# TvContractCompat.BaseTvColumns

Artifact: [androidx.tvprovider:tvprovider](https://developer.android.com/jetpack/androidx/releases/tvprovider) [View Source](https://cs.android.com/search?q=file:androidx/tvprovider/media/tv/TvContractCompat.java+class:androidx.tvprovider.media.tv.TvContractCompat.BaseTvColumns) Added in [1.1.0](https://developer.android.com/jetpack/androidx/releases/tvprovider#1.1.0)

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```
public interface TvContractCompat.BaseTvColumns extends BaseColumns
```

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Known direct subclasses [TvContractCompat.Channels](https://developer.android.com/reference/androidx/tvprovider/media/tv/TvContractCompat.Channels), [TvContractCompat.PreviewPrograms](https://developer.android.com/reference/androidx/tvprovider/media/tv/TvContractCompat.PreviewPrograms), [TvContractCompat.Programs](https://developer.android.com/reference/androidx/tvprovider/media/tv/TvContractCompat.Programs), [TvContractCompat.RecordedPrograms](https://developer.android.com/reference/androidx/tvprovider/media/tv/TvContractCompat.RecordedPrograms), [TvContractCompat.WatchNextPrograms](https://developer.android.com/reference/androidx/tvprovider/media/tv/TvContractCompat.WatchNextPrograms)

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| `https://developer.android.com/reference/androidx/tvprovider/media/tv/TvContractCompat.Channels` | Column definitions for the TV channels table. |
| `https://developer.android.com/reference/androidx/tvprovider/media/tv/TvContractCompat.PreviewPrograms` | Column definitions for the preview TV programs table. |
| `https://developer.android.com/reference/androidx/tvprovider/media/tv/TvContractCompat.Programs` | Column definitions for the TV programs table. |
| `https://developer.android.com/reference/androidx/tvprovider/media/tv/TvContractCompat.RecordedPrograms` | Column definitions for the recorded TV programs table. |
| `https://developer.android.com/reference/androidx/tvprovider/media/tv/TvContractCompat.WatchNextPrograms` | Column definitions for the "watch next" TV programs table. |

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Common base for the tables of TV channels/programs.

## Summary

| ### Constants |
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| `default static final https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/String.html` | `https://developer.android.com/reference/androidx/tvprovider/media/tv/TvContractCompat.BaseTvColumns#COLUMN_PACKAGE_NAME() = "package_name"` The name of the package that owns the current row. |

| ### Inherited Constants |
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| From [android.provider.BaseColumns](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/provider/BaseColumns.html) |---|---| | `default static final https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/String.html` | `https://developer.android.com/reference/android/provider/BaseColumns.html#_COUNT = "_count"` | | `default static final https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/String.html` | `https://developer.android.com/reference/android/provider/BaseColumns.html#_ID = "_id"` | |

## Constants

### COLUMN_PACKAGE_NAME

Added in [1.1.0](https://developer.android.com/jetpack/androidx/releases/tvprovider#1.1.0)

```
default static final String COLUMN_PACKAGE_NAME = "package_name"
```

The name of the package that owns the current row.

The TV provider fills in this column with the name of the package that provides the initial data of the row. If the package is later uninstalled, the rows it owns are automatically removed from the tables.

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