In your provider method, just return the uri with the id appended
@Override
public Uri insert(Uri uri, ContentValues values) {
Log.i(TAG, "insert " + uri);
final SQLiteDatabase db = mOpenHelper.getWritableDatabase();
final int match = URI_MATCHER.match(uri);
Uri returnUri;
switch (match) {
case MESSAGE: {
long _id = db.insert(MessageContract.MessageEntry.TABLE_NAME, null, values);
if (_id > 0)
returnUri = ContentUris.withAppendedId(MessageContract.MessageEntry.CONTENT_URI, _id);
else
throw new android.database.SQLException("Failed to insert row into " + uri);
break;
}
default:
throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Unknown uri: " + uri);
}
getContext().getContentResolver().notifyChange(returnUri, null);
return returnUri;
}
And register your observer with true for descendents.
getContentResolver().registerContentObserver(MessageContract.MessageEntry.CONTENT_URI, true, mContentObserver);
To get the id from a Uri you can use ContentUris.parseId(uri)