I have searched this site as well as google, and I cannot figure out how to add photos to the gallery app. I loaded them on my vox in a folder I created called /Pictures/Europe Pics. When I open the gallery app, it says I have no items in my collection, and there is no way to add collections. Can anyone help? Thanks in advance, Rowan

12-23-2011, 01:55 PM	#5
oldyellr Evangelist Posts: 486 Karma: 26106 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Vox, Amazon Fire 7	I just copied a picture to a microSD card and tried viewing it. I have both Astro and ES File Explorer installed, just to compare the two. They're practically identical, but I'm finding the latter easier to navigate and find stuff. I found the picture on the external card with both and could display it using Astro Image Viewer, ES Image Browser or Gallery. Gallery took the longest to load. When you put your picture(s) on the microSD card, was it a fresh card, or the one you keep in the Vox? I unmounted my existing external microSD card and had the image on another card I inserted. It worked for me, but if you have other apps on your external card that you maybe removed, that might be a problem. I see that I have a bunch of stuff on my microSD card that's normally in the Vox that I didn't ask to be put on there. Last edited by oldyellr; 12-23-2011 at 02:05 PM. Reason: additional info

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12-21-2011, 07:16 PM	#2
jefftheworld Groupie Posts: 190 Karma: 157090 Join Date: Nov 2011 Device: Kobo, Kobo Vox	The built-in gallery app is pretty basic and only looks at images placed in certain folders (like the /sdcard/media folder or the /sdcard/pictures folder, I believe). There are almost certainly other, better [free] image viewer apps that are out there but I've never really looked.

12-22-2011, 06:01 PM	#3
pokee Fanatic Posts: 569 Karma: 199759 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Vancouver, BC Device: Kobo WiFi, Kobo Glo, Kobo Vox, Samsung Galaxy S4, Samsung Tab2	If you have Astro or another file manager on your Vox, you can store your photos folders on your micro sd card and then open them via the folder which will automatically bring up Gallery. That's what I do...

12-24-2011, 11:54 AM	#6
golf_squared Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: Kobo Vox	Its the built in sdcard. All I did was plug the vox into my mac, created a folder called pictures in the media folder, and copied my pictures. There is a bunch of things on that card by default from kobo. I cannot find another picture viewer in the app store.

12-27-2011, 12:42 PM	#7
golf_squared Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: Kobo Vox	Update: I installed Photo Days, and it also did not detect any pictures. So I am guessing there is some issue with how pictures are named, or what folder they are in, or how folders are named. I do not understand why there is so little documentation about this on the internet about this, even among Android devices in general.

12-27-2011, 01:04 PM	#9
golf_squared Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: Kobo Vox	they are jpeg

12-29-2011, 11:37 AM	#10
kcarscadden Zealot Posts: 141 Karma: 13776 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: semi-north Ontario, Canada (N 45.41 W -79.67) Device: iPad Air 5, Samsung Galaxy S20 FE	Try QuickPic. It has setup to include specific folders. Keith

12-30-2011, 01:10 AM	#11
golf_squared Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: Kobo Vox	Thanks for the tip, but that app is not in the getjar store. How did you install it?

12-30-2011, 10:09 AM	#12
kcarscadden Zealot Posts: 141 Karma: 13776 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: semi-north Ontario, Canada (N 45.41 W -79.67) Device: iPad Air 5, Samsung Galaxy S20 FE	You can get it from AppBrain: http://www.appbrain.com/app/quickpic...ensw.PicFolder Keith

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