Added in API level 1

Summary: Constants

MediaStore.Audio.ArtistColumns

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Kotlin |Java

public static interface MediaStore.Audio.ArtistColumns

android.provider.MediaStore.Audio.ArtistColumns

Known indirect subclasses MediaStore.Audio.Artists MediaStore.Audio.Artists Contains artists for audio files

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Audio artist metadata columns.

Summary

Constants
String	ARTIST The artist who created the audio file, if any This constant represents a column name that can be used with a ContentProvider through a ContentValues or Cursor object.
String	ARTIST_KEY This constant was deprecated in API level 30. These keys are generated using Locale.ROOT, which means they don't reflect locale-specific sorting preferences. To apply locale-specific sorting preferences, use ContentResolver.QUERY_ARG_SQL_SORT_ORDER with COLLATE LOCALIZED, or ContentResolver.QUERY_ARG_SORT_LOCALE.
String	NUMBER_OF_ALBUMS The number of albums in the database for this artist This constant represents a column name that can be used with a ContentProvider through a ContentValues or Cursor object.
String	NUMBER_OF_TRACKS The number of albums in the database for this artist This constant represents a column name that can be used with a ContentProvider through a ContentValues or Cursor object.

Constants

ARTIST

Added in API level 1

public static final String ARTIST

The artist who created the audio file, if any
This constant represents a column name that can be used with a ContentProvider through a ContentValues or Cursor object. The values stored in this column are Cursor#FIELD_TYPE_STRING , and are read-only and cannot be mutated.

Constant Value: "artist"

ARTIST_KEY

Added in API level 1
Deprecated in API level 30

public static final String ARTIST_KEY

This constant was deprecated in API level 30.
These keys are generated using Locale.ROOT, which means they don't reflect locale-specific sorting preferences. To apply locale-specific sorting preferences, use ContentResolver.QUERY_ARG_SQL_SORT_ORDER with COLLATE LOCALIZED, or ContentResolver.QUERY_ARG_SORT_LOCALE.

A non human readable key calculated from the ARTIST, used for searching, sorting and grouping
This constant represents a column name that can be used with a ContentProvider through a ContentValues or Cursor object. The values stored in this column are Cursor#FIELD_TYPE_STRING , and are read-only and cannot be mutated.

See also:

• MediaStore.Audio.keyFor(String)

Constant Value: "artist_key"

NUMBER_OF_ALBUMS

Added in API level 1

public static final String NUMBER_OF_ALBUMS

The number of albums in the database for this artist
This constant represents a column name that can be used with a ContentProvider through a ContentValues or Cursor object. The values stored in this column are Cursor#FIELD_TYPE_INTEGER , and are read-only and cannot be mutated.

Constant Value: "number_of_albums"

NUMBER_OF_TRACKS

Added in API level 1

public static final String NUMBER_OF_TRACKS

The number of albums in the database for this artist
This constant represents a column name that can be used with a ContentProvider through a ContentValues or Cursor object. The values stored in this column are Cursor#FIELD_TYPE_INTEGER , and are read-only and cannot be mutated.

Constant Value: "number_of_tracks"