Content-provider vs Others

Description

Content-provider abstraction is required only if you want to share data externally or between applications.

Internal

For internal data access, an application can use the following:

  • Preferences: A set of key/value pairs that you can persist to store application preferences
  • Files: Files internal to applications
  • SQLite: SQLite databases
  • Network : retrieve or store data externally through the Internet via HTTP services




















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