Set image orientation using ExifInterface

Question

setRotation method in Camera.Parameters does not work in all devices. Somebody suggests to manually change the EXIF information to solve the problem. Can you give me a short example on how to set the exif information with ExifInterface in such a way to set the image orientation as portrait?

private int savePicture(byte[] data)
{
       File pictureFile = getOutputMediaFile();
       if (pictureFile == null)
           return FILE_CREATION_ERROR;

       try {
           FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(pictureFile);
           fos.write(data);
           fos.close();
       } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
           return FILE_NOT_FOUND;
       } catch (IOException e) {
           return ACCESSING_FILE_ERROR;
       }

   return OKAY;
}

I've tried with this:

    try {
        ExifInterface exifi = new ExifInterface(pictureFile.getAbsolutePath());
        exifi.setAttribute(ExifInterface.TAG_ORIENTATION, String.valueOf(ExifInterface.ORIENTATION_ROTATE_90));
        exifi.saveAttributes();
    } catch (IOException e) {
        Log.e(TAG, "Exif error");
    }

but nothing change when I visualize the pictures from the android gallery.

Answer 1

For those who actually want to write these EXIF information out, here is some code:

ExifInterface exifInterface = new ExifInterface(someFile.getPath());
exifInterface.setAttribute(ExifInterface.TAG_ORIENTATION,
                           String.valueOf(orientation));
exifInterface.saveAttributes();

whereas orientation is one of the standard orientations, i.e. ExifInterface.ORIENTATION_ROTATE_{90,180,270}.