diff --git a/api/current.xml b/api/current.xml
index 9d7fd8da540e6..daad993f7c079 100644
--- a/api/current.xml
+++ b/api/current.xml
@@ -52633,6 +52633,42 @@
 <parameter name="table" type="java.lang.String">
 </parameter>
 </method>
+<method name="queryNumEntries"
+ return="long"
+ abstract="false"
+ native="false"
+ synchronized="false"
+ static="true"
+ final="false"
+ deprecated="not deprecated"
+ visibility="public"
+>
+<parameter name="db" type="android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase">
+</parameter>
+<parameter name="table" type="java.lang.String">
+</parameter>
+<parameter name="selection" type="java.lang.String">
+</parameter>
+</method>
+<method name="queryNumEntries"
+ return="long"
+ abstract="false"
+ native="false"
+ synchronized="false"
+ static="true"
+ final="false"
+ deprecated="not deprecated"
+ visibility="public"
+>
+<parameter name="db" type="android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase">
+</parameter>
+<parameter name="table" type="java.lang.String">
+</parameter>
+<parameter name="selection" type="java.lang.String">
+</parameter>
+<parameter name="selectionArgs" type="java.lang.String[]">
+</parameter>
+</method>
 <method name="readExceptionFromParcel"
  return="void"
  abstract="false"
@@ -243064,7 +243100,7 @@
 <method name="activeCount"
  return="int"
  abstract="false"
- native="false"
+ native="true"
  synchronized="false"
  static="false"
  final="false"
diff --git a/core/java/android/database/DatabaseUtils.java b/core/java/android/database/DatabaseUtils.java
index 9bfbb74eeb274..78e757ca441ab 100644
--- a/core/java/android/database/DatabaseUtils.java
+++ b/core/java/android/database/DatabaseUtils.java
@@ -50,8 +50,6 @@ public class DatabaseUtils {
     private static final boolean DEBUG = false;
     private static final boolean LOCAL_LOGV = DEBUG ? Config.LOGD : Config.LOGV;
 
-    private static final String[] countProjection = new String[]{"count(*)"};
-
     /**
      * Special function for writing an exception result at the header of
      * a parcel, to be used when returning an exception from a transaction.
@@ -604,14 +602,40 @@ public class DatabaseUtils {
      * @return the number of rows in the table
      */
     public static long queryNumEntries(SQLiteDatabase db, String table) {
-        Cursor cursor = db.query(table, countProjection,
-                null, null, null, null, null);
-        try {
-            cursor.moveToFirst();
-            return cursor.getLong(0);
-        } finally {
-            cursor.close();
-        }
+        return queryNumEntries(db, table, null, null);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Query the table for the number of rows in the table.
+     * @param db the database the table is in
+     * @param table the name of the table to query
+     * @param selection A filter declaring which rows to return,
+     *              formatted as an SQL WHERE clause (excluding the WHERE itself).
+     *              Passing null will count all rows for the given table
+     * @return the number of rows in the table filtered by the selection
+     */
+    public static long queryNumEntries(SQLiteDatabase db, String table, String selection) {
+        return queryNumEntries(db, table, selection, null);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Query the table for the number of rows in the table.
+     * @param db the database the table is in
+     * @param table the name of the table to query
+     * @param selection A filter declaring which rows to return,
+     *              formatted as an SQL WHERE clause (excluding the WHERE itself).
+     *              Passing null will count all rows for the given table
+     * @param selectionArgs You may include ?s in selection,
+     *              which will be replaced by the values from selectionArgs,
+     *              in order that they appear in the selection.
+     *              The values will be bound as Strings.
+     * @return the number of rows in the table filtered by the selection
+     */
+    public static long queryNumEntries(SQLiteDatabase db, String table, String selection,
+            String[] selectionArgs) {
+        String s = (!TextUtils.isEmpty(selection)) ? " where " + selection : "";
+        return longForQuery(db, "select count(*) from " + table + s,
+                    selectionArgs);
     }
 
     /**