Android :: MediaScanner Connection - Unable To Connect

I am trying to use MediaScannerConnection to update content provider of a newly downloaded MP3. However no matter what I do it does not seem to be able to connect. I have even put this chunk of code into onCreate and hardcoded to path of an existing file but still no dice.

MediaScannerConnection scanner = new MediaScannerConnection(this, null); scanner.connect(); while(!scanner.isConnected()){ try { Thread.sleep(1000); } catch (InterruptedException e) { // TODO Auto-generated catch block e.printStackTrace(); } } scanner.scanFile("/sdcard/path/file.mp3", "audio/*"); scanner.disconnect();

It never exits the loop. If i do not put the loop in, it just force closes and complains that it is not yet connected.