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[Feature] Move a photo into its album's folder on-device when added
Source: immich-app/immich#30678 · opened by @junkerderprovinz
I have searched the existing feature requests, both open and closed, to make sure this is not a duplicate request. • Yes The feature When a photo is added to an album (on creation or later), let the album optionally move that photo's local file into a folder named after the album, so the on-device gallery mirrors the Immich album structure. Right now nothing on the mobile client touches a photo's physical location when it joins an album, so keeping the phone's own folders organized the same way means sorting everything by hand before it ever reaches Immich. The binding would be per-album and persistent, not a one-off action: once enabled, every future add to that album (not just the initial batch) moves the newly added asset the same way, on Android via a MediaStore.createWriteRequest() consent prompt. The app already integrates with this consent-dialog family for MediaTrashDelegate.kt's move-to-trash flow, so this would extend the same pattern rather tha…
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