Android: How to get meta data of a particular mp3 song

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I know that the songs artist,album etc can be displayed by using MediaStore.Audio class. But it displays the list of artists,albums etc. The problem is when I click an artist name(displayed as list in my activity), all the songs with that particular artist should be displayed.

How can I filter the songs based on meta data (album/artist etc). How to get metadata of that particular song ?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered May 10 '12 at 20:19

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If you want to filter based on the artist that the user clicked, you need to requery the database.

Below is an example of such a query.

String query = MediaStore.Audio.Media.IS_MUSIC + " != 0 AND _display_name LIKE '%.mp3' AND artist LIKE " + artistStringHere;

answered May 10 '12 at 20:19

Daniel Robertson

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So, I think we have to separate the artistnames in the string 'query'.Can we store each string in a String array ? – Dileep Perla May 11 '12 at 02:39

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 10 '12 at 17:54

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Read through the mp3 and find the id3 and id3+. However, dealing with mp3 music usually indicates piracy.

answered May 10 '12 at 17:54

Cole Tobin

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How can we access the id3 of the mp3? – Dileep Perla May 10 '12 at 18:02
MediaMetadataRetriever works perfectly but it runs in api level 10 and above, is there any similar one for api level 8 ? – Dileep Perla May 10 '12 at 18:05
Learn about the mp3 format on how to access mp3 blocks – Cole Tobin May 10 '12 at 22:21

Android: How to get meta data of a particular mp3 song

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