If the ContentProvider has an android:permission, android:readPermission, or android:writePermission attribute in its <provider> element in the manifest, then the consumer needs to have the corresponding <uses-permission> element.
On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 9:02 AM, Per-Jarle Sæther <per.jarle.saet...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, and thank you for replying > > I was looking at a tutorial that used Contacts which is a ContentProvider > > That app had the following tag in AndroidManifest: > > <uses-permission > android:name="android.permission.READ_CONTACTS"> > > </uses-permission> > > > > I thought maybe I would need something like that to access a custom > ContentProvider > > Best regards > Per-Jarle > > > On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 12:29 PM, Mark Murphy <mmur...@commonsware.com> > wrote: >> >> You do not need to have a <uses-permission> element to use that >> ContentProvider. I do not know what other "uses tag" you might be >> concerned with. >> >> On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 5:09 AM, Per-Jarle Sæther >> <per.jarle.saet...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Hello all >> > Do I need to specify an uses tag in AndroidManifest if I shall use a >> > custom >> > Content provider? >> > >> > Example: >> > Provider tag in Content Provider: >> > >> > <provider android:name="BooksProvider" >> > >> > android:authorities="net.learn2develop.provider.Books" /> >> > >> > >> > What uses tag do I need to have in a client app that use this provider? >> > >> > Best regards >> > Per-Jarle >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> > Groups "Android Developers" group. >> > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> > For more options, visit this group at >> > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en >> >> >> >> -- >> Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) >> http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy >> http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy >> >> _The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development_ Version 3.7 Available! >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Android Developers" group. >> To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy _The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development_ Version 3.7 Available! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
