Added in API level 11

FileColumns

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Kotlin |Java

interface FileColumns : MediaStore.MediaColumns

android.provider.MediaStore.Files.FileColumns

File metadata columns.

Summary

Constants
static String	MEDIA_TYPE The media type (audio, video, image, document, playlist or subtitle) of the file, or 0 for not a media file This constant represents a column name that can be used with a android.content.ContentProvider through a android.content.ContentValues or android.database.Cursor object.
static Int	MEDIA_TYPE_AUDIO Constant for the MEDIA_TYPE column indicating that file is an audio file.
static Int	MEDIA_TYPE_DOCUMENT Constant for the MEDIA_TYPE column indicating that file is a document file.
static Int	MEDIA_TYPE_IMAGE Constant for the MEDIA_TYPE column indicating that file is an image file.
static Int	MEDIA_TYPE_NONE Constant for the MEDIA_TYPE column indicating that file is not an audio, image, video, document, playlist, or subtitles file.
static Int	MEDIA_TYPE_PLAYLIST Constant for the MEDIA_TYPE column indicating that file is a playlist file.
static Int	MEDIA_TYPE_SUBTITLE Constant for the MEDIA_TYPE column indicating that file is a subtitles or lyrics file.
static Int	MEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO Constant for the MEDIA_TYPE column indicating that file is a video file.
static String	MIME_TYPE The MIME type of the media item.
static String	PARENT The index of the parent directory of the file This constant represents a column name that can be used with a android.content.ContentProvider through a android.content.ContentValues or android.database.Cursor object.

Inherited constants
From class MediaColumns String ALBUM Indexed value of MediaMetadataRetriever#METADATA_KEY_ALBUM extracted from this media item. This constant represents a column name that can be used with a android.content.ContentProvider through a android.content.ContentValues or android.database.Cursor object. The values stored in this column are Cursor#FIELD_TYPE_STRING , and are read-only and cannot be mutated. String ALBUM_ARTIST Indexed value of MediaMetadataRetriever#METADATA_KEY_ALBUMARTIST extracted from this media item. This constant represents a column name that can be used with a android.content.ContentProvider through a android.content.ContentValues or android.database.Cursor object. The values stored in this column are Cursor#FIELD_TYPE_STRING , and are read-only and cannot be mutated. String ARTIST Indexed value of MediaMetadataRetriever#METADATA_KEY_ARTIST or ExifInterface#TAG_ARTIST extracted from this media item. This constant represents a column name that can be used with a android.content.ContentProvider through a android.content.ContentValues or android.database.Cursor object. The values stored in this column are Cursor#FIELD_TYPE_STRING , and are read-only and cannot be mutated. String AUTHOR Indexed value of MediaMetadataRetriever#METADATA_KEY_AUTHOR extracted from this media item. This constant represents a column name that can be used with a android.content.ContentProvider through a android.content.ContentValues or android.database.Cursor object. The values stored in this column are Cursor#FIELD_TYPE_STRING , and are read-only and cannot be mutated. String BITRATE Indexed value of MediaMetadataRetriever#METADATA_KEY_BITRATE extracted from this media item. This constant represents a column name that can be used with a android.content.ContentProvider through a android.content.ContentValues or android.database.Cursor object. The values stored in this column are Cursor#FIELD_TYPE_INTEGER , and are read-only and cannot be mutated. String BUCKET_DISPLAY_NAME The primary bucket display name of this media item. This can be useful to present the user a first-level clustering of related media items. This is a read-only column that is automatically computed. This constant represents a column name that can be used with a android.content.ContentProvider through a android.content.ContentValues or android.database.Cursor object. The values stored in this column are Cursor#FIELD_TYPE_STRING , and are read-only and cannot be mutated. String BUCKET_ID The primary bucket ID of this media item. This can be useful to present the user a first-level clustering of related media items. This is a read-only column that is automatically computed. This constant represents a column name that can be used with a android.content.ContentProvider through a android.content.ContentValues or android.database.Cursor object. The values stored in this column are Cursor#FIELD_TYPE_INTEGER , and are read-only and cannot be mutated. String CAPTURE_FRAMERATE Indexed value of MediaMetadataRetriever#METADATA_KEY_CAPTURE_FRAMERATE extracted from this media item. This constant represents a column name that can be used with a android.content.ContentProvider through a android.content.ContentValues or android.database.Cursor object. The values stored in this column are Cursor#FIELD_TYPE_FLOAT , and are read-only and cannot be mutated. String CD_TRACK_NUMBER Indexed value of MediaMetadataRetriever#METADATA_KEY_CD_TRACK_NUMBER extracted from this media item. This constant represents a column name that can be used with a android.content.ContentProvider through a android.content.ContentValues or android.database.Cursor object. The values stored in this column are Cursor#FIELD_TYPE_STRING , and are read-only and cannot be mutated. String COMPILATION Indexed value of MediaMetadataRetriever#METADATA_KEY_COMPILATION extracted from this media item. This constant represents a column name that can be used with a android.content.ContentProvider through a android.content.ContentValues or android.database.Cursor object. The values stored in this column are Cursor#FIELD_TYPE_STRING , and are read-only and cannot be mutated. String COMPOSER Indexed value of MediaMetadataRetriever#METADATA_KEY_COMPOSER extracted from this media item. This constant represents a column name that can be used with a android.content.ContentProvider through a android.content.ContentValues or android.database.Cursor object. The values stored in this column are Cursor#FIELD_TYPE_STRING , and are read-only and cannot be mutated. String DATA Absolute filesystem path to the media item on disk. Apps may use this path to do file operations. However, they should not assume that the file is always available. Apps must be prepared to handle any file-based I/O errors that could occur. From Android 11 onwards, this column is read-only for apps that target R and higher. On those devices, when creating or updating a uri, this column's value is not accepted. Instead, to update the filesystem location of a file, use the values of the DISPLAY_NAME and RELATIVE_PATH columns. Though direct file operations are supported, ContentResolver#openFileDescriptor(Uri, String) API is recommended for better performance. This constant represents a column name that can be used with a android.content.ContentProvider through a android.content.ContentValues or android.database.Cursor object. The values stored in this column are Cursor#FIELD_TYPE_STRING . String DATE_ADDED The time the media item was first added. Value is a non-negative timestamp measured as the number of seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z. This constant represents a column name that can be used with a android.content.ContentProvider through a android.content.ContentValues or android.database.Cursor object. The values stored in this column are Cursor#FIELD_TYPE_INTEGER , and are read-only and cannot be mutated. String DATE_EXPIRES The time the media item should be considered expired. Typically only meaningful in the context of IS_PENDING or IS_TRASHED. The value stored in this column is automatically calculated when IS_PENDING or IS_TRASHED is changed. The default pending expiration is typically 7 days, and the default trashed expiration is typically 30 days. Expired media items are automatically deleted once their expiration time has passed, typically during the next device idle period. Value is a non-negative timestamp measured as the number of seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z. This constant represents a column name that can be used with a android.content.ContentProvider through a android.content.ContentValues or android.database.Cursor object. The values stored in this column are Cursor#FIELD_TYPE_INTEGER , and are read-only and cannot be mutated. String DATE_MODIFIED Indexed value of File#lastModified() extracted from this media item. Value is a non-negative timestamp measured as the number of seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z. This constant represents a column name that can be used with a android.content.ContentProvider through a android.content.ContentValues or android.database.Cursor object. The values stored in this column are Cursor#FIELD_TYPE_INTEGER , and are read-only and cannot be mutated. String DATE_TAKEN Indexed value of MediaMetadataRetriever#METADATA_KEY_DATE or ExifInterface#TAG_DATETIME_ORIGINAL extracted from this media item. Note that images must define both ExifInterface#TAG_DATETIME_ORIGINAL and ExifInterface#TAG_OFFSET_TIME_ORIGINAL to reliably determine this value in relation to the epoch. Value is a non-negative timestamp measured as the number of milliseconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z. This constant represents a column name that can be used with a android.content.ContentProvider through a android.content.ContentValues or android.database.Cursor object. The values stored in this column are Cursor#FIELD_TYPE_INTEGER , and are read-only and cannot be mutated. String DISC_NUMBER Indexed value of MediaMetadataRetriever#METADATA_KEY_DISC_NUMBER extracted from this media item. This constant represents a column name that can be used with a android.content.ContentProvider through a android.content.ContentValues or android.database.Cursor object. The values stored in this column are Cursor#FIELD_TYPE_STRING , and are read-only and cannot be mutated. String DISPLAY_NAME The display name of the media item. For example, an item stored at /storage/0000-0000/DCIM/Vacation/IMG1024.JPG would have a display name of IMG1024.JPG. This constant represents a column name that can be used with a android.content.ContentProvider through a android.content.ContentValues or android.database.Cursor object. The values stored in this column are Cursor#FIELD_TYPE_STRING . String DOCUMENT_ID The "document ID" GUID as defined by the XMP Media Management standard, extracted from any XMP metadata contained within this media item. The value is null when no metadata was found. Each "document ID" is created once for each new resource. Different renditions of that resource are expected to have different IDs. This constant represents a column name that can be used with a android.content.ContentProvider through a android.content.ContentValues or android.database.Cursor object. The values stored in this column are Cursor#FIELD_TYPE_STRING , and are read-only and cannot be mutated. String DURATION Indexed value of MediaMetadataRetriever#METADATA_KEY_DURATION extracted from this media item. Value is a non-negative duration in milliseconds. This constant represents a column name that can be used with a android.content.ContentProvider through a android.content.ContentValues or android.database.Cursor object. The values stored in this column are Cursor#FIELD_TYPE_INTEGER , and are read-only and cannot be mutated. String GENERATION_ADDED Generation number at which metadata for this media item was first inserted. This is useful for apps that are attempting to quickly identify exactly which media items have been added since a previous point in time. Generation numbers are monotonically increasing over time, and can be safely arithmetically compared. Detecting media additions using generation numbers is more robust than using DATE_ADDED, since those values may change in unexpected ways when apps use File#setLastModified(long) or when the system clock is set incorrectly. Note that before comparing these detailed generation values, you should first confirm that the overall version hasn't changed by checking MediaStore#getVersion(Context, String), since that indicates when a more radical change has occurred. If the overall version changes, you should assume that generation numbers have been reset and perform a full synchronization pass. This constant represents a column name that can be used with a android.content.ContentProvider through a android.content.ContentValues or android.database.Cursor object. The values stored in this column are Cursor#FIELD_TYPE_INTEGER , and are read-only and cannot be mutated. String GENERATION_MODIFIED Generation number at which metadata for this media item was last changed. This is useful for apps that are attempting to quickly identify exactly which media items have changed since a previous point in time. Generation numbers are monotonically increasing over time, and can be safely arithmetically compared. Detecting media changes using generation numbers is more robust than using DATE_MODIFIED, since those values may change in unexpected ways when apps use File#setLastModified(long) or when the system clock is set incorrectly. Note that before comparing these detailed generation values, you should first confirm that the overall version hasn't changed by checking MediaStore#getVersion(Context, String), since that indicates when a more radical change has occurred. If the overall version changes, you should assume that generation numbers have been reset and perform a full synchronization pass. This constant represents a column name that can be used with a android.content.ContentProvider through a android.content.ContentValues or android.database.Cursor object. The values stored in this column are Cursor#FIELD_TYPE_INTEGER , and are read-only and cannot be mutated. String GENRE Indexed value of MediaMetadataRetriever#METADATA_KEY_GENRE extracted from this media item. This constant represents a column name that can be used with a android.content.ContentProvider through a android.content.ContentValues or android.database.Cursor object. The values stored in this column are Cursor#FIELD_TYPE_STRING , and are read-only and cannot be mutated. String HEIGHT Indexed value of MediaMetadataRetriever#METADATA_KEY_VIDEO_HEIGHT, MediaMetadataRetriever#METADATA_KEY_IMAGE_HEIGHT or ExifInterface#TAG_IMAGE_LENGTH extracted from this media item. Type: INTEGER This constant represents a column name that can be used with a android.content.ContentProvider through a android.content.ContentValues or android.database.Cursor object. The values stored in this column are Cursor#FIELD_TYPE_INTEGER , and are read-only and cannot be mutated. String INSTANCE_ID The "instance ID" GUID as defined by the XMP Media Management standard, extracted from any XMP metadata contained within this media item. The value is null when no metadata was found. This "instance ID" changes with each save operation of a specific "document ID". This constant represents a column name that can be used with a android.content.ContentProvider through a android.content.ContentValues or android.database.Cursor object. The values stored in this column are Cursor#FIELD_TYPE_STRING , and are read-only and cannot be mutated. String IS_DOWNLOAD Flag indicating if the media item has been marked as being part of the Downloads collection. This constant represents a column name that can be used with a android.content.ContentProvider through a android.content.ContentValues or android.database.Cursor object. The values stored in this column are Cursor#FIELD_TYPE_INTEGER , and are read-only and cannot be mutated. String IS_DRM Flag indicating if a media item is DRM protected. This constant represents a column name that can be used with a android.content.ContentProvider through a android.content.ContentValues or android.database.Cursor object. The values stored in this column are Cursor#FIELD_TYPE_INTEGER . String IS_FAVORITE Flag indicating if the media item has been marked as being a "favorite" by the user. This constant represents a column name that can be used with a android.content.ContentProvider through a android.content.ContentValues or android.database.Cursor object. The values stored in this column are Cursor#FIELD_TYPE_INTEGER . String IS_PENDING Flag indicating if a media item is pending, and still being inserted by its owner. While this flag is set, only the owner of the item can open the underlying file; requests from other apps will be rejected. Pending items are retained either until they are published by setting the field to 0, or until they expire as defined by DATE_EXPIRES. This constant represents a column name that can be used with a android.content.ContentProvider through a android.content.ContentValues or android.database.Cursor object. The values stored in this column are Cursor#FIELD_TYPE_INTEGER . String IS_TRASHED Flag indicating if a media item is trashed. Trashed items are retained until they expire as defined by DATE_EXPIRES. This constant represents a column name that can be used with a android.content.ContentProvider through a android.content.ContentValues or android.database.Cursor object. The values stored in this column are Cursor#FIELD_TYPE_INTEGER . String NUM_TRACKS Indexed value of MediaMetadataRetriever#METADATA_KEY_NUM_TRACKS extracted from this media item. This constant represents a column name that can be used with a android.content.ContentProvider through a android.content.ContentValues or android.database.Cursor object. The values stored in this column are Cursor#FIELD_TYPE_INTEGER , and are read-only and cannot be mutated. String ORIENTATION Indexed value of MediaMetadataRetriever#METADATA_KEY_VIDEO_ROTATION, MediaMetadataRetriever#METADATA_KEY_IMAGE_ROTATION, or ExifInterface#TAG_ORIENTATION extracted from this media item. For consistency the indexed value is expressed in degrees, such as 0, 90, 180, or 270. Type: INTEGER This constant represents a column name that can be used with a android.content.ContentProvider through a android.content.ContentValues or android.database.Cursor object. The values stored in this column are Cursor#FIELD_TYPE_INTEGER , and are read-only and cannot be mutated. String ORIGINAL_DOCUMENT_ID The "original document ID" GUID as defined by the XMP Media Management standard, extracted from any XMP metadata contained within this media item. This "original document ID" links a resource to its original source. For example, when you save a PSD document as a JPEG, then convert the JPEG to GIF format, the "original document ID" of both the JPEG and GIF files is the "document ID" of the original PSD file. This constant represents a column name that can be used with a android.content.ContentProvider through a android.content.ContentValues or android.database.Cursor object. The values stored in this column are Cursor#FIELD_TYPE_STRING , and are read-only and cannot be mutated. String OWNER_PACKAGE_NAME Package name that contributed this media. The value may be NULL if ownership cannot be reliably determined. From Android Build.VERSION_CODES#UPSIDE_DOWN_CAKE onwards, visibility and query of this field will depend on package visibility. For android.content.ContentResolver#query operation, result set will be restricted to visible packages only. This constant represents a column name that can be used with a android.content.ContentProvider through a android.content.ContentValues or android.database.Cursor object. The values stored in this column are Cursor#FIELD_TYPE_STRING , and are read-only and cannot be mutated. String RELATIVE_PATH Relative path of this media item within the storage device where it is persisted. For example, an item stored at /storage/0000-0000/DCIM/Vacation/IMG1024.JPG would have a path of DCIM/Vacation/. This value should only be used for organizational purposes, and you should not attempt to construct or access a raw filesystem path using this value. If you need to open a media item, use an API like ContentResolver#openFileDescriptor(Uri, String). When this value is set to NULL during an android.content.ContentResolver#insert operation, the newly created item will be placed in a relevant default location based on the type of media being inserted. For example, a image/jpeg item will be placed under Environment#DIRECTORY_PICTURES. You can modify this column during an android.content.ContentResolver#update call, which will move the underlying file on disk. In both cases above, content must be placed under a top-level directory that is relevant to the media type. For example, attempting to place a audio/mpeg file under Environment#DIRECTORY_PICTURES will be rejected. This constant represents a column name that can be used with a android.content.ContentProvider through a android.content.ContentValues or android.database.Cursor object. The values stored in this column are Cursor#FIELD_TYPE_STRING . String RESOLUTION Calculated value that combines WIDTH and HEIGHT into a user-presentable string. This constant represents a column name that can be used with a android.content.ContentProvider through a android.content.ContentValues or android.database.Cursor object. The values stored in this column are Cursor#FIELD_TYPE_STRING , and are read-only and cannot be mutated. String SIZE Indexed value of File#length() extracted from this media item. Value is a non-negative number of bytes. This constant represents a column name that can be used with a android.content.ContentProvider through a android.content.ContentValues or android.database.Cursor object. The values stored in this column are Cursor#FIELD_TYPE_INTEGER , and are read-only and cannot be mutated. String TITLE Indexed value of MediaMetadataRetriever#METADATA_KEY_TITLE extracted from this media item. This constant represents a column name that can be used with a android.content.ContentProvider through a android.content.ContentValues or android.database.Cursor object. The values stored in this column are Cursor#FIELD_TYPE_STRING , and are read-only and cannot be mutated. String VOLUME_NAME Volume name of the specific storage device where this media item is persisted. The value is typically one of the volume names returned from MediaStore#getExternalVolumeNames(Context). This is a read-only column that is automatically computed. This constant represents a column name that can be used with a android.content.ContentProvider through a android.content.ContentValues or android.database.Cursor object. The values stored in this column are Cursor#FIELD_TYPE_STRING , and are read-only and cannot be mutated. String WIDTH Indexed value of MediaMetadataRetriever#METADATA_KEY_VIDEO_WIDTH, MediaMetadataRetriever#METADATA_KEY_IMAGE_WIDTH or ExifInterface#TAG_IMAGE_WIDTH extracted from this media item. Type: INTEGER This constant represents a column name that can be used with a android.content.ContentProvider through a android.content.ContentValues or android.database.Cursor object. The values stored in this column are Cursor#FIELD_TYPE_INTEGER , and are read-only and cannot be mutated. String WRITER Indexed value of MediaMetadataRetriever#METADATA_KEY_WRITER extracted from this media item. This constant represents a column name that can be used with a android.content.ContentProvider through a android.content.ContentValues or android.database.Cursor object. The values stored in this column are Cursor#FIELD_TYPE_STRING , and are read-only and cannot be mutated. String XMP Indexed XMP metadata extracted from this media item. The structure of this metadata is defined by the XMP Media Management standard, published as ISO 16684-1:2012. This metadata is typically extracted from a ExifInterface#TAG_XMP contained inside an image file or from a XMP_ box contained inside an ISO/IEC base media file format (MPEG-4 Part 12). Note that any location details are redacted from this metadata for privacy reasons. This constant represents a column name that can be used with a android.content.ContentProvider through a android.content.ContentValues or android.database.Cursor object. The values stored in this column are Cursor#FIELD_TYPE_BLOB , and are read-only and cannot be mutated. String YEAR Indexed value of MediaMetadataRetriever#METADATA_KEY_YEAR extracted from this media item. This constant represents a column name that can be used with a android.content.ContentProvider through a android.content.ContentValues or android.database.Cursor object. The values stored in this column are Cursor#FIELD_TYPE_INTEGER , and are read-only and cannot be mutated.
From class BaseColumns String _COUNT The count of rows in a directory. Type: INTEGER String _ID The unique ID for a row. Type: INTEGER (long)

Constants

MEDIA_TYPE

Added in API level 11

static val MEDIA_TYPE: String

The media type (audio, video, image, document, playlist or subtitle) of the file, or 0 for not a media file
This constant represents a column name that can be used with a android.content.ContentProvider through a android.content.ContentValues or android.database.Cursor object. The values stored in this column are Cursor#FIELD_TYPE_INTEGER .

Value: "media_type"

MEDIA_TYPE_AUDIO

Added in API level 11

static val MEDIA_TYPE_AUDIO: Int

Constant for the MEDIA_TYPE column indicating that file is an audio file.

Value: 2

MEDIA_TYPE_DOCUMENT

Added in API level 30

static val MEDIA_TYPE_DOCUMENT: Int

Constant for the MEDIA_TYPE column indicating that file is a document file.

Value: 6

MEDIA_TYPE_IMAGE

Added in API level 11

static val MEDIA_TYPE_IMAGE: Int

Constant for the MEDIA_TYPE column indicating that file is an image file.

Value: 1

MEDIA_TYPE_NONE

Added in API level 11

static val MEDIA_TYPE_NONE: Int

Constant for the MEDIA_TYPE column indicating that file is not an audio, image, video, document, playlist, or subtitles file.

Value: 0

MEDIA_TYPE_PLAYLIST

Added in API level 11
Deprecated in API level 31

static val MEDIA_TYPE_PLAYLIST: Int

Deprecated: Android playlists are now deprecated. We will keep the current functionality for compatibility reasons, but we will no longer take feature request. We do not advise adding new usages of Android Playlists. M3U files can be used as an alternative.

Constant for the MEDIA_TYPE column indicating that file is a playlist file.

Value: 4

MEDIA_TYPE_SUBTITLE

Added in API level 30

static val MEDIA_TYPE_SUBTITLE: Int

Constant for the MEDIA_TYPE column indicating that file is a subtitles or lyrics file.

Value: 5

MEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO

Added in API level 11

static val MEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO: Int

Constant for the MEDIA_TYPE column indicating that file is a video file.

Value: 3

MIME_TYPE

Added in API level 11

static val MIME_TYPE: String

The MIME type of the media item.

This is typically defined based on the file extension of the media item. However, it may be the value of the format attribute defined by the Dublin Core Media Initiative standard, extracted from any XMP metadata contained within this media item.

Note: the format attribute may be ignored if the top-level MIME type disagrees with the file extension. For example, it's reasonable for an image/jpeg file to declare a format of image/vnd.google.panorama360+jpg, but declaring a format of audio/ogg would be ignored.

This is a read-only column that is automatically computed.
This constant represents a column name that can be used with a android.content.ContentProvider through a android.content.ContentValues or android.database.Cursor object. The values stored in this column are Cursor#FIELD_TYPE_STRING .

Value: "mime_type"

PARENT

Added in API level 11

static val PARENT: String

The index of the parent directory of the file
This constant represents a column name that can be used with a android.content.ContentProvider through a android.content.ContentValues or android.database.Cursor object. The values stored in this column are Cursor#FIELD_TYPE_INTEGER , and are read-only and cannot be mutated.

Value: "parent"