diff --git a/src/android/camera_capabilities.cpp b/src/android/camera_capabilities.cpp
index 00224a6d..7d795bf5 100644
--- a/src/android/camera_capabilities.cpp
+++ b/src/android/camera_capabilities.cpp
@@ -113,6 +113,87 @@ const std::map<int, const Camera3Format> camera3FormatsMap = {
 	},
 };
 
+enum ControlRange {
+	Min,
+	Def,
+	Max,
+};
+
+template<typename T,
+	 std::enable_if_t<std::is_arithmetic_v<T>> * = nullptr>
+void setMetadata(CameraMetadata *metadata, uint32_t tag,
+		 const ControlInfoMap &controlsInfo, const ControlId *control,
+		 enum ControlRange controlRange)
+{
+	const auto &info = controlsInfo.find(control);
+	if (info == controlsInfo.end())
+		return;
+
+	T ret;
+	switch (controlRange) {
+	case Min:
+		ret = info->second.min().get<T>();
+		break;
+	case Def:
+		ret = info->second.def().get<T>();
+		break;
+	case Max:
+		ret = info->second.max().get<T>();
+		break;
+	}
+
+	metadata->addEntry(tag, ret);
+	return;
+}
+
+template<typename T,
+	 std::enable_if_t<std::is_arithmetic_v<T>> * = nullptr>
+T setMetadata(CameraMetadata *metadata, uint32_t tag,
+	      const ControlInfoMap &controlsInfo, const ControlId *control,
+	      const T defaultValue, enum ControlRange controlRange)
+{
+	T ret = defaultValue;
+
+	const auto &info = controlsInfo.find(control);
+	if (info != controlsInfo.end()) {
+		switch (controlRange) {
+		case Min:
+			ret = info->second.min().get<T>();
+			break;
+		case Def:
+			ret = info->second.def().get<T>();
+			break;
+		case Max:
+			ret = info->second.max().get<T>();
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	metadata->addEntry(tag, ret);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+template<typename S,
+	 typename T = typename S::value_type>
+S setMetadata(CameraMetadata *metadata, uint32_t tag,
+	      const ControlInfoMap &controlsInfo, const ControlId *control,
+	      const S &defaultVector)
+{
+	S ret = {};
+
+	const auto &info = controlsInfo.find(control);
+	if (info != controlsInfo.end()) {
+		ret.reserve(info->second.values().size());
+		for (const auto &value : info->second.values())
+			ret.push_back(value.get<T>());
+	} else {
+		ret = defaultVector;
+	}
+
+	metadata->addEntry(tag, ret);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 } /* namespace */
 
 int CameraCapabilities::initialize(std::shared_ptr<libcamera::Camera> camera,