[mono-android] Trouble with Android.Provider.BaseColumns

[Jonathan Pryor]

On Oct 2, 2012, at 10:38 AM, "Jeremy A. Kolb - ARA/NED" <jkolb at ara.com> wrote:
> This may sound silly but I’m having trouble inheriting from BaseColumns.  I have this class:

Base columns is an abstract type with no public/protected abstract members to override. It cannot be used as a base class:

	http://androidapi.xamarin.com/?link=T%3aAndroid.Provider.BaseColumns
	http://androidapi.xamarin.com/?link=T%3aAndroid.Provider.BaseColumns%2f*

It exists solely for "source-like" compatibility when porting Java code:

	http://docs.xamarin.com/android/advanced_topics/api_design#Interfaces

 - Jon