I’m developing an Android application and need to retrieve images that have been deleted and moved to the trash bin. I’ve attempted to use MediaStore.Images.Media.IS_TRASHED as a projection, but I haven’t been able to retrieve any deleted images.

Here is the code snippet I am using:

 fun queryAllImages() {
        val files = arrayListOf<MediaModel>()
        
        ctx.contentResolver.query(
            if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.Q) {
                MediaStore.Images.Media.getContentUri(MediaStore.VOLUME_EXTERNAL)
            } else {
                MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI
            }, arrayOf(
                imageData,
                imageId,
                imageDisplayName,
                imageSize,
                imageWidth,
                imageHeight,
                imageDateModified,
                imageIsTrash
            ), if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.R) {
                "$imageIsTrash = 0 OR $imageIsTrash = 1"
            } else {
                null
            }, null, null
        ).use { cursor ->

            val dataColumn = cursor?.getColumnIndexOrThrow(imageData)
            val nameColumn = cursor?.getColumnIndexOrThrow(imageDisplayName)
            val isTrashColumn = cursor?.getColumnIndexOrThrow(imageIsTrash)

            var path: String? = null
            var name: String? = null
            var isTrash: Boolean? = null
            if (cursor != null) {
                while (cursor.moveToNext()) {
                    path = dataColumn?.let { cursor.getString(it) }
                    name = nameColumn?.let { cursor.getString(it) }
                    isTrash = isTrashColumn?.let { cursor.getInt(it) } == 1
                    
                    Log.i(TAG, "queryImages: $path n $isTrash")
                   
                }
            }
            
        }
        
    }