Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Copyright 2014 Google Inc. All rights reserved. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ import android.content.Context; import android.database.Cursor; import android.net.Uri; import java.util.*; public class Main { /** * Reads the data from the {@code column} of the content's {@code queryUri} and returns it as an * Array. */ static private Set<String> getColumnContentAsArray(Context context, Uri queryUri, String column) { Cursor cursor = context.getContentResolver().query(queryUri, new String[] { column }, null, null, null); Set<String> columnValues = new HashSet<>(); try { if (cursor != null && cursor.moveToFirst()) { do { columnValues.add(cursor.getString(0)); } while (cursor.moveToNext()); } } finally { if (cursor != null) { cursor.close(); } } return columnValues; } }