Package android.provider

Provides convenience classes to access the content providers supplied by Android.

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Description

Interface Summary

Applications.ApplicationColumns	The columns in application cursors, like those returned by Applications.search(ContentResolver, String).
BaseColumns
Calendar.AttendeesColumns
Calendar.CalendarAlertsColumns
Calendar.CalendarCacheColumns	CalendarCache stores some settings for calendar including the current time zone for the app.
Calendar.CalendarMetaDataColumns	A few Calendar globals are needed in the CalendarProvider for expanding the Instances table and these are all stored in the first (and only) row of the CalendarMetaData table.
Calendar.CalendarsColumns	Columns from the Calendars table that other tables join into themselves.
Calendar.EventDaysColumns
Calendar.EventsColumns	Columns from the Events table that other tables join into themselves.
Calendar.ExtendedPropertiesColumns
Calendar.RemindersColumns
Contacts.ContactMethods.ProviderNames	TODO find a place to put the canonical version of these.
Contacts.ContactMethodsColumns	Deprecated. see ContactsContract
Contacts.ExtensionsColumns	Deprecated. see ContactsContract
Contacts.GroupsColumns	Deprecated. see ContactsContract
Contacts.OrganizationColumns	Deprecated. see ContactsContract
Contacts.PeopleColumns	Deprecated. see ContactsContract
Contacts.PhonesColumns	Deprecated. see ContactsContract
Contacts.PhotosColumns	Deprecated. see ContactsContract
Contacts.PresenceColumns	Deprecated. see ContactsContract
Contacts.SettingsColumns	Deprecated. see ContactsContract
ContactsContract.BaseSyncColumns	Generic columns for use by sync adapters.
ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.BaseTypes	The base types that all "Typed" data kinds support.
ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.CommonColumns	Columns common across the specific types.
ContactsContract.ContactNameColumns	Contact name and contact name metadata columns in the RawContacts table.
ContactsContract.ContactOptionsColumns	Columns of ContactsContract.Contacts that track the user's preferences for, or interactions with, the contact.
ContactsContract.ContactsColumns	Columns of ContactsContract.Contacts that refer to intrinsic properties of the contact, as opposed to the user-specified options found in ContactsContract.ContactOptionsColumns.
ContactsContract.ContactStatusColumns
ContactsContract.DataColumns	Columns in the Data table.
ContactsContract.DataColumnsWithJoins	Combines all columns returned by ContactsContract.Data table queries.
ContactsContract.DisplayNameSources	Types of data used to produce the display name for a contact.
ContactsContract.FullNameStyle	Constants for various styles of combining given name, family name etc into a full name.
ContactsContract.GroupsColumns
ContactsContract.PhoneLookupColumns
ContactsContract.PhoneticNameStyle	Constants for various styles of capturing the pronunciation of a person's name.
ContactsContract.PresenceColumns	Additional data mixed in with ContactsContract.ContactStatusColumns to link back to specific BaseColumns._ID entries.
ContactsContract.RawContactsColumns
ContactsContract.SettingsColumns
ContactsContract.StatusColumns	Social status update columns.
ContactsContract.SyncColumns	Columns that appear when each row of a table belongs to a specific account, including sync information that an account may need.
ContactsContract.SyncStateColumns	Deprecated. use SyncState instead
DrmStore.Audio
DrmStore.Columns	Fields for DRM database
DrmStore.Images
MediaStore.Audio.AlbumColumns	Columns representing an album
MediaStore.Audio.ArtistColumns	Columns representing an artist
MediaStore.Audio.AudioColumns	Columns for audio file that show up in multiple tables.
MediaStore.Audio.GenresColumns	Columns representing an audio genre
MediaStore.Audio.PlaylistsColumns	Columns representing a playlist
MediaStore.Images.ImageColumns
MediaStore.MediaColumns	Common fields for most MediaProvider tables
MediaStore.Video.VideoColumns
OpenableColumns	These are standard columns for openable URIs.
SyncConstValue	Deprecated.
SyncStateContract.Columns
Telephony.BaseMmsColumns	Base columns for tables that contain MMSs.
Telephony.CanonicalAddressesColumns	Columns for the "canonical_addresses" table used by MMS and SMS."
Telephony.TextBasedSmsColumns	Base columns for tables that contain text based SMSs.
Telephony.ThreadsColumns	Columns for the "threads" table used by MMS and SMS.

Class Summary

AlarmClock	The AlarmClock provider contains an Intent action and extras that can be used to start an Activity to set a new alarm in an alarm clock application.
Applications	The Applications provider gives information about installed applications.
Browser
Browser.BookmarkColumns
Browser.SearchColumns
Calendar	The Calendar provider contains all calendar events.
Calendar.Attendees
Calendar.CalendarAlerts
Calendar.CalendarCache
Calendar.CalendarMetaData
Calendar.Calendars	Contains a list of available calendars.
Calendar.EventDays
Calendar.Events	Contains one entry per calendar event.
Calendar.EventsEntity	Contains one entry per calendar event.
Calendar.ExtendedProperties
Calendar.Instances	Contains one entry per calendar event instance.
Calendar.Reminders
Calendar.SyncState	A table provided for sync adapters to use for storing private sync state data.
CallLog	The CallLog provider contains information about placed and received calls.
CallLog.Calls	Contains the recent calls.
Contacts	Deprecated. The APIs have been superseded by ContactsContract.
Contacts.ContactMethods	Deprecated. see ContactsContract
Contacts.Extensions	Deprecated. see ContactsContract
Contacts.GroupMembership	Deprecated. see ContactsContract
Contacts.Groups	Deprecated. see ContactsContract
Contacts.Intents	Deprecated. see ContactsContract
Contacts.Intents.Insert	Deprecated. see ContactsContract
Contacts.Intents.UI	Deprecated. see ContactsContract
Contacts.Organizations	Deprecated. see ContactsContract
Contacts.People	Deprecated. see ContactsContract
Contacts.People.ContactMethods	Deprecated. see ContactsContract
Contacts.People.Extensions	Deprecated. see ContactsContract
Contacts.People.Phones	Deprecated. see ContactsContract
Contacts.Phones	Deprecated. see ContactsContract
Contacts.Photos	Deprecated. see ContactsContract
Contacts.Presence	Deprecated. see ContactsContract
Contacts.Settings	Deprecated. see ContactsContract
ContactsContract	The contract between the contacts provider and applications.
ContactsContract.AggregationExceptions	Constants for the contact aggregation exceptions table, which contains aggregation rules overriding those used by automatic aggregation.
ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds	Container for definitions of common data types stored in the ContactsContract.Data table.
ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Email	A data kind representing an email address.
ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Event	A data kind representing an event.
ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.GroupMembership	Group Membership.
ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Im	A data kind representing an IM address
ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Nickname	A data kind representing the contact's nickname.
ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Note	Notes about the contact.
ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Organization	A data kind representing an organization.
ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone	A data kind representing a telephone number.
ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Photo	A data kind representing an photo for the contact.
ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Relation	A data kind representing a relation.
ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.SipAddress	A data kind representing a SIP address for the contact.
ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.StructuredName	A data kind representing the contact's proper name.
ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.StructuredPostal	A data kind representing a postal addresses.
ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Website	A data kind representing a website related to the contact.
ContactsContract.ContactCounts	URI parameter and cursor extras that return counts of rows grouped by the address book index, which is usually the first letter of the sort key.
ContactsContract.Contacts	Constants for the contacts table, which contains a record per aggregate of raw contacts representing the same person.
ContactsContract.Contacts.AggregationSuggestions	A read-only sub-directory of a single contact aggregate that contains all aggregation suggestions (other contacts).
ContactsContract.Contacts.Data	A sub-directory of a single contact that contains all of the constituent raw contact ContactsContract.Data rows.
ContactsContract.Contacts.Photo	A read-only sub-directory of a single contact that contains the contact's primary photo.
ContactsContract.Data	Constants for the data table, which contains data points tied to a raw contact.
ContactsContract.Groups	Constants for the groups table.
ContactsContract.Intents	Contains helper classes used to create or manage Intents that involve contacts.
ContactsContract.Intents.Insert	Convenience class that contains string constants used to create contact Intents.
ContactsContract.Intents.UI	Intents related to the Contacts app UI.
ContactsContract.PhoneLookup	A table that represents the result of looking up a phone number, for example for caller ID.
ContactsContract.Preferences
ContactsContract.Presence	Deprecated. This old name was never meant to be made public.
ContactsContract.ProviderStatus	Private API for inquiring about the general status of the provider.
ContactsContract.QuickContact	Helper methods to display QuickContact dialogs that allow users to pivot on a specific Contacts entry.
ContactsContract.RawContacts	Constants for the raw contacts table, which contains one row of contact information for each person in each synced account.
ContactsContract.RawContacts.Data	A sub-directory of a single raw contact that contains all of its ContactsContract.Data rows.
ContactsContract.RawContacts.Entity	A sub-directory of a single raw contact that contains all of its ContactsContract.Data rows.
ContactsContract.RawContactsEntity	Constants for the raw contacts entities table, which can be thought of as an outer join of the raw_contacts table with the data table.
ContactsContract.SearchSnippetColumns	Additional columns returned by the Contacts#CONTENT_FILTER_URI providing the explanation of why the filter matched the contact.
ContactsContract.Settings	Contacts-specific settings for various Account's.
ContactsContract.StatusUpdates	A status update is linked to a ContactsContract.Data row and captures the user's latest status update via the corresponding source, e.g.
ContactsContract.SyncState	A table provided for sync adapters to use for storing private sync state data.
Downloads	The Download Manager
Downloads.Impl	Implementation details Exposes constants used to interact with the download manager's content provider.
Downloads.Impl.RequestHeaders	Constants related to HTTP request headers associated with each download.
DrmStore	The DRM provider contains forward locked DRM content.
LiveFolders	A LiveFolder is a special folder whose content is provided by a ContentProvider.
MediaStore	The Media provider contains meta data for all available media on both internal and external storage devices.
MediaStore.Audio	Container for all audio content.
MediaStore.Audio.Albums	Contains artists for audio files
MediaStore.Audio.Artists	Contains artists for audio files
MediaStore.Audio.Artists.Albums	Sub-directory of each artist containing all albums on which a song by the artist appears.
MediaStore.Audio.Genres	Contains all genres for audio files
MediaStore.Audio.Genres.Members	Sub-directory of each genre containing all members.
MediaStore.Audio.Media
MediaStore.Audio.Playlists	Contains playlists for audio files
MediaStore.Audio.Playlists.Members	Sub-directory of each playlist containing all members.
MediaStore.Images	Contains meta data for all available images.
MediaStore.Images.Media
MediaStore.Images.Thumbnails	This class allows developers to query and get two kinds of thumbnails: MINI_KIND: 512 x 384 thumbnail MICRO_KIND: 96 x 96 thumbnail
MediaStore.Video
MediaStore.Video.Media
MediaStore.Video.Thumbnails	This class allows developers to query and get two kinds of thumbnails: MINI_KIND: 512 x 384 thumbnail MICRO_KIND: 96 x 96 thumbnail
SearchRecentSuggestions	This is a utility class providing access to SearchRecentSuggestionsProvider.
Settings	The Settings provider contains global system-level device preferences.
Settings.Bookmarks	User-defined bookmarks and shortcuts.
Settings.NameValueTable	Common base for tables of name/value settings.
Settings.Secure	Secure system settings, containing system preferences that applications can read but are not allowed to write.
Settings.System	System settings, containing miscellaneous system preferences.
SocialContract	The contract between the social provider and applications.
SocialContract.Activities
SyncStateContract	The ContentProvider contract for associating data with ana data array account.
SyncStateContract.Constants
SyncStateContract.Helpers
Telephony	The Telephony provider contains data related to phone operation.
Telephony.Carriers
Telephony.Intents
Telephony.Mms	Contains all MMS messages.
Telephony.Mms.Addr
Telephony.Mms.Draft	Contains all MMS messages in the MMS app's drafts box.
Telephony.Mms.Inbox	Contains all MMS messages in the MMS app's inbox.
Telephony.Mms.Intents
Telephony.Mms.Outbox	Contains all MMS messages in the MMS app's outbox.
Telephony.Mms.Part
Telephony.Mms.Rate
Telephony.Mms.ScrapSpace
Telephony.Mms.Sent	Contains all MMS messages in the MMS app's sent box.
Telephony.MmsSms	Contains all MMS and SMS messages.
Telephony.MmsSms.PendingMessages
Telephony.MmsSms.WordsTable
Telephony.Sms	Contains all text based SMS messages.
Telephony.Sms.Conversations	Contains all sent text-based SMS messages in the SMS app's.
Telephony.Sms.Draft	Contains all sent text based SMS messages in the SMS app's.
Telephony.Sms.Inbox	Contains all text based SMS messages in the SMS app's inbox.
Telephony.Sms.Intents	Contains info about SMS related Intents that are broadcast.
Telephony.Sms.Outbox	Contains all pending outgoing text based SMS messages.
Telephony.Sms.Sent	Contains all sent text based SMS messages in the SMS app's.
Telephony.Threads	Helper functions for the "threads" table used by MMS and SMS.
UserDictionary	A provider of user defined words for input methods to use for predictive text input.
UserDictionary.Words	Contains the user defined words.

Exception Summary

Settings.SettingNotFoundException

Package android.provider Description

Provides convenience classes to access the content providers supplied by Android.

Android ships with a number of content providers that store common data such as contact informations, calendar information, and media files. These classes provide simplified methods of adding or retrieving data from these content providers. For information about how to use a content provider, see Content Providers.