Content Providers expose an application's data across all other applications,
you can use content providers to store or retrieve data of one application from
any other application. It is a
part of the building blocks of the Android platform, are the only way to share
data between applications. This article will focus on the data-sharing mechanism
offered by Android.
Android ships with a number of content providers for common data types
(audio, video, images, personal contact information, and so on). You can see
some of them listed in the below table:
Contacts Interfaces for Android 1.x Support
Interface |
Contents |
Contacts.OrganizationColumns |
Organization |
Contacts.PeopleColumns |
People |
Contacts.SettingsColumns |
Phone settings |
Contacts.ContactMethodsColumns |
Contact methods |
Contacts.ExtensionsColumns |
Phone extensions |
Contacts.GroupsColumns |
Groups |
Contacts.PhonesColumns |
Phone numbers |
Contacts.PhotosColumns |
Contact photographs |
Contacts.PresenceColumns |
IM presences |
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