Inserting Contacts in Android 2.2

Inserting contacts in Android 2.2

I thought this Q was long forgotten but Since someone upvoted it, I am assuming someone else also faces the same problem as me. After a little struggle I was able to figure out the problem and insert contacts, Hope this helps, here is the sample code:

ArrayList<ContentProviderOperation> ops = new ArrayList<ContentProviderOperation>();
int rawContactInsertIndex = ops.size();

ops.add(ContentProviderOperation.newInsert(RawContacts.CONTENT_URI)
   .withValue(RawContacts.ACCOUNT_TYPE, null)
   .withValue(RawContacts.ACCOUNT_NAME,null )
   .build());
ops.add(ContentProviderOperation.newInsert(ContactsContract.Data.CONTENT_URI)
   .withValueBackReference(ContactsContract.Data.RAW_CONTACT_ID, rawContactInsertIndex)
   .withValue(Data.MIMETYPE,Phone.CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE)
   .withValue(Phone.NUMBER, "9X-XXXXXXXXX")
   .build());
ops.add(ContentProviderOperation.newInsert(ContactsContract.Data.CONTENT_URI)
   .withValueBackReference(Data.RAW_CONTACT_ID, rawContactInsertIndex)
   .withValue(Data.MIMETYPE,StructuredName.CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE)
   .withValue(StructuredName.DISPLAY_NAME, "Mike Sullivan")
   .build());  
ContentProviderResult[] res = getContentResolver().applyBatch(ContactsContract.AUTHORITY, ops);

How to add the new contacts on android 2.2?

Take a look at: http://developer.android.com/resources/articles/contacts.html

The process involves some steps, as you would insert the name contact+name first, then field by field.

Example for phone number:

import android.provider.ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone;
...
ContentValues values = new ContentValues();
values.put(Phone.RAW_CONTACT_ID, rawContactId);
values.put(Phone.NUMBER, phoneNumber);
values.put(Phone.TYPE, Phone.TYPE_MOBILE);
Uri uri = getContentResolver().insert(Phone.CONTENT_URI, values);

Additionally, have a read here: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/provider/ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.html

unable to insert new info to existing contacts on android 2.2.1 froyo

Do you have Samsung SmartPhone?

vnd.sec.contact.phone is default user account using Samsung smartphones.

Samsung smartphone has two Contact type; one is Samsung default phonebook ans the other is Google account.

vnd.sec.contact.phone means 'the contacts contains Samsung default phonebook'.

And I guess the device vendor(Samsung) customize the Contacts Applications.

that'sthe reason thar the code do not run.

HTH.

Is it possible to insert the two new contacts with same display name on Android 2.2?

Android's 2.x Contacts API will aggregate 2 raw contacts with the same name by default. See the section Automatic aggregation in Using the Contacts API.

What you need to do is disable automatic aggregration, which is also described in that very useful article. You merely have to set your RawContact record's AGGREGATION_MODE value to AGGREGATION_MODE_DISABLED.

How to avoid duplicates while inserting the contacts into android 2.2?

Do a lookup for the contact first? Also, note that Android will try to aggregate contacts with similar characteristics.

How to Add Contacts to Contacts Table

below is the code to add contact database and also it return whether the contact was added or not::::

//to save contact in Database
public boolean SaveContact(Activity _activity,String name,String number) {
    String MIMETYPE_RADUTOKEN   = "vnd.android.cursor.item/radutoken";
    String  szname = name,szMobile = number;
    //Create a new contact entry!
    String szToken = String.format("RADU_TOKEN_%d", System.currentTimeMillis());
    ArrayList<ContentProviderOperation> ops = new ArrayList<ContentProviderOperation>();
    int rawContactInsertIndex = ops.size();

    ops.add(ContentProviderOperation.newInsert(ContactsContract.RawContacts.CONTENT_URI).withValue(RawContacts.ACCOUNTTYPE, null).withValue(RawContacts.ACCOUNT_NAME, null).build());

    //INSERT NAME
    ops.add(ContentProviderOperation.newInsert(ContactsContract.Data.CONTENT_URI).withValueBackReference(ContactsContract.Data.RAW_CONTACT_ID,rawContactInsertIndex).withValue(ContactsContract.Data.MIMETYPE,ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.StructuredName.CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE).withValue(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.StructuredName.DISPLAY_NAME, szname).build());

    //INSERT PINLESSMAX MOBILE NUMBER
    ops.add(ContentProviderOperation.newInsert(ContactsContract.Data.CONTENT_URI).withValueBackReference(ContactsContract.Data.RAW_CONTACT_ID,   rawContactInsertIndex).withValue(ContactsContract.Data.MIMETYPE, ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE).withValue(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.NUMBER, szMobile).withValue(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.TYPE, ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.TYPE_CUSTOM).withValue(ContactsContract.Data.DATA3, "PinLessMax").build());

    // SAVE CONTACT IN BCR Structure
    Uri newContactUri = null;
    //PUSH EVERYTHING TO CONTACTS
    try{
       ContentProviderResult[] res = _activity.getContentResolver().applyBatch(ContactsContract.AUTHORITY,ops);
      if (res!=null && res[0]!=null) {
         newContactUri = res[0].uri;    
     }
    }catch (RemoteException e) { 
        // error
        newContactUri = null;
    }  catch (OperationApplicationException e)   {
        // error
         newContactUri = null;
    }  
    if (newContactUri == null) {
        return false;
     }
    boolean foundToken = false;

  // IDENTIFY Contact based on name and token
    String szLookupKey = "";
    Uri lkup = Uri.withAppendedPath(ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_FILTER_URI, szname);
    ContentResolver cr = _activity.getContentResolver();
    Cursor idCursor = _activity.getContentResolver().query(lkup, null, null, null, null);
    // get all the names 
    while (idCursor.moveToNext()) {
        String szId = idCursor.getString(idCursor.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.Contacts._ID));
        String szName = idCursor.getString(idCursor.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME));
        szLookupKey = idCursor.getString(idCursor.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.Contacts.LOOKUP_KEY));
       // for this contact ID, search the custom field
       String tokenWhere = ContactsContract.Data.CONTACT_ID + " = ? AND " + ContactsContract.Data.MIMETYPE + " = ?"; 
      String[] tokenWhereParams = new String[]{szId, MIMETYPE_RADUTOKEN}; 
      Cursor tokenCur = cr.query(ContactsContract.Data.CONTENT_URI, null, tokenWhere, tokenWhereParams, null); 
      while (tokenCur.moveToNext()) {
         String token = tokenCur.getString(tokenCur.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.Data.DATA1));
        // CHECK THE TOKEN!
        if (szToken.compareTo(token) == 0) {
          tokenCur.close();
          foundToken = true;
          break;
        }   
       } 
      tokenCur.close();
      if (foundToken) break;
  }
  idCursor.close();
  return true;
}//SaveContact()

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