public class

ContentProviderClient

extends Object
java.lang.Object
   ↳ android.content.ContentProviderClient

Class Overview

The public interface object used to interact with a ContentProvider. This is obtained by calling acquireContentProviderClient(Uri). This object must be released using release() in order to indicate to the system that the ContentProvider is no longer needed and can be killed to free up resources.

Summary

Public Methods
ContentProviderResult[] applyBatch(ArrayList<ContentProviderOperation> operations)
See ContentProvider.applyBatch
int bulkInsert(Uri url, ContentValues[] initialValues)
See ContentProvider.bulkInsert
int delete(Uri url, String selection, String[] selectionArgs)
See ContentProvider.delete
ContentProvider getLocalContentProvider()
Get a reference to the ContentProvider that is associated with this client.
String[] getStreamTypes(Uri url, String mimeTypeFilter)
See ContentProvider.getStreamTypes
String getType(Uri url)
See ContentProvider.getType
Uri insert(Uri url, ContentValues initialValues)
See ContentProvider.insert
AssetFileDescriptor openAssetFile(Uri url, String mode)
See ContentProvider.openAssetFile.
ParcelFileDescriptor openFile(Uri url, String mode)
See ContentProvider.openFile.
final AssetFileDescriptor openTypedAssetFileDescriptor(Uri uri, String mimeType, Bundle opts)
See ContentProvider.openTypedAssetFile
Cursor query(Uri url, String[] projection, String selection, String[] selectionArgs, String sortOrder)
See ContentProvider.query
boolean release()
Call this to indicate to the system that the associated ContentProvider is no longer needed by this ContentProviderClient.
int update(Uri url, ContentValues values, String selection, String[] selectionArgs)
See ContentProvider.update
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Inherited Methods
From class java.lang.Object

Public Methods

public ContentProviderResult[] applyBatch (ArrayList<ContentProviderOperation> operations)

Since: API Level 5

See ContentProvider.applyBatch

Throws
RemoteException
OperationApplicationException

public int bulkInsert (Uri url, ContentValues[] initialValues)

Since: API Level 5

See ContentProvider.bulkInsert

Throws
RemoteException

public int delete (Uri url, String selection, String[] selectionArgs)

Since: API Level 5

See ContentProvider.delete

Throws
RemoteException

public ContentProvider getLocalContentProvider ()

Since: API Level 5

Get a reference to the ContentProvider that is associated with this client. If the ContentProvider is running in a different process then null will be returned. This can be used if you know you are running in the same process as a provider, and want to get direct access to its implementation details.

Returns
  • If the associated ContentProvider is local, returns it. Otherwise returns null.

public String[] getStreamTypes (Uri url, String mimeTypeFilter)

Since: API Level 11

See ContentProvider.getStreamTypes

Throws
RemoteException

public String getType (Uri url)

Since: API Level 5

See ContentProvider.getType

Throws
RemoteException

public Uri insert (Uri url, ContentValues initialValues)

Since: API Level 5

See ContentProvider.insert

Throws
RemoteException

public AssetFileDescriptor openAssetFile (Uri url, String mode)

Since: API Level 5

See ContentProvider.openAssetFile. Note that this does not take care of non-content: URIs such as file:. It is strongly recommended you use the ContentResolver.openAssetFileDescriptor API instead.

Throws
RemoteException
FileNotFoundException

public ParcelFileDescriptor openFile (Uri url, String mode)

Since: API Level 5

See ContentProvider.openFile. Note that this does not take care of non-content: URIs such as file:. It is strongly recommended you use the ContentResolver.openFileDescriptor API instead.

Throws
RemoteException
FileNotFoundException

public final AssetFileDescriptor openTypedAssetFileDescriptor (Uri uri, String mimeType, Bundle opts)

Since: API Level 11

See ContentProvider.openTypedAssetFile

Throws
RemoteException
FileNotFoundException

public Cursor query (Uri url, String[] projection, String selection, String[] selectionArgs, String sortOrder)

Since: API Level 5

See ContentProvider.query

Throws
RemoteException

public boolean release ()

Since: API Level 5

Call this to indicate to the system that the associated ContentProvider is no longer needed by this ContentProviderClient.

Returns
  • true if this was release, false if it was already released

public int update (Uri url, ContentValues values, String selection, String[] selectionArgs)

Since: API Level 5

See ContentProvider.update

Throws
RemoteException