Question

Can you please tell me what is Provider Authority String in ProviderTestCase2 constructor?

From the JavaDoc below
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/test/ProviderTestCase2.html

it requires ‘Provider Authority String’, my question I am using it to unit test my Content Provider, so what is my Provider Authority String?

Thank you.

Answer 1

In you application’s AndroidManifest.xml you declare your provider in a next way:

<provider android:name=".provider.MyProvider" 
          android:authorities="com.company.app.provider"/>

In your ProviderTestCase2 class you should then specify com.company.app.provider as second parameter to super constructor.

For example:

public class MyProviderTest extends ProviderTestCase2<MyProvider>
{
    public MyProviderTest()
    {
        super(MyProvider.class, "com.company.app.provider");
    }
}