17. Leveraging Content Providers
Applications can access data within other applications on the Android system through content provider interfaces and can expose internal application data to other applications by becoming a content provider. Content providers are the way applications can access user information, including contact data, images, audio and video on the device, and much more. In this chapter, we take a look at some of the content providers available on the Android platform and what you can do with them.
Warning
Always run content provider code on test devices, not on your personal devices. It is very easy to accidentally wipe out ...
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