What is (or was) the benefit of using ContentProviders compared to accessing the database directly? They seem useful for exchanging data between apps, but I can't figure out what their role is when they're internal to the app (not exported).
Is it just that they're required for using CursorLoader, so that you can easily load things in the background without having to create a custom Loader implementation? And they're basically just a fairly inconvenient database abstraction?
Is it just that they're required for using CursorLoader, so that you can easily load things in the background without having to create a custom Loader implementation? And they're basically just a fairly inconvenient database abstraction?