Mobile App Development E-Portfolio: Week 6 Content Provider Study

This E-Portfolio assignment for Week 6 focuses on Android content providers and their significance in mobile application development. The assignment explores how content providers facilitate data sharing across applications, addressing the limitations of private SQLite databases. It examines the utilization of content resolvers for accessing and manipulating data, referencing resources like blog posts, academic papers, and YouTube tutorials. The assignment delves into the encapsulation of data structures for cross-application data sharing, emphasizing the practical implications of content providers in accessing and managing application data within the Android platform. The student provides a detailed overview of the topic, including references to relevant resources and their descriptions.

Running head: E-PORTFOLIO
E-PORTFOLIO: Week 6 Content Providers
Name of the Student:
Student ID:
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Summary of Weekly Topic
The study of week 6 would help in developing the use of the appropriate content
development and system implication for the Android Application. The content providers would
serve the purpose of implementing the flow of data access in the implication of the process. The
content provider encapsulates the data structure for sharing the data across applications. The
study reflects upon content providers and their functions for accessing the content in Android
Platform.
Resources
1. http://codetheory.in/android-sharing-application-data-with-content-provider-and-content-
resolver/
2. https://www.dre.vanderbilt.edu/~schmidt/cs282/PDFs/9-Content-Providers-3-4-and-5.pdf
3. https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~witchel/371M/lectures/content-providers.pdf
4. https://www.dei.unipd.it/~fantozzi/esp1415/files/Android%20Content%20Providers.pdf
5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iTCBEY5d6c
Resources Description
1. The resource is a blog post written on sharing of the application data by the support of the
content provider and content resolver. The SQLite database makes it private for the application
creating the database causing the issue of being unable to use the database. The content provider
would help in forming the effective data access in the implication of the process.

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2. The resource is a post by Douglas C. Schmidt of the Vanderbilt University on the topic of
Android Content Providers: Programming with Content Resolvers. The development of the study
would help in understanding the utilization of application program using Content Resolver for
retrieving and manipulating the names of a database.
3. The resource is a PowerPoint slide that evaluates the topic of Android Content Providers and
its use of media data by using content resolver for accessing the media data and information.
4. The resource is a PowerPoint slide that evaluates the topic of Android Content Providers by
using embedded system programming. The content provider encapsulates the data structure for
sharing the data across applications.
5. The resource is a YouTube video, posted by edureka that provides the tutorial on content
providers and their functions for accessing the content in Android Platform.

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References
Cs.utexas.edu 2017, ‘Android Content Providers’, utexas.edu, [online] Available at:
https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~witchel/371M/lectures/content-providers.pdf [Accessed 5 Oct.
2017].
Dei.unipd.it 2014, ‘EMBEDDED SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING 2014-15’, Dei.unipd.it, [online]
Available at: https://www.dei.unipd.it/~fantozzi/esp1415/files/Android%20Content
%20Providers.pdf [Accessed 5 Oct. 2017].
Edureka 2017, ‘Android Tutorial - Content Provider - Contact Application (Part-4)’,
YouTube.com, [online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iTCBEY5d6c
[Accessed 5 Oct. 2017].
Rishabh, V. 2015, ‘Android Sharing Application Data with Content Provider and Content
Resolver’, Code Theory, [online] Available at: http://codetheory.in/android-sharing-application-
data-with-content-provider-and-content-resolver/ [Accessed 5 Oct. 2017].
Schmidt, D. C. 2017, ‘Android Content Providers: Programming with Content Resolvers’,
vanderbilt.edu, [online] Available at: https://www.dre.vanderbilt.edu/~schmidt/cs282/PDFs/9-
Content-Providers-3-4-and-5.pdf/[Accessed 5 Oct. 2017].