Select directories to scan

[AllergicMushroom]

Hello, I have installed and configured the application. It seems amazing, but there is a feature that I'm missing. Currently, Aves is scanning the whole device, therefore collecting photos I don't want and even thumbnails from other applications.

I saw that there was a discussion about this three years ago (#134), and I would like to know if this has changed and if there is a list of directories to scan now. I haven't found such a thing in the settings.

Actually, in the privacy settings, I see that there is a tab "Hidden elements" (translating from another language) and tab "Storage acess". From what I understand, the second tab is about giving permissions to edit file, as opposed to the read-only permissions. This is not what I want.

The tab "Hidden elements" serves to hide a set of paths from the scanning algorithm. This is the opposite of what I want.

I could maybe make a workaround using the hidden elements, and perhaps this is a bug, but I don't see any "+" button to add a path to the hidden elements, as mentionned in some issues. Is this normal ?

My device is a Samsung S9 FE.

[deckerst]

Right, there is no path whitelisting. Only blacklisting.

I could maybe make a workaround using the hidden elements, and perhaps this is a bug, but I don't see any "+" button to add a path to the hidden elements, as mentionned in some issues. Is this normal ?

To hide paths, you can go to the Explorer page and reach whatever directory you want to hide. Then in the top right menu select Hide. To hide other filters (tags, formats, locations, etc.), you can long press on a filter and select Hide in the menu.

Usually, blacklisting is enough to not need whitelisting. But if that does not work for you, please provide more details with specific examples.

[AllergicMushroom]

I think my example is the simplest one can make. I have a directory named Photography and only want Aves to scan this directory. I don't want anything else to be scanned.

[deckerst]

You can do this:

1. go to the Explorer page and navigate to your Photography directory
2. tap on the Photography path filter at the bottom
   (you should now be on the Collection page)
3. long press the Photography filter and select Filter out
4. long press the crossed Photography filter and select Hide

[AllergicMushroom]

Works like a charm !