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
diff --git a/core/java/android/content/ContentProvider.java b/core/java/android/content/ContentProvider.java
index d3c1b4e..6bb32c1 100644
--- a/core/java/android/content/ContentProvider.java
+++ b/core/java/android/content/ContentProvider.java
@@ -561,6 +561,12 @@
* <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.
*/