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Summary

In this chapter, you have learned the following:

What content providers are
How to discover existing content-provider databases
The nature of content URIs, MIME types, and content providers
How to use SQLite to construct providers that respond to URIs
How to expose data across process boundaries to various applications
How to write a new content provider
How to access an existing content provider
How to use URIMatcher to aid the implementation of content providers

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