pixymeta-android

Standalone Android version of PixyMeta - a pure Java image metadata manipulation tool.

Image metadata manipulation:

  • JPEG and TIFF EXIF data manipulation
    • Insert EXIF data into JPEG.
    • Extract EXIF data from JPEG.
    • Remove EXIF data and other insignificant APPn segments from JPEG.
    • Insert EXIF data into TIFF.
    • Read EXIF data embedded in TIFF.
  • JPEG and TIFF ICC Profile support
    • Insert ICC profile to JPEG and TIFF.
    • Extract ICC profile from JPEG and TIFF.
  • JPEG and TIFF IPTC metadata support
    • Insert IPTC directly to TIFF via RichTiffIPTC tag.
    • Insert IPTC to JPEG via APP13 Photoshop IRB
    • Extract IPTC from both TIFF and JPEG
  • JPEG and TIFF Photoshop IRB metadata support
    • Insert IRB into JPEG via APP13 segment
    • Insert IRB into TIFF via tag PHOTOSHOP.
    • Extract IRB data from both JPEG and TIFF.
  • JPEG, GIF, PNG, TIFF XMP metadata support
    • Insert XMP metada into JPEG, GIF, PNG, and TIFF image
    • Extract XMP metadata from JPEG, GIF, PNG, and TIFF image
    • In case of JPEG, handle normal XMP and extendedXMP which cannot fit into one APP1 segment

Where can I get the latest release?

There is currently no stable release of PIXYMETA-ANDROID. However you can pull the latest SNAPSHOT from Sonatype SNAPSHOT repository by adding the snapshot repository to your pom.xml:

<repository>
  <id>oss.sonatype.org</id>
  <name>Sonatype Snapshot Repository</name>
  <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
  <releases>
    <enabled>false</enabled>
  </releases>
  <snapshots>
    <enabled>true</enabled>
  </snapshots>
</repository> 

Then you can use the SNAPSHOT version of ICAFE in your pom.xml:

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.github.dragon66</groupId>
  <artifactId>pixymeta-android</artifactId>
  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
</dependency>

Go to the wiki page to see this library in action or grab the “pixymeta-android.jar” from the lib folder and try it yourself!

Tested on Android Nexus4 virtual device only!!!

Project using pixymeta-android

Suggestions? custom requirements? Open an issue or send email to me directly: yuwen_66@yahoo.com