Android: cursor.close() when using registerContentObserver

Question

Do i have to close a cursor when using

 startManagingCursor(cursor); //I know its deprecated

and

cursor.registerContentObserver(..

if so, where to close it?

Answer 1

If using startManagingCursor you do not need to close the cursor, Activity will take care of that for you.

But if you have called registerContentObserver , you need to call unregisterContentObserver. Usually you call registerContentObserver in OnResume and unregisterContentObserver in OnPause, But it can change depending upon what kind of operations you are performing in ContentObserver.