Get Android song information from MediaStore with known Uri?

Asked May 16 '15 at 13:52

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I am querying for Android song data. I have this code

            System.out.println("URI COL: " + musicCursor.getString(uriColumn));
            Uri uri = Uri.fromFile(new File(musicCursor.getString(uriColumn)));
            System.out.println("URI IS: " + uri.toString());

But the output is not right.

URI COL:
/storage/emulated/0/amazonmp3/Red Hot Chili Peppers/Stadium Arcadium/01 Dani California.wma

URI IS: file:///storage/emulated/0/amazonmp3/Red%20Hot%20Chili%20Peppers/Stadium%20Arcadium/01%20Dani%20California.wma

I tried to parse the Uri column and tried the fromFile method but neither option is giving me the format I need.

This answer shows an example of my problem, but no solution.

Uri - content://media/internal/audio/media/29 :: is the format I need.
Path - /system/media/audio/notifications/Ascend.mp3 :: is the format I'm getting.

I only need that format because it appears Android Cursors only work in that format, which is completely illogical, especially when the DATA column only appears to give you the file path.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:14

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asked May 16 '15 at 13:52

Andrew No

tried to get _id column? – pskink May 16 '15 at 14:31
@pskink Yeah I have the id. I'm not sure what you want me to do with it however. – Andrew No May 16 '15 at 14:35
what is the value of id? – pskink May 16 '15 at 14:38
it varies. I end up querying dynamically for each song. The first one is 356, or something like that. – Andrew No May 16 '15 at 14:48
so your `Uri` is **content://media/internal/audio/media/356** or something like that – pskink May 16 '15 at 18:55
Oh my god that make so much sense now! Thank you! – Andrew No May 17 '15 at 12:48

Get Android song information from MediaStore with known Uri?

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