public class ContentUris
extends Object



Utility methods useful for working with Uri objects that use the "content" (content://) scheme.

Content URIs have the syntax

content://authority/path/id

content:
The scheme portion of the URI. This is always set to ContentResolver.SCHEME_CONTENT (value content://).
authority
A string that identifies the entire content provider. All the content URIs for the provider start with this string. To guarantee a unique authority, providers should consider using an authority that is the same as the provider class' package identifier.
path
Zero or more segments, separated by a forward slash (/), that identify some subset of the provider's data. Most providers use the path part to identify individual tables. Individual segments in the path are often called "directories" although they do not refer to file directories. The right-most segment in a path is often called a "twig"
id
A unique numeric identifier for a single row in the subset of data identified by the preceding path part. Most providers recognize content URIs that contain an id part and give them special handling. A table that contains a column named _ID often expects the id part to be a particular value for that column.

Summary

Public constructors

ContentUris()

Public methods

static Uri.Builder appendId(Uri.Builder builder, long id)

Appends the given ID to the end of the path.

static long parseId(Uri contentUri)

Converts the last path segment to a long.

static Uri removeId(Uri contentUri)

Removes any ID from the end of the path.

static Uri withAppendedId(Uri contentUri, long id)

Appends the given ID to the end of the path.

Inherited methods

From class java.lang.Object

Object clone()

Creates and returns a copy of this object.

boolean equals(Object obj)

Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one.

void finalize()

Called by the garbage collector on an object when garbage collection determines that there are no more references to the object.

final Class<?> getClass()

Returns the runtime class of this Object.

int hashCode()

Returns a hash code value for the object.

final void notify()

Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on this object's monitor.

final void notifyAll()

Wakes up all threads that are waiting on this object's monitor.

String toString()

Returns a string representation of the object.

final void wait(long timeoutMillis, int nanos)

Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.

final void wait(long timeoutMillis)

Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.

final void wait()

Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted.

Public constructors

ContentUris

public ContentUris ()

Public methods

appendId

public static Uri.Builder appendId (Uri.Builder builder, 
                long id)

Appends the given ID to the end of the path.

Parameters
builder Uri.Builder: to append the ID to.
This value cannot be null.
id long: to append
Returns
Uri.Builder the given builder.
This value cannot be null.

parseId

public static long parseId (Uri contentUri)

Converts the last path segment to a long.

This supports a common convention for content URIs where an ID is stored in the last segment.

Parameters
contentUri Uri: This value cannot be null.
Returns
long the long conversion of the last segment or -1 if the path is empty
Throws
NumberFormatException if the last segment isn't a number
UnsupportedOperationException if this isn't a hierarchical URI

removeId

public static Uri removeId (Uri contentUri)

Removes any ID from the end of the path.

Parameters
contentUri Uri: that ends with an ID.
This value cannot be null.
Returns
Uri a new URI with the ID removed from the end of the path.
This value cannot be null.
Throws
IllegalArgumentException when the given URI has no ID to remove from the end of the path

withAppendedId

public static Uri withAppendedId (Uri contentUri, 
                long id)

Appends the given ID to the end of the path.

Parameters
contentUri Uri: to start with.
This value cannot be null.
id long: to append
Returns
Uri a new URI with the given ID appended to the end of the path.
This value cannot be null.

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Last updated 2026-02-13 UTC.