How to stop Chrome from causing Download folder to reappear in gallery? Wanting to exclude the Download from being scanned by the Gallery application, I do as required, and create a:

.nomedia


file in the Download folder. That correctly causes the Download folder to vanish from Gallery. And all is well.

But then

If I Save an image from Chrome, the Download folder reappears in Gallery. This coincides with Chrome adding a special file to the Download folder:

ic.bin




Deleting the ic.bin file does not cause the folder to disappear from Gallery. Deleting, and re-adding the .nomedia file to the Download folder does cause the Download folder to vanish from Gallery.

I could ask this a number of alternate ways:


how do I really prevent a folder from being scanned by Gallery?
how do I deny file creation permission of a file called ic.bin in the Download folder?
how do I deny file creation permission of a file called ic.bin in any folder?
how do I stop Chrome from creating an ic.bin file in the Download folder?
how do I stop the Download folder from reappearing in Gallery?
how do I prevent Chrome from causing the Download folder from reappearing in the Gallery?


What I'm really asking is, "How do I exclude a folder from the Gallery?", given that .nomedia doesn't always work.


  Device: Nexus 4
  Android version: 4.2.1
I know this doesn't answer your exact question. You'll save yourself a lot of time and effort going with another picture app such as QuickPic

It's fast and customizable, and you can select which folders to include OR exclude :)

Do yourself a favor and disable Gallery.