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Does anyone have some helpful links to find out about Android Uri's?
For example, you get a Uri back from a "take a picture" Intent. What does a URI look like and how do you use it. Why are they used instead of filenames or file handles?
The Dev documentation on the Uri class is practically worthless. http://developer.android.com/reference/android/net/Uri.html It is only clear if you already know exactly what it is, and how to use it.
Thanks for any links.
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A URI is a uniform resource identifier while a URL is a uniform resource locator.
A URI reference includes a URI and a fragment, the component of the URI following a '#'. Builds and parses URI references which conform to RFC 2396. In the interest of performance, this class performs little to no validation. Behavior is undefined for invalid input.
A content URI is a URI that identifies data in a provider. Content URIs include the symbolic name of the entire provider (its authority) and a name that points to a table (a path). When you call a client method to access a table in a provider, the content URI for the table is one of the arguments.
content:// – Mandatory part of the URI as it represents that the given URI is a Content URI. authority – Signifies the name of the content provider like contacts, browser, etc. This part must be unique for every content provider. optionalPath – Specifies the type of data provided by the content provider.
I'd check out the content providers section
http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/providers/content-providers.html
It expalins URI's for the different content providers and how they work.
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Read this post it explained what is URI and URL ? Hope it will help to you.http://javapapers.com/servlet/uri-and-url-difference/
This is a list of URIs that can be used in intents. http://www.openintents.org/en/uris
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