Android EXIF data Image from Camera or Gallery lost

Question

I need to read some Exif properties of an Image (taken with the Camera or picked from the Gallery).

Here is how I launch the Camera:

Intent intent = new Intent("android.media.action.IMAGE_CAPTURE");
    File file = new File(myObject.getLocalUrl());
    Uri fileURI = FileProvider.getUriForFile(context, context.getApplicationContext().getPackageName() + ".provider", file);
    intent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT, fileURI);
    startActivityForResult(intent, CAPTURE_IMAGE_REQUEST_CODE);

Here is how I launch the Gallery Picker:

Intent intent = new Intent();
intent.setType("image/*");
intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT);
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_LOCAL_ONLY, true);
startActivityForResult(Intent.createChooser(intent, getString(R.string.image_picker_select_image)), SELECT_IMAGE_FROM_GALLERY_REQUEST_CODE);

The problem is that for example, in the first case (Camera), after the Image is taken and saved in the External Storage, the Exif information get lost.

The same for the Images picked from the Gallery. That's how I get the Image in the onActivityResult method:

Uri uri = data.getData();
Bitmap bitmap = MediaStore.Images.Media.getBitmap(getContentResolver(), uri);

And finally here is how I read the Exif data:

ExifInterface exifInterface = null;
    try {
        exifInterface = new ExifInterface(myObject.getLocalUrl());
    } catch (IOException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
    String exifOrientation = exifInterface.getAttribute(ExifInterface.TAG_ORIENTATION);
    String exifMake = exifInterface.getAttribute(ExifInterface.TAG_MAKE);
    String exifModel = exifInterface.getAttribute(ExifInterface.TAG_MODEL);

I've tried the next:

1. Take a picture using my device Camera (without using my App).
2. Read the Exif data using ExifInterface.
3. It works like a charm.

So I guess the problem is that when the Image is saved (after it's taken with the Camera) or the Image is picked from the Gallery, the Exif data gets lost.

I've read at least 20-30 post here in Stackoverflow but basically the problem that everyone has is that the orientation exif information is lost, so the solution is writing the right orientation in the Exif data.

That solution is not fine for me since I don't want to overwrite the Exif data, I just want to read the original one.

Any ideas/hint? Thanks.

Answer 1

Try with below method: pass Uri into this method

 public static int getOrientation(Context context, Uri photoUri) {
           Cursor cursor = context.getContentResolver().query(photoUri,
           new String[] { MediaStore.Images.ImageColumns.ORIENTATION },null, null, null);
           try {
                if (cursor.moveToFirst()) {
                    return cursor.getInt(0);
                } else {
                    return -1;
                }
            } finally {
                cursor.close();
            }
        }

There are many ImageColumns are available regrading image information.