how to fix "Unknown URL content://com.new.newapp.locations/locations" in android studio

Question

This is the error I am getting:

Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Unknown URL  content://com.new.newapp.locations/locations
        at android.content.ContentResolver.insert(ContentResolver.java:1213)
        at com.new.newapp.activity.FragmentGoogleMap$LocationInsertTask.doInBackground(FragmentGoogleMap.java:364)
        at com.new.newapp.activity.FragmentGoogleMap$LocationInsertTask.doInBackground(FragmentGoogleMap.java:360)

And I have researched this problem and found these similar questions: Link1 Link2 Link3

And non of these helped. What bugs me a lot is that when I was using eclipse I didn't have this issue, but since working on Android Studio I can't seem to get this working.

in my LocationsContentProvider class:

package com.new.newapp.activity;

public class LocationsContentProvider extends ContentProvider{

public static final String PROVIDER_NAME ="com.new.newapp.activtiy.locations";
public static final Uri CONTENT_URI = Uri.parse("content://" + PROVIDER_NAME + "/locations" );
private static final int LOCATIONS = 1;
private static final UriMatcher uriMatcher ;

static {
    uriMatcher = new UriMatcher(UriMatcher.NO_MATCH);
    uriMatcher.addURI(PROVIDER_NAME, "locations", LOCATIONS);
}

LocationsDB mLocationsDB;

And in my manifest I have this:

</activity>

    <provider
        android:name="com.new.newapp.activity.LocationsContentProvider"
        android:authorities="locations"
        android:exported="false" />

</application>

I have tried android:authorities="com.new.newapp.activity.locations" I have also tried android:name=".LocationsContentProvider" Have also moved

Could some one please help?

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 15 '15 at 08:59

Your problem lies in provider name.

<provider
        android:name="com.new.newapp.activity.LocationsContentProvider"
        android:authorities="locations"
        android:exported="false" />

public static final String PROVIDER_NAME ="com.new.newapp.activtiy.locations";

it should be

public static final String PROVIDER_NAME ="com.new.newapp.activity.LocationsContentProvider";

how to fix "Unknown URL content://com.new.newapp.locations/locations" in android studio

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