Read Exif of JPG file using ExifInterface

android.media.ExifInterface is a class for reading and writing Exif tags in a JPEG file. It can read and write various Exif Tag from and to JPG files, depends on API Level.

Here is a example with android:minSdkVersion="8", Android 2.2.

package com.AndroidExif;

import java.io.IOException;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.graphics.Bitmap;
import android.graphics.BitmapFactory;
import android.media.ExifInterface;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.ImageView;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.widget.Toast;

public class AndroidExifActivity extends Activity {
 
 String imagefile ="/sdcard/DCIM/Camera/myphoto.jpg";
 ImageView image;
 TextView Exif;
 
    /** Called when the activity is first created. */
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);
        image = (ImageView)findViewById(R.id.image);
        Exif = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.exif);
        ImageView image = (ImageView)findViewById(R.id.image);
        
        Bitmap bm = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(imagefile);
        image.setImageBitmap(bm);
        
        Exif.setText(ReadExif(imagefile));
    }
    
    String ReadExif(String file){
     String exif="Exif: " + file;
     try {
   ExifInterface exifInterface = new ExifInterface(file);

   exif += "\nIMAGE_LENGTH: " + exifInterface.getAttribute(ExifInterface.TAG_IMAGE_LENGTH);
   exif += "\nIMAGE_WIDTH: " + exifInterface.getAttribute(ExifInterface.TAG_IMAGE_WIDTH);
   exif += "\n DATETIME: " + exifInterface.getAttribute(ExifInterface.TAG_DATETIME);
   exif += "\n TAG_MAKE: " + exifInterface.getAttribute(ExifInterface.TAG_MAKE);
   exif += "\n TAG_MODEL: " + exifInterface.getAttribute(ExifInterface.TAG_MODEL);
   exif += "\n TAG_ORIENTATION: " + exifInterface.getAttribute(ExifInterface.TAG_ORIENTATION);
   exif += "\n TAG_WHITE_BALANCE: " + exifInterface.getAttribute(ExifInterface.TAG_WHITE_BALANCE);
   exif += "\n TAG_FOCAL_LENGTH: " + exifInterface.getAttribute(ExifInterface.TAG_FOCAL_LENGTH);
   exif += "\n TAG_FLASH: " + exifInterface.getAttribute(ExifInterface.TAG_FLASH);
   exif += "\nGPS related:";
   exif += "\n TAG_GPS_DATESTAMP: " + exifInterface.getAttribute(ExifInterface.TAG_GPS_DATESTAMP);
   exif += "\n TAG_GPS_TIMESTAMP: " + exifInterface.getAttribute(ExifInterface.TAG_GPS_TIMESTAMP);
   exif += "\n TAG_GPS_LATITUDE: " + exifInterface.getAttribute(ExifInterface.TAG_GPS_LATITUDE);
   exif += "\n TAG_GPS_LATITUDE_REF: " + exifInterface.getAttribute(ExifInterface.TAG_GPS_LATITUDE_REF);
   exif += "\n TAG_GPS_LONGITUDE: " + exifInterface.getAttribute(ExifInterface.TAG_GPS_LONGITUDE);
   exif += "\n TAG_GPS_LONGITUDE_REF: " + exifInterface.getAttribute(ExifInterface.TAG_GPS_LONGITUDE_REF);
   exif += "\n TAG_GPS_PROCESSING_METHOD: " + exifInterface.getAttribute(ExifInterface.TAG_GPS_PROCESSING_METHOD);
    
   Toast.makeText(AndroidExifActivity.this, 
     "finished", 
     Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
   
  } catch (IOException e) {
   // TODO Auto-generated catch block
   e.printStackTrace();
   Toast.makeText(AndroidExifActivity.this, 
     e.toString(), 
     Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
  }
     
     return exif;
    }

}

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    >
<TextView  
    android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
    android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
    android:text="@string/hello"
    />
<ScrollView 
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
    android:layout_height="fill_parent" 
 >
<LinearLayout
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    >
<TextView  
    android:id="@+id/exif"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
    android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
    />
<ImageView  
    android:id="@+id/image"
    android:layout_width="300dp" 
    android:layout_height="300dp" 
    />
</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>
</LinearLayout>

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