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5 information about media files stored on a device </title><script type="text/javascript"> |
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7 </script><link href="../PRODUCT_PLUGIN/book.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/><link href="css/s60/style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="all"/></head><body onload="initPage();"><div class="body"><div class="contentLeft prTxt"><h1 class="pageHeading" id="GUID-E3D26890-581A-427F-8AFF-16081528A8B8">Accessing |
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8 information about media files stored on a device</h1><div> |
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9 <p>The <a href="GUID-E5684FF0-28C9-4721-9421-6B9432087086.html#GUID-E5684FF0-28C9-4721-9421-6B9432087086">Media Management |
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10 Service API</a> allows <span>widgets</span> to retrieve information about |
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11 the media files stored in the Media Gallery of a device. You can use the Media |
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12 Management Service to access information about the following types of media:</p> |
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14 <li><p>Music</p></li> |
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15 <li><p>Sounds</p></li> |
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16 <li><p>Images</p></li> |
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17 <li><p>Video</p></li> |
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18 <li><p>Streaming media</p></li> |
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19 </ul> |
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20 <p>Using the Media Management Service, you can create <span>widgets</span>, |
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21 such as a custom photo viewer or audio player, that display or otherwise incorporate |
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22 media.</p> |
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23 <div><h3>Accessing the API and supported methods</h3> |
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24 <p>To create a <a href="GUID-04095E9A-50E7-4E5F-BD6F-71DA281A0080.html#GUID-04095E9A-50E7-4E5F-BD6F-71DA281A0080">service |
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25 object</a> for the Media Management Service API, use <code>Service.MediaManagement</code> to |
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26 identify the service provider and <code>IDataSource</code> to identify |
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27 the supported interface:</p> |
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28 |
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29 <pre class="codeblock" id="GUID-98491C3C-31D9-4A23-B756-20FF90796184">var so = device.getServiceObject("Service.MediaManagement", "IDataSource");</pre> |
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30 <p>The <code>IDataSource</code> interface provides the following |
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31 methods:</p> |
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32 <ul> |
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33 <li><p><a href="GUID-39C0BA48-E615-41B1-84FF-D4D0C4597DAB.html#GUID-39C0BA48-E615-41B1-84FF-D4D0C4597DAB"><code>GetList()</code></a></p> |
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34 |
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35 <p>Use the <code>GetList()</code> method to retrieve information |
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36 from a given service or data source on the device.</p> |
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37 |
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38 </li> |
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39 <li><p><a href="GUID-4EBD83E1-B179-4F8B-93AB-4D58C5F749C3.html#GUID-4EBD83E1-B179-4F8B-93AB-4D58C5F749C3"><code>Cancel()</code></a></p> |
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40 |
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41 <p>Use the <code>Cancel()</code> method to cancel an ongoing asynchronous |
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42 call. This method is valid for any asynchronous call made through the Media |
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43 Management Service API.</p> |
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44 |
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45 </li> |
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46 </ul> |
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47 </div> |
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48 <div><h3>Using the service in a widget</h3> |
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49 <p>To access media file information using the Media Management Service |
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50 API:</p> |
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51 <ol> |
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52 <li id="GUID-09408614-B079-437A-BF7C-1580105906C1-GENIDd0e8478"><a name="GUID-09408614-B079-437A-BF7C-1580105906C1-GENIDd0e8478"><!----></a><p>Create a service |
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53 object for the API using <a href="GUID-04095E9A-50E7-4E5F-BD6F-71DA281A0080.html#GUID-04095E9A-50E7-4E5F-BD6F-71DA281A0080"><code>device.getServiceObject()</code></a>.</p> |
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54 </li> |
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55 <li id="GUID-C7877560-C290-4E7D-980C-D65D50DC5B4A-GENIDd0e8487"><a name="GUID-C7877560-C290-4E7D-980C-D65D50DC5B4A-GENIDd0e8487"><!----></a><p>Define the |
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56 type of media about which you want to retrieve information.</p></li> |
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57 <li id="GUID-C4DFB650-8BAD-4947-AE25-74DFCD52229C-GENIDd0e8491"><a name="GUID-C4DFB650-8BAD-4947-AE25-74DFCD52229C-GENIDd0e8491"><!----></a><p>Optionally, |
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58 define how you want the results sorted.</p></li> |
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59 <li id="GUID-03590B36-FFCA-4E39-A781-92080EE16B34-GENIDd0e8495"><a name="GUID-03590B36-FFCA-4E39-A781-92080EE16B34-GENIDd0e8495"><!----></a><p>Define a handler |
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60 method to process the results.</p></li> |
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61 <li id="GUID-B7AF643B-5587-40D5-A423-0EAF4D3A8DFF-GENIDd0e8499"><a name="GUID-B7AF643B-5587-40D5-A423-0EAF4D3A8DFF-GENIDd0e8499"><!----></a><p>Retrieve the |
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62 media file information using <a href="GUID-39C0BA48-E615-41B1-84FF-D4D0C4597DAB.html#GUID-39C0BA48-E615-41B1-84FF-D4D0C4597DAB"><code>GetList()</code></a> together |
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63 with <a href="GUID-C7C3B541-8D28-4DC6-9003-ECF57F26C608.html#GUID-C7C3B541-8D28-4DC6-9003-ECF57F26C608"><code>callback()</code></a>.</p> |
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64 </li> |
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65 <li id="GUID-76B47850-874B-4F80-9440-DB7E2A2B9477-GENIDd0e8512"><a name="GUID-76B47850-874B-4F80-9440-DB7E2A2B9477-GENIDd0e8512"><!----></a><p>Process the |
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66 results in the handler method defined in step 4.</p></li> |
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67 </ol> |
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68 <p>For the complete source of a sample widget that demonstrates how to |
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69 use this service, see <a href="GUID-B7297E44-2CCE-4098-807B-551684CF608E.html#GUID-B7297E44-2CCE-4098-807B-551684CF608E">the full example</a>.</p> |
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