Getting "java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Unknown URL content in" Android

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I am getting Unknown URL exception "java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Unknown URL content://com.abcd/metertable" in my below android code, What could be reason for it. Can someone please help, Thanks in advance :

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Unknown URL content://com.abcd/table
at android.content.ContentResolver.delete(ContentResolver.java:955)
at com.abcd.Class.mymethod(Class.java:536)
at com.abcd.Class.access$8(Class.java:530)
at com.abcd.Class$MeterTask.onPostExecute(Class.java:290)
at com.abcd.Class$MeterTask.onPostExecute(Class.java:1)
at android.os.AsyncTask.finish(AsyncTask.java:631)
at android.os.AsyncTask.access$600(AsyncTask.java:177)
at android.os.AsyncTask$InternalHandler.handleMessage(AsyncTask.java:644)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4849)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:795)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:562)
at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

Provider :

<provider android:name="com.abcd.meters.Class2"
              android:authorities="com.abcd.myclass">
</provider>

Code :

private void mymethod()
    {
        ContentResolver crol = context.getContentResolver();
        int rows = crol.delete(MyClass.CONTENT_URI, MyClass.MARK_FOR_DELETE + "=1", null);
        Log.d(TAG, rows + " rows deleted");
        // Count records to upload

    }

URI :

public static final String PACKAGE = "com.abcd";
public static final String TABLE = "table";
public static final Uri CONTENT_URI = Uri.parse("content://"+ PACKAGE + "/" + TABLE);

Shayan Pourvatan · Accepted Answer · 2016-01-16 06:48:38Z

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android:authorities should not be the class you define, but the uriauthorities. it should be like this:

<provider android:name="com.abcd.meters.myclass"
          android:authorities="com.abcd">
</provider>

edited Jan 16, 2016 at 6:48

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Anonsage · Accepted Answer · 2014-10-12 16:36:18Z

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The error says that you are trying to access content://com.abcd/metertable, where the "authority" is "com.abcd".

The AndroidManifest provider tag has only defined the authority of "com.abcd.myclass".

If you match those, then the provider will work.

answered Oct 12, 2014 at 16:36

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Sumit Jha Over a year ago

thanks bro :) had been struggling with the same issue for more than 2 hrs..finally solved :)

Leonid Ivankin · Accepted Answer · 2025-06-02 07:43:46Z

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If Android 11 (API level 30) or above add queries:

<queries>
    <package android:name="com.example.your_app"/>
</queries>

answered Jun 2 at 7:43

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