Thanks for your response.
>MIME types are a totally different thing, used to determine the activity or other component that can interact with a particular content: URI. How does mapping done between MIME and CONTENT_URI? Please give me a scenario if possible. On Nov 26, 1:34 pm, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]> wrote: > No, the authority must be unique. That is why the documentation says to use > a fully-qualified name for the authority, so it won't accidentally conflict > with another app. If when installing your app there is already another > installed app using the same authority as one of your providers, the > installation will simply fail. > > MIME types are a totally different thing, used to determine the activity or > other component that can interact with a particular content: URI. > > > > > > On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 10:45 PM, Pink <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > Can i override already existing content provider > > by implementing another ContentProvider with same authorty? > > > If that is the case. > > How can android system decides ContentProvider to handle data > > requests? > > > What is typical usae of MIME type? > > > We maintain unique URI for each Data. > > Then why do we need MIME type again? > > > Is not CONTENT_URI enough for all requests? > > > If it is not the case. > > Can you give me some example, where MIME play it's unique role? > > Intent-filter are able provide information about URI as well as > > MIME type. > > > Thanks in advance. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<android-developers%2bunsubs[email protected]> > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > -- > Dianne Hackborn > Android framework engineer > [email protected] > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such > questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and > answer them.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
