I'd like to be able to read the system's SMS content provider. Basically I wanted to make an SMS messaging app, but it would only be useful if I could see past threads etc. It seems like there's a...

I have a class that queries the MediaStore for images. For example, I have code that looks like someContentResolver.query( MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI, ... ). I want to test that, ...

I am querying the Images table to get all pictures in the MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI directory. See the following query: String[] what = new String[]{ MediaStore.Images.ImageCol...

What is the reason for content provider authorities? How/why do I want to use them other than I HAVE to declare them in the manifest? I've tried to do my homework on this question and cannot fi...

The Android Dev Guide says Content providers are also useful for reading and writing data that is private to your application and not shared. Generally, Content Providers are used for provi...

I am trying to get an image from the gallery app from one of the folders from the Google+ synced photos. After selecting the image, the Uri is being passed back correctly. But when I try to get the...

I have followed the below tutorial http://www.vogella.de/articles/AndroidSQLite/article.htm But getting this exception after clicking on "confirm" button 01-20 10:18:14.585: E/AndroidRuntime(200...

I have a SearchView in my ActionBar which is connected with a ContentProvider to give search suggestions. These suggestions do not come from a DB (as usual with ContentProvider), but from a web ser...

I am asking this because I am not quite sure of how to work with Android Content Providers. I have a subset of my database with 8 tables and I need to create complex queries to get some of the data...

I'd like to know if there is a way to know if the content provider of callings has changed. I mean, if I make a call, or I answer a call, it returns a "flag" that a new log has been added to the ca...

The documentation on Android content providers describes using a ContentResolver, obtained from getContentResolver(), to access the content. However there is also a ContentProviderClient, which ca...

First and foremost, I found this answer particularly helpful. However, it made me wonder how one goes about finding such information. I can't seem to figure out how to iterate all the messages in...

Currently I am displaying all the contacts of my phone in my app as a custom recyclerview. Till now I am showing name, mobile number and profile image of the contact on the list item view but I nee...

I am making an application framework for the enterprise environment which involves data sharing between two or more applications from the device memory. This data needs to be stored on the device a...

Is it possible to use getContentResolver().query() when I want sum(column)? OR Do I have to make raw query to db handle?

I'm trying to test a ContentProvider class, and can't make it work. getProvider() keeps returning null, but as I understand from the ProviderTestCase2.setUp() code, it shouldn't. public class Not...

Part of my application involves saving a png file to my local files directory, and then shared via a content provider. I write the file via getContext().openFileOutput However, in my content prov...

I try to run this query on my custom contentprovider. cursor = activity.getContentResolver().query( GoalDescriptor.CONTENT_URI, "max(priority)", null, null, null); to obtain the max value of...

I am developing Android app A so that another one B could read A's SharedPreferences. In javadoc for android.content.Context the following is said about both MODE_WORLD_READABLE and MODE_WORLD_WRI...

I am writing an Android app that has a data type that represents a person (specifically, the parent or guardian of a child). I'd like to be able to "import" the relevant data fields from the Contac...

We're trying to publish a pay ad-free version of a casual app that's currently published free with ads. We refactored all package names to com.mycompanyname.appname.pro, the free one on market does...

I am developing an application in which i am working on Android Contacts and not able to move ahead. In app the need of application is that the contact which is updated should send to server or the...

I have two applications which use the same content provider, but I can't put the same content provider in both applications- it shows INSTALL_FAILED_CONFLICTING_PROVIDER error. So I have put my con...

I've written a library starting a service in the background. It runs perfectly in all applications. In order to reduce the RAM usage, I want to avoid running multiple services for different appli...

I'm developing an Android app that is a gallery of images in which the images are downloaded from internet for display on the screen of smathphone. Images are displayed one at a time and the applic...