4 files changed, 37 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/api/current.txt b/api/current.txt
index 4fe1a07..f409526 100644
--- a/api/current.txt
+++ b/api/current.txt
@@ -11199,6 +11199,7 @@ package android.media {
     method public final int dequeueInputBuffer(long);
     method public final int dequeueOutputBuffer(android.media.MediaCodec.BufferInfo, long);
     method public final void flush();
+    method public android.media.MediaCodecInfo getCodecInfo();
     method public java.nio.ByteBuffer[] getInputBuffers();
     method public final java.lang.String getName();
     method public java.nio.ByteBuffer[] getOutputBuffers();
diff --git a/media/java/android/media/MediaCodec.java b/media/java/android/media/MediaCodec.java
index cacc338..d5515eb 100644
--- a/media/java/android/media/MediaCodec.java
+++ b/media/java/android/media/MediaCodec.java
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 package android.media;
 
+import android.media.MediaCodecInfo;
+import android.media.MediaCodecList;
 import android.media.MediaCrypto;
 import android.media.MediaFormat;
 import android.view.Surface;
@@ -504,6 +506,16 @@ final public class MediaCodec {
      */
     public native final String getName();
 
+    /**
+     * Get the codec info. If the codec was created by createDecoderByType
+     * or createEncoderByType, what component is chosen is not known beforehand,
+     * and thus the caller does not have the MediaCodecInfo.
+     */
+    public MediaCodecInfo getCodecInfo() {
+        return MediaCodecList.getCodecInfoAt(
+                   MediaCodecList.findCodecByName(getName()));
+    }
+
     private native final ByteBuffer[] getBuffers(boolean input);
 
     private static native final void native_init();
diff --git a/media/java/android/media/MediaCodecList.java b/media/java/android/media/MediaCodecList.java
index 1749934..2a60113 100644
--- a/media/java/android/media/MediaCodecList.java
+++ b/media/java/android/media/MediaCodecList.java
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ final public class MediaCodecList {
     /* package private */ static native final MediaCodecInfo.CodecCapabilities
         getCodecCapabilities(int index, String type);
 
+    /* package private */ static native final int findCodecByName(String codec);
+
     private static native final void native_init();
 
     private MediaCodecList() {}
diff --git a/media/jni/android_media_MediaCodecList.cpp b/media/jni/android_media_MediaCodecList.cpp
index 0638b4a..04430ec 100644
--- a/media/jni/android_media_MediaCodecList.cpp
+++ b/media/jni/android_media_MediaCodecList.cpp
@@ -44,6 +44,25 @@ static jstring android_media_MediaCodecList_getCodecName(
     return env->NewStringUTF(name);
 }
 
+static jint android_media_MediaCodecList_findCodecByName(
+        JNIEnv *env, jobject thiz, jstring name) {
+    if (name == NULL) {
+        jniThrowException(env, "java/lang/IllegalArgumentException", NULL);
+        return -ENOENT;
+    }
+
+    const char *nameStr = env->GetStringUTFChars(name, NULL);
+
+    if (nameStr == NULL) {
+        // Out of memory exception already pending.
+        return -ENOENT;
+    }
+
+    jint ret = MediaCodecList::getInstance()->findCodecByName(nameStr);
+    env->ReleaseStringUTFChars(name, nameStr);
+    return ret;
+}
+
 static jboolean android_media_MediaCodecList_isEncoder(
         JNIEnv *env, jobject thiz, jint index) {
     return MediaCodecList::getInstance()->isEncoder(index);
@@ -180,6 +199,9 @@ static JNINativeMethod gMethods[] = {
       "(ILjava/lang/String;)Landroid/media/MediaCodecInfo$CodecCapabilities;",
       (void *)android_media_MediaCodecList_getCodecCapabilities },
 
+    { "findCodecByName", "(Ljava/lang/String;)I",
+      (void *)android_media_MediaCodecList_findCodecByName },
+
     { "native_init", "()V", (void *)android_media_MediaCodecList_native_init },
 };