Allow all apps to call ContentResolver.getType().

I can't find the bug number for this, but it is needed for some things
we are doing where the app building an intent may not have access to the
URI in the data field.  This is for HC, but doing in GB to avoid introducing
integration issues.

Change-Id: I0cac971854198b18775d2a73deb80f23431bfbe2

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/core/java/android/content/ContentProvider.java b/core/java/android/content/ContentProvider.java
index dc4e9c4..1d6e8b8 100644
--- a/core/java/android/content/ContentProvider.java
+++ b/core/java/android/content/ContentProvider.java
@@ -544,6 +544,12 @@ public abstract class ContentProvider implements ComponentCallbacks {
      * <a href="{@docRoot}guide/topics/fundamentals.html#procthread">Application Fundamentals:
      * Processes and Threads</a>.
      *
+     * <p>Note that there are no permissions needed for an application to
+     * access this information; if your content provider requires read and/or
+     * write permissions, or is not exported, all applications can still call
+     * this method regardless of their access permissions.  This allows them
+     * to retrieve the MIME type for a URI when dispatching intents.
+     *
      * @param uri the URI to query.
      * @return a MIME type string, or null if there is no type.
      */