Hi Mark! Thanks for your kind response, and I'm very sorry about misspelling your last name... :(
Your idea to use a service is great! I'll start looking into that... Thanks again, -Moto! On May 15, 9:39 am, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > Moto wrote: > > Mark Murfy if you get a chance... You seem to be an expert in this > > area... > > If you're going to ask somebody for help, you could spell their name > right... > > :-) > > >> How could I create a ContentProvider where the data is fetch from the > >> internet. > > That might be a bit dangerous if you intend to do the fetching live. > > I have only implemented ContentProviders with local data. Most of the > calls to ContentResolver to access the provider are synchronous. That > means whoever calls the ContentResolver will block while you are > downloading and parsing the data. That means they should not use > ContentResolver in the main application thread, and I have not tried > using it from a background thread. > > There is an AsyncQueryHandler that may be of assistance here, but it is > ill-documented and I have not used it. > > >> As the data is parsed maybe allow the requesting client > >> know the download progress and results so that they are displayed as > >> it's downloaded. > > That's not possible AFAIK. > > >> My idea is to share this data across other apps... > > >> I'm not sure if a ContentProvider would be the solution? Any advice? > > IMHO, you are far better served implementing a service with an AIDL > interface for remote access. Then you are not locked into the > ContentProvider API and rules. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons > Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://github.com/commonsguyhttp://commonsware.com/blog|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > Warescription: Three Android Books, Plus Updates, One Low Price! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group > athttp://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 [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
