Why does ContentProvider.onCreate() get called before Application.onCreate()?

Question

I registered a ContentProvider in AndroidManifest.xml, and the ContentProvider.onCreate() was called even before the Application.onCreate(). I don\'t understand this behavio

Answer 1

It is exactly how it should work.

Documentation of Application class was updated starting from Android 4.2 and it says that Application#onCreate()

Called when the application is starting, before any activity, service, or receiver objects (excluding content providers) have been created.

Answer 2

According a Google's issue it's how this should work (although documentation is wrong).

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