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How to retrieve the table names or CONTENT URIs of a provider of a 3rd party application?

I am developing an application, which can query content providers of other installed applications. I got the provider name using GET_PROVIDERS, but how do i get the uri with which i can actually query? Kindly help.

Thanks in advance.

Solution

  • how do i get the uri with which i can actually query?

    Contact the developers of the app and ask them.

    There is no way to determine, automatically, what valid paths might be for the Uri. So, while you know the scheme and a candidate authority from PackageManager, everything else from there is non-discoverable. Similarly, you have no idea whether the ContentProvider in question is providing streams, database records, or both.