How to get songs and other media from an Album ID?

Question

I want to get songs and other MEDIA details from Album Id. All I have is Album Id and I tried many solutions but none of them succeed.

My code snippet:

ContentResolver contentResolver = getContentResolver();
        Uri mediaUri = ContentUris.withAppendedId(MediaStore.Audio.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI, albumId);
        Log.wtf("SKJDBKJ", mediaUri.toString());
        Cursor mediaCursor = contentResolver.query(mediaUri, null, null, null, null);

        // if the cursor is null.
        if(mediaCursor != null && mediaCursor.moveToFirst())
        {
            Log.wtf("DSJK", "entered cursor");
            //get Columns
            int titleColumn = mediaCursor.getColumnIndex(MediaStore.Audio.Albums.ALBUM);
            int idColumn = mediaCursor.getColumnIndex(MediaStore.Audio.Media._ID);
            int artistColumn = mediaCursor.getColumnIndex(MediaStore.Audio.Media.ARTIST);

            // Store the title, id and artist name in Song Array list.
            do
            {
                long thisId = mediaCursor.getLong(idColumn);
                String thisTitle = mediaCursor.getString(titleColumn);
                String thisArtist = mediaCursor.getString(artistColumn);
                Log.wtf("Title", thisTitle);

                // Add the info to our array.
                songArrayList.add(new Song(thisId, thisTitle, thisArtist));
            }
            while (mediaCursor.moveToNext());

            // For best practices, close the cursor after use.
            mediaCursor.close();
        }

Log for mediaUri returns path to current album, e.g. : content://media/external/audio/media/41. Someone tell me how do I do it?

Answer 1

I have figured it out myself after a LOT of trial and errors. I don't know if it's the best and safest way to do so, but as far as it's working I am happy.

I changed my code a bit and compared Album IDs. Here's the snippet:

ContentResolver contentResolver = getContentResolver();
        Uri mediaUri = MediaStore.Audio.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI;
        Log.wtf("SKJDBKJ", mediaUri.toString());
        Cursor mediaCursor = contentResolver.query(mediaUri, null, null, null, null);

        // if the cursor is null.
        if(mediaCursor != null && mediaCursor.moveToFirst())
        {
            Log.wtf("DSJK", "entered cursor");
            //get Columns
            int titleColumn = mediaCursor.getColumnIndex(MediaStore.Audio.Media.TITLE);
            int idColumn = mediaCursor.getColumnIndex(MediaStore.Audio.Media._ID);
            int artistColumn = mediaCursor.getColumnIndex(MediaStore.Audio.Media.ARTIST);
            int albumId = mediaCursor.getColumnIndex(MediaStore.Audio.Media.ALBUM_ID);

            // Store the title, id and artist name in Song Array list.
            do
            {
                long thisId = mediaCursor.getLong(idColumn);
                long thisalbumId = mediaCursor.getLong(albumId);
                String thisTitle = mediaCursor.getString(titleColumn);
                String thisArtist = mediaCursor.getString(artistColumn);

                // Add the info to our array.
                if(this.albumId == thisalbumId)
                {
                    Log.wtf("SAME2SAME", String.valueOf(thisalbumId));
                    Log.wtf("SAME2SAME", String.valueOf(this.albumId));
                    songArrayList.add(new Song(thisId, thisTitle, thisArtist));
                }
            }
            while (mediaCursor.moveToNext());

            // For best practices, close the cursor after use.
            mediaCursor.close();
        }

I changed:

1. Albums to Media in MediaStore.Audio.Audio.xxx.
2. Got the album Id of Media.
3. Compared that to album Id I receive from bundle extras.
4. Only add those songs in the arrayList. I guess this'll be the way for Artists too.