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Content Provider Helper
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... is a frontend to discover/view/query data of android content providers.
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[Original](https://github.com/jenzz/ContentProviderHelper) : Copyright (c) 2014-2016 Jens Driller under [MIT license](LICENSE-old-mit-jenzz)
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[Improvements](https://github.com/k3b/ContentProviderHelper) : Copyright (c) 2015-2016 k3b under [GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 3 or later](LICENSE)
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Description
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With Content Provider Helper (or CPH) a developer can interactivly
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discover and query the data of
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[android-s content providers](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/providers/content-providers.html)
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similar to querying a database table.
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Android content-providers are similar to database-tables.
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They have a name (aka "content:" uri),
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columns and they can be queried similar to Sql.
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Android uses
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[https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/providers/content-providers.html content-providers]
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as api to manage global accessable data (i.e. Images, Telephone-book, SMS, ...).
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You can add and delete your own content: URIs manually or search for all available content providers on the device.
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ContentProviderHelper is a frontend to query installed content-providers.
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You can add and delete your own content URIs manually or search for all available content providers on the device.
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App permissions are set generously to provide maximum compatibility.
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Requirements: Android-2.2 (api-8) or newer. (tested with android-2.2, 4.2, 4.4)
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Program enhancements as merge-request are welcome.
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The following content providers are provided by default:
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What's New
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### v1.3.0:
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### v1.3.0: (to be released in fdroid appstore, soon)
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* App is now under [MIT License](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jenzz/ContentProviderHelper/master/LICENSE)
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* updated build tools 24.0.2
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* changed appID to de.k3b.android.contentproviderhelper
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* restore last used contentprovider+Fields on app load
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* improvements: restore last used contentprovider+Fields in "on app load"
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* updated to gradle-2.14.1/build tools 24.0.2/java8/AndroidStudio-2.2
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* changed appID from com.jensdriller.contentproviderhelper to de.k3b.android.contentproviderhelper
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* changed original App License from [MIT](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jenzz/ContentProviderHelper/master/LICENSE) to [GPL-v3+](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/k3b/ContentProviderHelper/master/LICENSE) to allow adding gpl-v3 code.
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### v1.2.0: (20150529 not published due to unknown license)
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