I have a listView that is populated by a cursor from a cursor loader, and using content provider. I want to sort the listView so that it is arranged for example the most recent items are added at t...

I want to export a ContentProvider for use by another one of MY apps. How do I prevent other apps from accessing it? If I use an android:permission attribute, can't 3rd party apps just apply that p...

My application store images in a private folder /sdcard/Android/data/com.mypackage.myapp/files/. I want to add those picture to the gallery. I tried adding them to the media store but it creates a ...

I have a ContentProvider which handles all the data insertion and retrieval related to my application, I'm following the pattern suggested by Virgil Dobjanschi on Google I/O. I am using the first p...

I have a ContentProvider Class and a DatabaseHelper Class (extends SQLiteOpenHelper). The ContentProvider instantiates the Helper which needs access to a Context because the constructor requires it...

We have a JUnit test class which extends ActivityInstrumentationTestCase2<CommentActivity>. The test (and the class we're testing) use CommentContentProvider, which extends ContentProvider, t...

I am getting the below error when attempting to query my database with my custom ContentProvider shown below. I have confirmed the table exists with the correct name and it is still not working. ...

I need to build a search functionality in my android app which relies on json response from the server. The users will enter the search query in a searchview located in the actionbar. Based on what...

I am reading this tutorial on implementing my own ContentProvide for working with SQLite. Int the ContentProvider.query there are a few thing that puzzles me. It seems very hardcoded to just one ta...

I implemented a ContentProvider by overriding openFile(...) method. Then I tested it by using ContentResolver.openFileDescriptor(...) method. As specified in the javadoc, openFileDescriptor suppose...

I know that the content://sms/ provider is not officially supported in Android. Nonetheless, I'm wondering if there are some commonly used conventions for the values that appear in the "type" colum...

I am trying to get details of all the contacts available in phone contacts using below code. But facing small issue of duplicate values. EDITED ACTUAL CODE STARTS :- private String refreshData(...

A hopefully straightforward question: When ContentResolver.notifyChange() is called for a given URI, are ContentObservers observing descendent URIs of this URI notified? E.g. Say I have a cursor s...

I'm using the Android Calendar Provider to display events. I'm also associating the events with images from a local app database by using the EVENT_ID of the event as a reference. I'm now wonderin...

I use a ContentProvider to speak with my application's database and I'm running into a bit of a problem. I have a query that is slightly complicated. It looks something like this: String sql = "...

I started setting up dependency injection using Dagger as follows. Please feel encouraged to correct my implementation since I might have mistakes in there! The implementation follows the android-s...

I have a custom method save() in my custom ContentProvider class MyContentProvider which I want to call through the ContentResolver. The objective is to pass an POJO as a Bundle through to MyConten...

The goal: refresh database from XML data The process: Start transaction Delete all existing rows from the tables Per each main element of parsed XML insert row into main table and get PK Per eac...

I'm working with the android MediaStore. I can get a list of music on the device, and all the details associated with each media item (title, artist, duration, etc.) I would like to be able to show...

I'm querying the CallLog content provider and need to detect the column types. In Honeycomb and newer (API Level 11+) you can get a columns preferred data type by calling the method Cursor.getType...

I'm working with SQLite on Android. I used ContentProvider to query data from db. And now, I have a problem when try to use subquery via ContentResolver String selection = "cat_id NOT IN ?" Strin...

I have a widget which I am trying to use to display information from my app's local database inside of a listview. I'm using the RemoteViewsService.RemoteViewsFactory interface to load my list's c...

I have a library project providing the base code for a number of apps that all needs the same database structure and functionality and I'm looking for the best way to implement this. My main concer...

I have an app that uses ContentProvider to access SQLite. An instance of SQLiteOpenHelper is created in providers onCreate: @Override public boolean onCreate() { final Context context = getContex...

As we know content provider loads on application run. But I want to make some operations before content provider will launch. How do I catch this operation? Before content provider's onCreate metho...