What is Uri.parse in android

Question

What is the function of Uri and how is Uri.parse() used?

For example :

Uri.parse(\"tel:(+49)12345789\"));

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Answer 1

A Uri object is usually used to tell a ContentProvider what we want to access by reference. It is an immutable one-to-one mapping to a resource or data. The method Uri.parse creates a new Uri object from a properly formated String. See here for more information about ContentProviders.