Added in API level 1

android.provider

Provides convenience classes to access the content providers supplied by Android.

Android ships with a number of content providers that store common data such as contact informations, calendar information, and media files. These classes provide simplified methods of adding or retrieving data from these content providers.

For information about how to use a content provider, see the Content Providers developer guide.

Interfaces

BaseColumns  
CalendarContract.AttendeesColumns Columns from the Attendees table that other tables join into themselves. 
CalendarContract.CalendarAlertsColumns  
CalendarContract.CalendarCacheColumns  
CalendarContract.CalendarColumns Columns specific to the Calendars Uri that other Uris can query. 
CalendarContract.CalendarSyncColumns Generic columns for use by sync adapters. 
CalendarContract.ColorsColumns  
CalendarContract.EventDaysColumns  
CalendarContract.EventsColumns Columns from the Events table that other tables join into themselves. 
CalendarContract.ExtendedPropertiesColumns  
CalendarContract.RemindersColumns  
CalendarContract.SyncColumns Columns for Sync information used by Calendars and Events tables. 
Contacts.ContactMethodsColumns This interface was deprecated in API level 5. see ContactsContract 
Contacts.ExtensionsColumns This interface was deprecated in API level 5. see ContactsContract 
Contacts.GroupsColumns This interface was deprecated in API level 5. see ContactsContract 
Contacts.OrganizationColumns This interface was deprecated in API level 5. see ContactsContract 
Contacts.PeopleColumns This interface was deprecated in API level 5. see ContactsContract 
Contacts.PhonesColumns This interface was deprecated in API level 5. see ContactsContract 
Contacts.PhotosColumns This interface was deprecated in API level 5. see ContactsContract 
Contacts.PresenceColumns This interface was deprecated in API level 5. see ContactsContract 
Contacts.SettingsColumns This interface was deprecated in API level 5. see ContactsContract 
ContactsContract.BaseSyncColumns Generic columns for use by sync adapters. 
ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.BaseTypes The base types that all "Typed" data kinds support. 
ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.CommonColumns Columns common across the specific types. 
ContactsContract.ContactNameColumns Contact name and contact name metadata columns in the RawContacts table. 
ContactsContract.ContactOptionsColumns Columns of ContactsContract.Contacts that track the user's preferences for, or interactions with, the contact. 
ContactsContract.ContactsColumns Columns of ContactsContract.Contacts that refer to intrinsic properties of the contact, as opposed to the user-specified options found in ContactOptionsColumns. 
ContactsContract.ContactStatusColumns  
ContactsContract.DataColumns Columns in the Data table. 
ContactsContract.DataColumnsWithJoins Combines all columns returned by ContactsContract.Data table queries. 
ContactsContract.DataUsageStatColumns Columns in the Data_Usage_Stat table 
ContactsContract.DeletedContactsColumns  
ContactsContract.DisplayNameSources Types of data used to produce the display name for a contact. 
ContactsContract.FullNameStyle Constants for various styles of combining given name, family name etc into a full name. 
ContactsContract.GroupsColumns  
ContactsContract.PhoneLookupColumns  
ContactsContract.PhoneticNameStyle Constants for various styles of capturing the pronunciation of a person's name. 
ContactsContract.PresenceColumns Additional data mixed in with StatusColumns to link back to specific ContactsContract.Data._ID entries. 
ContactsContract.RawContactsColumns  
ContactsContract.SettingsColumns  
ContactsContract.StatusColumns Social status update columns. 
ContactsContract.SyncColumns Columns that appear when each row of a table belongs to a specific account, including sync information that an account may need. 
MediaStore.Audio.AlbumColumns Audio album metadata columns. 
MediaStore.Audio.ArtistColumns Audio artist metadata columns. 
MediaStore.Audio.AudioColumns Audio metadata columns. 
MediaStore.Audio.GenresColumns Audio genre metadata columns. 
MediaStore.Audio.PlaylistsColumns This interface was deprecated in API level 31. Android playlists are now deprecated. We will keep the current functionality for compatibility reasons, but we will no longer take feature request. We do not advise adding new usages of Android Playlists. M3U files can be used as an alternative. 
MediaStore.DownloadColumns Download metadata columns. 
MediaStore.Files.FileColumns File metadata columns. 
MediaStore.Images.ImageColumns Image metadata columns. 
MediaStore.MediaColumns Common media metadata columns. 
MediaStore.Video.VideoColumns Video metadata columns. 
OpenableColumns These are standard columns for openable URIs. 
SyncStateContract.Columns  
Telephony.BaseMmsColumns Base columns for tables that contain MMSs. 
Telephony.CanonicalAddressesColumns Columns for the "canonical_addresses" table used by MMS and SMS. 
Telephony.TextBasedSmsColumns Base columns for tables that contain text-based SMSs. 
Telephony.ThreadsColumns Columns for the "threads" table used by MMS and SMS. 

Classes

AlarmClock The AlarmClock provider contains an Intent action and extras that can be used to start an Activity to set a new alarm or timer in an alarm clock application. 
BlockedNumberContract

The contract between the blockednumber provider and applications. 

BlockedNumberContract.BlockedNumbers Constants to interact with the blocked numbers list. 
Browser  
CalendarContract

The contract between the calendar provider and applications. 

CalendarContract.Attendees Fields and helpers for interacting with Attendees. 
CalendarContract.CalendarAlerts Fields and helpers for accessing calendar alerts information. 
CalendarContract.CalendarCache CalendarCache stores some settings for calendar including the current time zone for the instances. 
CalendarContract.CalendarEntity Class that represents a Calendar Entity. 
CalendarContract.Calendars Constants and helpers for the Calendars table, which contains details for individual calendars. 
CalendarContract.Colors Fields for accessing colors available for a given account. 
CalendarContract.EventDays Fields and helpers for querying for a list of days that contain events. 
CalendarContract.Events Constants and helpers for the Events table, which contains details for individual events. 
CalendarContract.EventsEntity Class that represents an Event Entity. 
CalendarContract.ExtendedProperties Fields for accessing the Extended Properties. 
CalendarContract.Instances Fields and helpers for interacting with Instances. 
CalendarContract.Reminders Fields and helpers for accessing reminders for an event. 
CalendarContract.SyncState A table provided for sync adapters to use for storing private sync state data. 
CallLog The CallLog provider contains information about placed and received calls. 
CallLog.Calls Contains the recent calls. 
CallLog.Locations Table that contains information on location data sent via call composer. 
CloudMediaProvider Base class for a cloud media provider. 
CloudMediaProvider.CloudMediaSurfaceController Manages rendering the preview of media items on given instances of Surface. 
CloudMediaProvider.CloudMediaSurfaceStateChangedCallback This class is used by CloudMediaProvider to send Surface state updates to picker launched via MediaStore.ACTION_PICK_IMAGES. 
CloudMediaProviderContract Defines the contract between a cloud media provider and the OS. 
CloudMediaProviderContract.AlbumColumns Constants related to an album item, including Cursor column names 
CloudMediaProviderContract.Capabilities Information about what capabilities a CloudMediaProvider can support. 
CloudMediaProviderContract.Capabilities.Builder Builder for a CloudMediaProviderContract.Capabilities object. 
CloudMediaProviderContract.MediaCategoryColumns MediaCategory represents a broader structure that a MediaSetColumns or another MediaCategoryColumns belongs to. 
CloudMediaProviderContract.MediaCollectionInfo Constants related to a media collection 
CloudMediaProviderContract.MediaColumns Constants related to a media item, including Cursor column names 
CloudMediaProviderContract.MediaSetColumns MediaSet represents a cohesive collection of related unique media items, sharing a common meaningful context or theme. 
CloudMediaProviderContract.SearchSuggestionColumns Represents a search suggestion provided by the CloudMediaProvider. 
Contacts This class was deprecated in API level 5. The APIs have been superseded by ContactsContract. The newer APIs allow access multiple accounts and support aggregation of similar contacts. These APIs continue to work but will only return data for the first Google account created, which matches the original behavior. 
Contacts.ContactMethods This class was deprecated in API level 5. see ContactsContract 
Contacts.Extensions This class was deprecated in API level 5. see ContactsContract 
Contacts.GroupMembership This class was deprecated in API level 5. see ContactsContract 
Contacts.Groups This class was deprecated in API level 5. see ContactsContract 
Contacts.Intents This class was deprecated in API level 5. see ContactsContract 
Contacts.Intents.Insert This class was deprecated in API level 5. see ContactsContract 
Contacts.Intents.UI This class was deprecated in API level 5. Do not use. This is not supported. 
Contacts.Organizations This class was deprecated in API level 5. see ContactsContract 
Contacts.People This class was deprecated in API level 5. see ContactsContract 
Contacts.People.ContactMethods This class was deprecated in API level 5. see ContactsContract 
Contacts.People.Extensions This class was deprecated in API level 5. see ContactsContract 
Contacts.People.Phones This class was deprecated in API level 5. see ContactsContract 
Contacts.Phones This class was deprecated in API level 5. see ContactsContract 
Contacts.Photos This class was deprecated in API level 5. see ContactsContract 
Contacts.Settings This class was deprecated in API level 5. see ContactsContract 
ContactsContract

The contract between the contacts provider and applications. 

ContactsContract.AggregationExceptions

Constants for the contact aggregation exceptions table, which contains aggregation rules overriding those used by automatic aggregation. 

ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds Container for definitions of common data types stored in the ContactsContract.Data table. 
ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Callable

Convenient functionalities for "callable" data. 

ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Contactables A special class of data items, used to refer to types of data that can be used to attempt to start communicating with a person (Phone and Email). 
ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Email

A data kind representing an email address. 

ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Event

A data kind representing an event. 

ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.GroupMembership

Group Membership. 

ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Identity A data kind representing an Identity related to the contact. 
ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Im This class was deprecated in API level 35. This field may not be well supported by some contacts apps and is discouraged to use. 
ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Nickname

A data kind representing the contact's nickname. 

ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Note

Notes about the contact. 

ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Organization

A data kind representing an organization. 

ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone

A data kind representing a telephone number. 

ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Photo

A data kind representing a photo for the contact. 

ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Relation

A data kind representing a relation. 

ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.SipAddress This class was deprecated in API level 35. This field may not be well supported by some contacts apps and is discouraged to use. 
ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.StructuredName A data kind representing the contact's proper name. 
ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.StructuredPostal

A data kind representing a postal addresses. 

ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Website

A data kind representing a website related to the contact. 

ContactsContract.Contacts Constants for the contacts table, which contains a record per aggregate of raw contacts representing the same person. 
ContactsContract.Contacts.AggregationSuggestions

A read-only sub-directory of a single contact aggregate that contains all aggregation suggestions (other contacts). 

ContactsContract.Contacts.AggregationSuggestions.Builder A convenience builder for aggregation suggestion content URIs. 
ContactsContract.Contacts.Data A sub-directory of a single contact that contains all of the constituent raw contact ContactsContract.Data rows. 
ContactsContract.Contacts.Entity

A sub-directory of a contact that contains all of its ContactsContract.RawContacts as well as ContactsContract.Data rows. 

ContactsContract.Contacts.Photo A read-only sub-directory of a single contact that contains the contact's primary photo. 
ContactsContract.Data

Constants for the data table, which contains data points tied to a raw contact. 

ContactsContract.DataUsageFeedback This class was deprecated in API level 29. Contacts affinity information is no longer supported as of Android version Build.VERSION_CODES.Q. Both update and delete calls are always ignored. 
ContactsContract.DeletedContacts Constants for the deleted contact table. 
ContactsContract.Directory A Directory represents a contacts corpus, e.g. Local contacts, Google Apps Global Address List or Corporate Global Address List. 
ContactsContract.DisplayPhoto Helper class for accessing full-size photos by photo file ID. 
ContactsContract.Groups Constants for the groups table. 
ContactsContract.Intents Contains helper classes used to create or manage Intents that involve contacts. 
ContactsContract.Intents.Insert Convenience class that contains string constants used to create contact Intents. 
ContactsContract.PhoneLookup A table that represents the result of looking up a phone number, for example for caller ID. 
ContactsContract.PinnedPositions

Contact-specific information about whether or not a contact has been pinned by the user at a particular position within the system contact application's user interface. 

ContactsContract.Presence This class was deprecated in API level 5. This old name was never meant to be made public. Do not use. 
ContactsContract.Profile

Constants for the user's profile data, which is represented as a single contact on the device that represents the user. 

ContactsContract.ProfileSyncState A table provided for sync adapters to use for storing private sync state data for the user's personal profile. 
ContactsContract.ProviderStatus API for inquiring about the general status of the provider. 
ContactsContract.QuickContact Helper methods to display QuickContact dialogs that display all the information belonging to a specific Contacts entry. 
ContactsContract.RawContacts Constants for the raw contacts table, which contains one row of contact information for each person in each synced account. 
ContactsContract.RawContacts.Data A sub-directory of a single raw contact that contains all of its ContactsContract.Data rows. 
ContactsContract.RawContacts.DisplayPhoto

A sub-directory of a single raw contact that represents its primary display photo. 

ContactsContract.RawContacts.Entity

A sub-directory of a single raw contact that contains all of its ContactsContract.Data rows. 

ContactsContract.RawContactsEntity

Constants for the raw contacts entities table, which can be thought of as an outer join of the raw_contacts table with the data table. 

ContactsContract.SearchSnippets Additional column returned by Contacts.CONTENT_FILTER_URI explaining why the filter matched the contact. 
ContactsContract.Settings

Contacts-specific settings for various Account's. 

ContactsContract.SimAccount A parcelable class encapsulating account data for contacts that originate from a SIM card. 
ContactsContract.SimContacts Class containing utility methods around determine what accounts in the ContactsProvider are related to the SIM cards in the device. 
ContactsContract.StatusUpdates

A status update is linked to a ContactsContract.Data row and captures the user's latest status update via the corresponding source, e.g. 

ContactsContract.SyncState A table provided for sync adapters to use for storing private sync state data for contacts. 
DocumentsContract Defines the contract between a documents provider and the platform. 
DocumentsContract.Document Constants related to a document, including Cursor column names and flags. 
DocumentsContract.Path Holds a path from a document to a particular document under it. 
DocumentsContract.Root Constants related to a root of documents, including Cursor column names and flags. 
DocumentsProvider Base class for a document provider. 
E2eeContactKeysManager E2eeContactKeysManager provides access to the provider of end-to-end encryption contact keys. 
E2eeContactKeysManager.E2eeContactKey A parcelable class encapsulating other users' end to end encrypted contact key. 
E2eeContactKeysManager.E2eeSelfKey A parcelable class encapsulating self end to end encrypted contact key. 
FontRequest This class was deprecated in API level 31. Use the FontRequest 
FontsContract This class was deprecated in API level 31. Use the Jetpack Core Library FontsContractCompat for consistent behavior across all devices. 
FontsContract.Columns This class was deprecated in API level 31. Use the FontsContractCompat.Columns for consistent behavior across all devices. 
FontsContract.FontFamilyResult This class was deprecated in API level 31. Use the FontsContractCompat.FontFamilyResult for consistent behavior across all devices 
FontsContract.FontInfo This class was deprecated in API level 31. Use the FontsContractCompat.FontInfo for consistent behavior across all devices 
FontsContract.FontRequestCallback This class was deprecated in API level 31. Use the FontsContractCompat.FontRequestCallback for consistent behavior across all devices 
LiveFolders This class was deprecated in API level 14. Live folders are no longer supported by Android. These have been replaced by the new AppWidget Collection APIs introduced in Build.VERSION_CODES.HONEYCOMB. These provide all of the features of live folders plus many more. The use of live folders is greatly discouraged because of security issues they introduce -- publishing a live folder requires making all data show for the live folder available to all applications with no permissions protecting it. 
MediaStore The contract between the media provider and applications. 
MediaStore.Audio Collection of all media with MIME type of audio/*. 
MediaStore.Audio.Albums Contains artists for audio files 
MediaStore.Audio.Artists Contains artists for audio files 
MediaStore.Audio.Artists.Albums Sub-directory of each artist containing all albums on which a song by the artist appears. 
MediaStore.Audio.Genres Contains all genres for audio files 
MediaStore.Audio.Genres.Members Sub-directory of each genre containing all members. 
MediaStore.Audio.Media  
MediaStore.Audio.Playlists This class was deprecated in API level 31. Android playlists are now deprecated. We will keep the current functionality for compatibility resons, but we will no longer take feature request. We do not advise adding new usages of Android Playlists. M3U files can be used as an alternative. 
MediaStore.Audio.Playlists.Members Sub-directory of each playlist containing all members. 
MediaStore.Audio.Radio  
MediaStore.Downloads Collection of downloaded items. 
MediaStore.Files Media provider table containing an index of all files in the media storage, including non-media files. 
MediaStore.Images Collection of all media with MIME type of image/*. 
MediaStore.Images.Media  
MediaStore.Images.Thumbnails This class was deprecated in API level 29. Callers should migrate to using ContentResolver.loadThumbnail, since it offers richer control over requested thumbnail sizes and cancellation behavior. 
MediaStore.PickerMediaColumns Photo picker metadata columns. 
MediaStore.Video Collection of all media with MIME type of video/*. 
MediaStore.Video.Media  
MediaStore.Video.Thumbnails This class was deprecated in API level 29. Callers should migrate to using ContentResolver.loadThumbnail, since it offers richer control over requested thumbnail sizes and cancellation behavior. 
SearchRecentSuggestions This is a utility class providing access to SearchRecentSuggestionsProvider. 
Settings The Settings provider contains global system-level device preferences. 
Settings.Global Global system settings, containing preferences that always apply identically to all defined users. 
Settings.NameValueTable Common base for tables of name/value settings. 
Settings.Panel

A Settings panel is floating UI that contains a fixed subset of settings to address a particular user problem. 

Settings.Secure Secure system settings, containing system preferences that applications can read but are not allowed to write. 
Settings.System System settings, containing miscellaneous system preferences. 
SettingsSlicesContract Provides a contract for platform-supported Settings Slices. 
SimPhonebookContract The contract between the provider of contact records on the device's SIM cards and applications. 
SimPhonebookContract.ElementaryFiles Constants for metadata about the elementary files of the SIM cards in the phone. 
SimPhonebookContract.SimRecords Constants for the contact records on a SIM card. 
SyncStateContract The ContentProvider contract for associating data with ana data array account. 
SyncStateContract.Constants  
SyncStateContract.Helpers  
Telephony The Telephony provider contains data related to phone operation, specifically SMS and MMS messages, access to the APN list, including the MMSC to use, and the service state. 
Telephony.CarrierId Contains carrier identification information for the current subscriptions. 
Telephony.Carriers Carriers class contains information about APNs, including MMSC information. 
Telephony.Mms Contains all MMS messages. 
Telephony.Mms.Addr Contains address information for an MMS message. 
Telephony.Mms.Draft Contains all MMS messages in the MMS app drafts folder. 
Telephony.Mms.Inbox Contains all MMS messages in the MMS app inbox. 
Telephony.Mms.Intents Intents class. 
Telephony.Mms.Outbox Contains all MMS messages in the MMS app outbox. 
Telephony.Mms.Part Contains message parts. 
Telephony.Mms.Rate Message send rate table. 
Telephony.Mms.Sent Contains all MMS messages in the MMS app sent folder. 
Telephony.MmsSms Contains all MMS and SMS messages. 
Telephony.MmsSms.PendingMessages Contains pending messages info. 
Telephony.ServiceStateTable Constants for interfacing with the ServiceStateProvider and the different fields of the ServiceState class accessible through the provider. 
Telephony.Sms Contains all text-based SMS messages. 
Telephony.Sms.Conversations Contains a view of SMS conversations (also referred to as threads). 
Telephony.Sms.Draft Contains all draft text-based SMS messages in the SMS app. 
Telephony.Sms.Inbox Contains all text-based SMS messages in the SMS app inbox. 
Telephony.Sms.Intents Contains constants for SMS related Intents that are broadcast. 
Telephony.Sms.Outbox Contains all pending outgoing text-based SMS messages. 
Telephony.Sms.Sent Contains all sent text-based SMS messages in the SMS app. 
Telephony.Threads Helper functions for the "threads" table used by MMS and SMS. 
UserDictionary A provider of user defined words for input methods to use for predictive text input. 
UserDictionary.Words Contains the user defined words. 
VoicemailContract The contract between the voicemail provider and applications. 
VoicemailContract.Status Defines fields exposed through the /status path of this content provider. 
VoicemailContract.Voicemails Defines fields exposed through the /voicemail path of this content provider. 

Exceptions

Settings.SettingNotFoundException