MediaStore

ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE

public static final String ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE

Standard Intent action that can be sent to have the camera application capture an image and return it.

The caller may pass an extra EXTRA_OUTPUT to control where this image will be written. If the EXTRA_OUTPUT is not present, then a small sized image is returned as a Bitmap object in the extra field. This is useful for applications that only need a small image. If the EXTRA_OUTPUT is present, then the full-sized image will be written to the Uri value of EXTRA_OUTPUT. As of Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP, this uri can also be supplied through Intent.setClipData(ClipData). If using this approach, you still must supply the uri through the EXTRA_OUTPUT field for compatibility with old applications. If you don't set a ClipData, it will be copied there for you when calling Context#startActivity(Intent).

Note: if you app targets M and above and declares as using the Manifest.permission.CAMERA permission which is not granted, then attempting to use this action will result in a SecurityException.

Constant Value: "android.media.action.IMAGE_CAPTURE"

ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE_SECURE

public static final String ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE_SECURE

Intent action that can be sent to have the camera application capture an image and return it when the device is secured (e.g. with a pin, password, pattern, or face unlock). Applications responding to this intent must not expose any personal content like existing photos or videos on the device. The applications should be careful not to share any photo or video with other applications or Internet. The activity should use Activity#setShowWhenLocked to display on top of the lock screen while secured. There is no activity stack when this flag is used, so launching more than one activity is strongly discouraged.

The caller may pass an extra EXTRA_OUTPUT to control where this image will be written. If the EXTRA_OUTPUT is not present, then a small sized image is returned as a Bitmap object in the extra field. This is useful for applications that only need a small image. If the EXTRA_OUTPUT is present, then the full-sized image will be written to the Uri value of EXTRA_OUTPUT. As of Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP, this uri can also be supplied through Intent.setClipData(ClipData). If using this approach, you still must supply the uri through the EXTRA_OUTPUT field for compatibility with old applications. If you don't set a ClipData, it will be copied there for you when calling Context#startActivity(Intent).

Constant Value: "android.media.action.IMAGE_CAPTURE_SECURE"

ACTION_REVIEW

public static final String ACTION_REVIEW

Standard action that can be sent to review the given media file.

The launched application is expected to provide a large-scale view of the given media file, while allowing the user to quickly access other recently captured media files.

Input: Intent#getData is URI of the primary media item to initially display.

Constant Value: "android.provider.action.REVIEW"

ACTION_REVIEW_SECURE

public static final String ACTION_REVIEW_SECURE

Standard action that can be sent to review the given media file when the device is secured (e.g. with a pin, password, pattern, or face unlock). The applications should be careful not to share any media with other applications or Internet. The activity should use Activity#setShowWhenLocked to display on top of the lock screen while secured. There is no activity stack when this flag is used, so launching more than one activity is strongly discouraged.

The launched application is expected to provide a large-scale view of the given primary media file, while only allowing the user to quickly access other media from an explicit secondary list.

Input: Intent#getData is URI of the primary media item to initially display. Intent#getClipData is the limited list of secondary media items that the user is allowed to review. If Intent#getClipData is undefined, then no other media access should be allowed.

Constant Value: "android.provider.action.REVIEW_SECURE"

ACTION_VIDEO_CAPTURE

public static final String ACTION_VIDEO_CAPTURE

Standard Intent action that can be sent to have the camera application capture a video and return it.

The caller may pass in an extra EXTRA_VIDEO_QUALITY to control the video quality.

The caller may pass in an extra EXTRA_OUTPUT to control where the video is written. If EXTRA_OUTPUT is not present the video will be written to the standard location for videos, and the Uri of that location will be returned in the data field of the Uri. As of Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP, this uri can also be supplied through Intent.setClipData(ClipData). If using this approach, you still must supply the uri through the EXTRA_OUTPUT field for compatibility with old applications. If you don't set a ClipData, it will be copied there for you when calling Context#startActivity(Intent).

Note: if you app targets M and above and declares as using the Manifest.permission.CAMERA permission which is not granted, then atempting to use this action will result in a SecurityException.

Constant Value: "android.media.action.VIDEO_CAPTURE"

AUTHORITY

public static final String AUTHORITY

The authority for the media provider

Constant Value: "media"

EXTRA_BRIGHTNESS

public static final String EXTRA_BRIGHTNESS

When defined, the launched application is requested to set the given brightness value via WindowManager.LayoutParams.screenBrightness to help ensure a smooth transition when launching ACTION_REVIEW or ACTION_REVIEW_SECURE intents.

Constant Value: "android.provider.extra.BRIGHTNESS"

EXTRA_DURATION_LIMIT

public static final String EXTRA_DURATION_LIMIT

Specify the maximum allowed recording duration in seconds.

Constant Value: "android.intent.extra.durationLimit"

EXTRA_FINISH_ON_COMPLETION

public static final String EXTRA_FINISH_ON_COMPLETION

The name of the Intent-extra used to control the onCompletion behavior of a MovieView. This is a boolean property that specifies whether or not to finish the MovieView activity when the movie completes playing. The default value is true, which means to automatically exit the movie player activity when the movie completes playing.

Constant Value: "android.intent.extra.finishOnCompletion"

EXTRA_FULL_SCREEN

public static final String EXTRA_FULL_SCREEN

The name of an Intent-extra used to control the UI of a ViewImage. This is a boolean property that overrides the activity's default fullscreen state.

Constant Value: "android.intent.extra.fullScreen"

EXTRA_MEDIA_ALBUM

public static final String EXTRA_MEDIA_ALBUM

The name of the Intent-extra used to define the album

Constant Value: "android.intent.extra.album"

EXTRA_MEDIA_ARTIST

public static final String EXTRA_MEDIA_ARTIST

The name of the Intent-extra used to define the artist

Constant Value: "android.intent.extra.artist"

EXTRA_MEDIA_FOCUS

public static final String EXTRA_MEDIA_FOCUS

The name of the Intent-extra used to define the search focus. The search focus indicates whether the search should be for things related to the artist, album or song that is identified by the other extras.

Constant Value: "android.intent.extra.focus"

EXTRA_MEDIA_GENRE

public static final String EXTRA_MEDIA_GENRE

The name of the Intent-extra used to define the genre.

Constant Value: "android.intent.extra.genre"

EXTRA_MEDIA_PLAYLIST

public static final String EXTRA_MEDIA_PLAYLIST

The name of the Intent-extra used to define the playlist.

Constant Value: "android.intent.extra.playlist"

EXTRA_MEDIA_RADIO_CHANNEL

public static final String EXTRA_MEDIA_RADIO_CHANNEL

The name of the Intent-extra used to define the radio channel.

Constant Value: "android.intent.extra.radio_channel"

EXTRA_MEDIA_TITLE

public static final String EXTRA_MEDIA_TITLE

The name of the Intent-extra used to define the song title

Constant Value: "android.intent.extra.title"

EXTRA_OUTPUT

public static final String EXTRA_OUTPUT

The name of the Intent-extra used to indicate a content resolver Uri to be used to store the requested image or video.

Constant Value: "output"

EXTRA_SCREEN_ORIENTATION

public static final String EXTRA_SCREEN_ORIENTATION

The name of the Intent-extra used to control the orientation of a ViewImage or a MovieView. This is an int property that overrides the activity's requestedOrientation.

Constant Value: "android.intent.extra.screenOrientation"

EXTRA_SHOW_ACTION_ICONS

public static final String EXTRA_SHOW_ACTION_ICONS

The name of an Intent-extra used to control the UI of a ViewImage. This is a boolean property that specifies whether or not to show action icons.

Constant Value: "android.intent.extra.showActionIcons"

EXTRA_SIZE_LIMIT

public static final String EXTRA_SIZE_LIMIT

Specify the maximum allowed size.

Constant Value: "android.intent.extra.sizeLimit"

EXTRA_VIDEO_QUALITY

public static final String EXTRA_VIDEO_QUALITY

The name of the Intent-extra used to control the quality of a recorded video. This is an integer property. Currently value 0 means low quality, suitable for MMS messages, and value 1 means high quality. In the future other quality levels may be added.

Constant Value: "android.intent.extra.videoQuality"

INTENT_ACTION_MEDIA_PLAY_FROM_SEARCH

public static final String INTENT_ACTION_MEDIA_PLAY_FROM_SEARCH

An intent to perform a search for music media and automatically play content from the result when possible. This can be fired, for example, by the result of a voice recognition command to listen to music.

This intent always includes the EXTRA_MEDIA_FOCUS and SearchManager.QUERY extras. The EXTRA_MEDIA_FOCUS extra determines the search mode, and the value of the SearchManager.QUERY extra depends on the search mode. For more information about the search modes for this intent, see Play music based on a search query in Common Intents.

This intent makes the most sense for apps that can support large-scale search of music, such as services connected to an online database of music which can be streamed and played on the device.

Constant Value: "android.media.action.MEDIA_PLAY_FROM_SEARCH"

INTENT_ACTION_MEDIA_SEARCH

public static final String INTENT_ACTION_MEDIA_SEARCH

Activity Action: Perform a search for media. Contains at least the SearchManager.QUERY extra. May also contain any combination of the following extras: EXTRA_MEDIA_ARTIST, EXTRA_MEDIA_ALBUM, EXTRA_MEDIA_TITLE, EXTRA_MEDIA_FOCUS

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.MEDIA_SEARCH"

INTENT_ACTION_MUSIC_PLAYER

public static final String INTENT_ACTION_MUSIC_PLAYER

This constant was deprecated in API level 15.
Use Intent.CATEGORY_APP_MUSIC instead.

Activity Action: Launch a music player. The activity should be able to play, browse, or manipulate music files stored on the device.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.MUSIC_PLAYER"

INTENT_ACTION_STILL_IMAGE_CAMERA

public static final String INTENT_ACTION_STILL_IMAGE_CAMERA

The name of the Intent action used to launch a camera in still image mode.

Constant Value: "android.media.action.STILL_IMAGE_CAMERA"

INTENT_ACTION_STILL_IMAGE_CAMERA_SECURE

public static final String INTENT_ACTION_STILL_IMAGE_CAMERA_SECURE

The name of the Intent action used to launch a camera in still image mode for use when the device is secured (e.g. with a pin, password, pattern, or face unlock). Applications responding to this intent must not expose any personal content like existing photos or videos on the device. The applications should be careful not to share any photo or video with other applications or internet. The activity should use Activity#setShowWhenLocked to display on top of the lock screen while secured. There is no activity stack when this flag is used, so launching more than one activity is strongly discouraged.

Constant Value: "android.media.action.STILL_IMAGE_CAMERA_SECURE"

INTENT_ACTION_TEXT_OPEN_FROM_SEARCH

public static final String INTENT_ACTION_TEXT_OPEN_FROM_SEARCH

An intent to perform a search for readable media and automatically play content from the result when possible. This can be fired, for example, by the result of a voice recognition command to read a book or magazine.

Contains the SearchManager.QUERY extra, which is a string that can contain any type of unstructured text search, like the name of a book or magazine, an author a genre, a publisher, or any combination of these.

Because this intent includes an open-ended unstructured search string, it makes the most sense for apps that can support large-scale search of text media, such as services connected to an online database of books and/or magazines which can be read on the device.

Constant Value: "android.media.action.TEXT_OPEN_FROM_SEARCH"

INTENT_ACTION_VIDEO_CAMERA

public static final String INTENT_ACTION_VIDEO_CAMERA

The name of the Intent action used to launch a camera in video mode.

Constant Value: "android.media.action.VIDEO_CAMERA"

INTENT_ACTION_VIDEO_PLAY_FROM_SEARCH

public static final String INTENT_ACTION_VIDEO_PLAY_FROM_SEARCH

An intent to perform a search for video media and automatically play content from the result when possible. This can be fired, for example, by the result of a voice recognition command to play movies.

Contains the SearchManager.QUERY extra, which is a string that can contain any type of unstructured video search, like the name of a movie, one or more actors, a genre, or any combination of these.

Because this intent includes an open-ended unstructured search string, it makes the most sense for apps that can support large-scale search of video, such as services connected to an online database of videos which can be streamed and played on the device.

Constant Value: "android.media.action.VIDEO_PLAY_FROM_SEARCH"

MEDIA_IGNORE_FILENAME

public static final String MEDIA_IGNORE_FILENAME

Name of the file signaling the media scanner to ignore media in the containing directory and its subdirectories. Developers should use this to avoid application graphics showing up in the Gallery and likewise prevent application sounds and music from showing up in the Music app.

Constant Value: ".nomedia"

MEDIA_SCANNER_VOLUME

public static final String MEDIA_SCANNER_VOLUME

Name of current volume being scanned by the media scanner.

Constant Value: "volume"

META_DATA_STILL_IMAGE_CAMERA_PREWARM_SERVICE

public static final String META_DATA_STILL_IMAGE_CAMERA_PREWARM_SERVICE

Name under which an activity handling INTENT_ACTION_STILL_IMAGE_CAMERA or INTENT_ACTION_STILL_IMAGE_CAMERA_SECURE publishes the service name for its prewarm service.

This meta-data should reference the fully qualified class name of the prewarm service extending CameraPrewarmService.

The prewarm service will get bound and receive a prewarm signal CameraPrewarmService#onPrewarm() when a camera launch intent fire might be imminent. An application implementing a prewarm service should do the absolute minimum amount of work to initialize the camera in order to reduce startup time in likely case that shortly after a camera launch intent would be sent.

Constant Value: "android.media.still_image_camera_preview_service"

UNKNOWN_STRING

public static final String UNKNOWN_STRING

The string that is used when a media attribute is not known. For example, if an audio file does not have any meta data, the artist and album columns will be set to this value.

Constant Value: ""

VOLUME_EXTERNAL

public static final String VOLUME_EXTERNAL

Volume name used for content on "external" storage of device. This only includes media on the primary shared storage device; the contents of any secondary storage devices can be obtained using getAllVolumeNames(android.content.Context).

Constant Value: "external"

VOLUME_INTERNAL

public static final String VOLUME_INTERNAL

Volume name used for content on "internal" storage of device. This volume contains media distributed with the device, such as built-in ringtones and wallpapers.

Constant Value: "internal"

AUTHORITY_URI

public static final Uri AUTHORITY_URI

A content:// style uri to the authority for the media provider

MediaStore

public MediaStore ()

getAllVolumeNames

public static Set<String> getAllVolumeNames (Context context)

Return list of all volume names currently available. This includes a unique name for each shared storage device that is currently mounted.

Each name can be passed to APIs like MediaStore.Images.Media#getContentUri(String) to query media at that location.

getDocumentUri

public static Uri getDocumentUri (Context context, 
                Uri mediaUri)

Return a DocumentsProvider Uri that is an equivalent to the given MediaStore Uri.

This allows apps with Storage Access Framework permissions to convert between MediaStore and DocumentsProvider Uris that refer to the same underlying item. Note that this method doesn't grant any new permissions; callers must already hold permissions obtained with Intent#ACTION_OPEN_DOCUMENT or related APIs.

getMediaScannerUri

public static Uri getMediaScannerUri ()

Uri for querying the state of the media scanner.

getMediaUri

public static Uri getMediaUri (Context context, 
                Uri documentUri)

Return a MediaStore Uri that is an equivalent to the given DocumentsProvider Uri.

This allows apps with Storage Access Framework permissions to convert between MediaStore and DocumentsProvider Uris that refer to the same underlying item. Note that this method doesn't grant any new permissions; callers must already hold permissions obtained with Intent#ACTION_OPEN_DOCUMENT or related APIs.

getVersion

public static String getVersion (Context context)

Get the media provider's version. Applications that import data from the media provider into their own caches can use this to detect that the media provider changed, and reimport data as needed. No other assumptions should be made about the meaning of the version.

getVolumeName

public static String getVolumeName (Uri uri)

Return the volume name that the given Uri references.

setIncludePending

public static Uri setIncludePending (Uri uri)

Update the given Uri to also include any pending media items from calls such as ContentResolver#query(Uri, String[], Bundle, CancellationSignal). By default no pending items are returned.

setRequireOriginal

public static Uri setRequireOriginal (Uri uri)

Update the given Uri to indicate that the caller requires the original file contents when calling ContentResolver#openFileDescriptor(Uri, String).

This can be useful when the caller wants to ensure they're backing up the exact bytes of the underlying media, without any Exif redaction being performed.

If the original file contents cannot be provided, a UnsupportedOperationException will be thrown when the returned Uri is used, such as when the caller doesn't hold Manifest.permission.ACCESS_MEDIA_LOCATION.