diff --git a/api/11.xml b/api/11.xml
index 20337875a7aba..6a672d16611b9 100644
--- a/api/11.xml
+++ b/api/11.xml
@@ -70101,7 +70101,7 @@
 </parameter>
 </method>
 <method name="getAttachedDbs"
- return="java.util.ArrayList&lt;android.util.Pair&lt;java.lang.String, java.lang.String&gt;&gt;"
+ return="java.util.List&lt;android.util.Pair&lt;java.lang.String, java.lang.String&gt;&gt;"
  abstract="false"
  native="false"
  synchronized="false"
diff --git a/api/current.xml b/api/current.xml
index b6aabb71ae770..d3b61e8c33c87 100644
--- a/api/current.xml
+++ b/api/current.xml
@@ -70123,7 +70123,7 @@
 </parameter>
 </method>
 <method name="getAttachedDbs"
- return="java.util.ArrayList&lt;android.util.Pair&lt;java.lang.String, java.lang.String&gt;&gt;"
+ return="java.util.List&lt;android.util.Pair&lt;java.lang.String, java.lang.String&gt;&gt;"
  abstract="false"
  native="false"
  synchronized="false"
diff --git a/core/java/android/database/DefaultDatabaseErrorHandler.java b/core/java/android/database/DefaultDatabaseErrorHandler.java
index 61337dde6c3a4..a9e39c321ac27 100644
--- a/core/java/android/database/DefaultDatabaseErrorHandler.java
+++ b/core/java/android/database/DefaultDatabaseErrorHandler.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 package android.database;
 
 import java.io.File;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
 
 import android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase;
 import android.database.sqlite.SQLiteException;
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public final class DefaultDatabaseErrorHandler implements DatabaseErrorHandler {
             return;
         }
 
-        ArrayList<Pair<String, String>> attachedDbs = null;
+        List<Pair<String, String>> attachedDbs = null;
         try {
             // Close the database, which will cause subsequent operations to fail.
             // before that, get the attached database list first.
diff --git a/core/java/android/database/sqlite/SQLiteDatabase.java b/core/java/android/database/sqlite/SQLiteDatabase.java
index 1a43b300f25db..b3fd9147f23c1 100644
--- a/core/java/android/database/sqlite/SQLiteDatabase.java
+++ b/core/java/android/database/sqlite/SQLiteDatabase.java
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import dalvik.system.BlockGuard;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.lang.ref.WeakReference;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
@@ -2504,7 +2505,7 @@ public class SQLiteDatabase extends SQLiteClosable {
                 String lastnode = path.substring((indx != -1) ? ++indx : 0);
 
                 // get list of attached dbs and for each db, get its size and pagesize
-                ArrayList<Pair<String, String>> attachedDbs = db.getAttachedDbs();
+                List<Pair<String, String>> attachedDbs = db.getAttachedDbs();
                 if (attachedDbs == null) {
                     continue;
                 }
@@ -2560,7 +2561,7 @@ public class SQLiteDatabase extends SQLiteClosable {
      * @return ArrayList of pairs of (database name, database file path) or null if the database
      * is not open.
      */
-    public ArrayList<Pair<String, String>> getAttachedDbs() {
+    public List<Pair<String, String>> getAttachedDbs() {
         if (!isOpen()) {
             return null;
         }
@@ -2613,7 +2614,7 @@ public class SQLiteDatabase extends SQLiteClosable {
      */
     public boolean isDatabaseIntegrityOk() {
         verifyDbIsOpen();
-        ArrayList<Pair<String, String>> attachedDbs = null;
+        List<Pair<String, String>> attachedDbs = null;
         try {
             attachedDbs = getAttachedDbs();
             if (attachedDbs == null) {
diff --git a/core/tests/coretests/src/android/database/DatabaseGeneralTest.java b/core/tests/coretests/src/android/database/DatabaseGeneralTest.java
index cd38bf0788eab..6786700d32283 100644
--- a/core/tests/coretests/src/android/database/DatabaseGeneralTest.java
+++ b/core/tests/coretests/src/android/database/DatabaseGeneralTest.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import junit.framework.Assert;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
 
 public class DatabaseGeneralTest extends AndroidTestCase implements PerformanceTestCase {
@@ -1130,7 +1131,7 @@ public class DatabaseGeneralTest extends AndroidTestCase implements PerformanceT
         assertTrue(new File(attachedDb1File).exists());
         assertNotNull(dbObj);
         assertTrue(dbObj.isOpen());
-        ArrayList<Pair<String, String>> attachedDbs = dbObj.getAttachedDbs();
+        List<Pair<String, String>> attachedDbs = dbObj.getAttachedDbs();
         try {
             errorHandler.onCorruption(dbObj);
             assertFalse(dbfile.exists());