Yes man. My love for android holds me now. Indeed the support on forums is pretty good.
On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 5:28 PM, lsim001 <lim....@gmail.com> wrote: > My suggestion for starting with Android is just try to build something > that works. Don't get tied down in technical definitions. In very > simple terms Cursor is how data is returned to you from a database. > > As you use the tools more your understanding will grow as well. Don't > let this stop you from building what you want to build. :) As you can > see support on the forum is very good so feel free to ask your > questions. There is also lots of help around the internet now. > > On Dec 5, 10:52 am, Robin Talwar <r.o.b.i.n.abhis...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks Artak > > Last one helped a lot. > > I guess i would have to first get strong hand over java before jumping in > > android world. > > > > Regards > > > > On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 4:15 PM, Artak Kalantarian <ar...@burlymarmot.com > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >http://developer.android.com/reference/android/database/Cursor.html > > > This interface provides random read-write access to the result set > > > returned by a database query. > > > > >http://www.devx.com/wireless/Article/40842 > > > Notice that Android uses the Cursor class as a return value for > > > queries. Think of the Cursor as a pointer to the result set from a > > > database query. Using Cursor allows Android to more efficiently manage > > > rows and columns as and when needed. You use a ContentValues object to > > > store key/value pairs. Its put() method allows you to insert keys with > > > values of different data types > > > > >http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2007-11-19-n27.html > > > The Cursor is a managed way of controlling your position (Row) in the > > > underlying table. We get access to the data by specifying the column > > > that holds the information we're after. Rather than memorising the > > > column index for each Content Provider we can use constants from the > > > People class as a shortcut. > > > > > Artak > > > > > On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 12:39 AM, Abhishek Talwar > > > <r.o.b.i.n.abhis...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi guys > > > > I was going through the notepad tutorials and i found something > > > > playing a key role in it which is called cursor. > > > > Please let me know in simple language<since m a beginner :)> that > what > > > > is this cursor and how can i use it in an application which > integrates > > > > database. > > > > Thanks > > > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > > > To post to this group, send email to > android-developers@googlegroups.com > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com><android-developers%2Bunsubs > cr...@googlegroups.com> > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to > android-developers@googlegroups.com > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com><android-developers%2Bunsubs > cr...@googlegroups.com> > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
