How can I get the location data of a video in Android?

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I am trying to get the metadata for the video files stored on my app's user's phone. I can get the file name, id, date taken and so on. However, latitude and longitude data always returns as 0.0. I have been referring to this:

http://ift.tt/1G2b3hm

Yes, I am already enabling use location in my settings. I have a very similar function to this for images which works fine.

public ArrayList<Clip> getLocalVideoFiles(Context context) {
    Log.d("Currently running","getLocalVideoFile");
    ArrayList<Clip> localClips = new ArrayList<Clip>();
    ContentResolver videoResolver = context.getContentResolver();
    Uri videoUri = MediaStore.Video.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI;
    String test = getRealPathFromURI(context, videoUri);
    Log.d("videoUri: ",test);
    Cursor videoCursor = videoResolver.query(videoUri, null, null, null, null);

    if(videoCursor!=null && videoCursor.moveToFirst()){
        //get columns
        int idColumn = videoCursor.getColumnIndex
                (MediaStore.Video.Media._ID);
        int titleColumn = videoCursor.getColumnIndex
                (MediaStore.Video.Media.TITLE);
        int dateTakenColumn = videoCursor.getColumnIndex
                (MediaStore.Video.Media.DATE_TAKEN);
        int durationColumn = videoCursor.getColumnIndex
               (MediaStore.Video.Media.DURATION);
        int latColumn = videoCursor.getColumnIndex
                (MediaStore.Video.Media.LATITUDE);
        int lonColumn = videoCursor.getColumnIndex
                (MediaStore.Video.Media.LONGITUDE);

        do {
            String thisId = videoCursor.getString(idColumn);
            String thisTitle = videoCursor.getString(titleColumn); 
            String thisDateTaken = videoCursor.getString(dateTakenColumn);
            int thisDuration = videoCursor.getInt(durationColumn);
            String thisLat = Double.toString(videoCursor.getDouble(latColumn));
            String thisLon = Double.toString(videoCursor.getDouble(lonColumn));

            Clip thisClip = new Clip( thisId, thisTitle, "none", thisDateTaken, thisDuration, thisLat, thisLon, false, true);

            localClips.add(thisClip);

            Log.d("video ID",thisId);
            Log.d("video title",thisTitle);
            Log.d("video Date Taken",thisDateTaken);
            Log.d("video Duration",Integer.toString(thisDuration));
            Log.d("video Latitude",thisLat);
            Log.d("video Longitude",thisLon);
        }
        while (videoCursor.moveToNext());
    }
    return localClips;
}

This hints at an answer: Geotagging a captured video But, it is not quite there. So, I guess my question is: how can I access the extra file data for mp4s in Android? (or, is there a better way to do it?) I need the location of video files that have already been taken.

Thanks in advance!

asked 1 min ago

fullmeriffic

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How can I get the location data of a video in Android?