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This chapter takes a look at how Android provides content in an application, using what the Android OS terms a Content Provider. This chapter covers how to share the provided content, as well as how to access, modify, update, and delete the data that these Content Providers provide. You will also take a look at some of the Content Providers that come installed with every Android OS.
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Jackson, W. (2014). Android Content Providers: Providing Data to Applications . In: Android Apps for Absolute Beginners. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-0019-3_14
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