What Are Android Cursors?
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Cursors are what contain the result set of a query made against a database in Android. The Cursor class has an API that allows an app to read (in a type-safe manner) the columns that were returned from the query as well as iterate over the rows of the result set.

What is cursor in Mobile?

Quick Cursor enables one-handed control on Android using a mouse pointer. Smartphones keep getting bigger, but the need to use a phone with only one hand never changes. … It consists of two parts: the tracker and the cursor.

What does a cursor do?

Cursors are used by database programmers to process individual rows returned by database system queries. Cursors enable manipulation of whole result sets at once. In this scenario, a cursor enables the sequential processing of rows in a result set.

Robert Thorne

Robert Thorne

Automotive & Future Transportation Editor

Robert Thorne covers electric vehicle innovations, autonomous driving systems, global mobility trends, and automotive engineering developments.

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