Android - An Open Handset Alliance Project

android.provider
public class

android.provider.Contacts

java.lang.Object
	android.provider.Contacts

The Contacts provider stores all information about contacts.

Contacts.ContactMethods	This table stores all non-phone contact methods and a reference to the person that the contact method belongs to.
Contacts.ContactMethodsColumns	Columns from the ContactMethods table that other tables join into themseleves.
Contacts.Intents	Contains helper classes used to create or manage Intents that involve contacts.
Contacts.People	This table contains people.
Contacts.PeopleColumns	Columns from the People table that other tables join into themselves.
Contacts.Phones	This table stores phone numbers and a reference to the person that the contact method belongs to.
Contacts.PhonesColumns	Columns from the Phones table that other columns join into themselves.

			Value
String	AUTHORITY		"contacts"
Uri	CONTENT_URI	The content:// style URL for this provider

			static	boolean	mergeContacts(ContentResolver cr, long mergeSourceId, long mergeTargetId)
					Merges the contacts from the source to the target, then deletes the source.

	Object	clone()
		Answers a new instance of the same class as the receiver, whose slots have been filled in with the values in the slots of the receiver.
	boolean	equals(Object o)
		Compares the argument to the receiver, and answers true if they represent the same object using a class specific comparison.
	void	finalize()
		Called by the virtual machine when there are no longer any (non-weak) references to the receiver.
final	Class	getClass()
		Answers the unique instance of java.lang.Class which represents the class of the receiver.
	int	hashCode()
		Answers an integer hash code for the receiver.
final	void	notify()
		Causes one thread which is `wait` ing on the receiver to be made ready to run.
final	void	notifyAll()
		Causes all threads which are `wait` ing on the receiver to be made ready to run.
	String	toString()
		Answers a string containing a concise, human-readable description of the receiver.
final	void	wait(long time, int frac)
		Causes the thread which sent this message to be made not ready to run either pending some change in the receiver (as indicated by `notify` or `notifyAll`) or the expiration of the timeout.
final	void	wait(long time)
		Causes the thread which sent this message to be made not ready to run either pending some change in the receiver (as indicated by `notify` or `notifyAll`) or the expiration of the timeout.
final	void	wait()
		Causes the thread which sent this message to be made not ready to run pending some change in the receiver (as indicated by `notify` or `notifyAll`).

Constant Value: "contacts"

The content:// style URL for this provider

Merges the contacts from the source to the target, then deletes the source.

cr	the ContentResolver to use to access the data store
mergeSourceId	the rowId of the contact to merge from
mergeTargetId	the rowId of the contact to merge to


e.g. "intent" or "activity"