Background
Android supports various audio files encoding and decoding.
I record audio into an audio file using android.media.MediaRecorder class, but I also wish to show information about the files I've recorded (not standard data, but still just text, maybe even configurable by user), and I think it's best to store this information within the files.
examples of possible data to store: when it was recorded, where it was recorded, notes by the user...
The problem
The MediaRecorder class doesn't have any function that I can find, to add or even read metadata of the recorded audio file.
I also can't find a similar class that does it.
What I've tried
I tried searching how to do it for specific files types, and also tried to find a library that does it.
I haven't find even a clue about this information.
The only thing I've found for MediaRecorder class, is a function called "setLocation" , which is used to indicate where the recording has started (geographically), and looking at its code, I can see it sets parameters:
public void setLocation(float latitude, float longitude) {
int latitudex10000 = (int) (latitude * 10000 + 0.5);
int longitudex10000 = (int) (longitude * 10000 + 0.5);
if (latitudex10000 > 900000 || latitudex10000 < -900000) {
String msg = "Latitude: " + latitude + " out of range.";
throw new IllegalArgumentException(msg);
}
if (longitudex10000 > 1800000 || longitudex10000 < -1800000) {
String msg = "Longitude: " + longitude + " out of range";
throw new IllegalArgumentException(msg);
}
setParameter("param-geotag-latitude=" + latitudex10000);
setParameter("param-geotag-longitude=" + longitudex10000);
}
But setParameter is private, and I'm not sure if it's ok to put anything I want into it, even if I had a way to access it (reflection, for example) :
private native void setParameter(String nameValuePair);
I also don't get, given an audio/video file, how to get/modify this kind of information. It's not available for SimpleExoPlayer, for example.
The questions
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How can I read,write, and modify metadata inside supported audio files of Android?
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Are there any limitations/restrictions for those actions?
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Which file formats are available for this?
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Is it possible to add the metadata while I record the audio?
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Is it possible perhaps via MediaStore ? But then how do I do those operations? And which files are supported? And does the metadata stay within the file?
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