Oops! I see what you mean. Perhaps that update was a little
bold... :-)
So I need to search out the right row (with the right contact ID and
the photo's MIME type) in the Data table with a query, then update
that row ?
If there isn't a pre-existing photo, do I also need to update
ContactsContract.Data.PHOTO_ID on the contact after I have added a
photo ?
Thanks!
R.
On Nov 5, 7:09 pm, Dmitri Plotnikov <dplotni...@google.com> wrote:
> This line:
>
> context.getContentResolver().update(ContactsContract.Data.CONTENT_URI,
> values, ContactsContract.Data.RAW_CONTACT_ID + " = " + personId,
> null);
>
> attempts to change ALL data rows that have RAW_CONTACT_ID == personId, which
> includes the photo, but also phone numbers, emails etc. You will need to
> find the specific row before updating it. The condition should say: Data._ID
> + "=" + dataId. Alternatively, you can construct a specific URI:
> ContentUris.withAppendedId(Data.CONTENT_URI, dataId)
>
> I hope this helps.
> - Dmitri
>
> On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 9:05 AM, jarkman <jark...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Dmitri - I wasn't, but I am now - thanks for the tip.
>
> > It doesn't fix the problem, though. It seems as though I can set the
> > photo once on a brand-new contact, but I can never set it again on
> > that contact.
>
> > Do I perhaps need to do something with
> > ContactsContract.Data.PHOTO_ID ?
>
> > Here's code:
>
> > ContentValues values = new ContentValues();
> > values.put(ContactsContract.Data.RAW_CONTACT_ID, personId);
> > values.put(ContactsContract.Data.IS_SUPER_PRIMARY, 1);
> > values.put(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Photo.PHOTO,
> > bytes.toByteArray());
> > values.put(ContactsContract.Data.MIMETYPE,
> > ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Photo.CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE );
>
> > context.getContentResolver().update(ContactsContract.Data.CONTENT_URI,
> > values, ContactsContract.Data.RAW_CONTACT_ID + " = " + personId,
> > null);
>
> > And here's a stack:
>
> > 11-05 17:03:36.781: ERROR/DatabaseUtils(103): Writing exception to
> > parcel
> > 11-05 17:03:36.781: ERROR/DatabaseUtils(103):
> > android.database.sqlite.SQLiteException: unknown error: Unable to
> > convert BLOB to string
> > 11-05 17:03:36.781: ERROR/DatabaseUtils(103): at
> > android.database.CursorWindow.getString_native(Native Method)
> > 11-05 17:03:36.781: ERROR/DatabaseUtils(103): at
> > android.database.CursorWindow.getString(CursorWindow.java:329)
> > 11-05 17:03:36.781: ERROR/DatabaseUtils(103): at
> > android.database.AbstractWindowedCursor.getString
> > (AbstractWindowedCursor.java:49)
> > 11-05 17:03:36.781: ERROR/DatabaseUtils(103): at
>
> > com.android.providers.contacts.ContactsProvider2$DataRowHandler.getAugmentedValues
> > (ContactsProvider2.java:1038)
> > 11-05 17:03:36.781: ERROR/DatabaseUtils(103): at
>
> > com.android.providers.contacts.ContactsProvider2$CommonDataRowHandler.update
> > (ContactsProvider2.java:1225)
> > 11-05 17:03:36.781: ERROR/DatabaseUtils(103): at
> > com.android.providers.contacts.ContactsProvider2$PhoneDataRowHandler.update
> > (ContactsProvider2.java:1445)
> > 11-05 17:03:36.781: ERROR/DatabaseUtils(103): at
> > com.android.providers.contacts.ContactsProvider2.updateData
> > (ContactsProvider2.java:3091)
> > 11-05 17:03:36.781: ERROR/DatabaseUtils(103): at
> > com.android.providers.contacts.ContactsProvider2.updateData
> > (ContactsProvider2.java:3075)
> > 11-05 17:03:36.781: ERROR/DatabaseUtils(103): at
> > com.android.providers.contacts.ContactsProvider2.updateInTransaction
> > (ContactsProvider2.java:2854)
> > 11-05 17:03:36.781: ERROR/DatabaseUtils(103): at
> > com.android.providers.contacts.SQLiteContentProvider.update
> > (SQLiteContentProvider.java:139)
> > 11-05 17:03:36.781: ERROR/DatabaseUtils(103): at
> > com.android.providers.contacts.ContactsProvider2.update
> > (ContactsProvider2.java:1923)
> > 11-05 17:03:36.781: ERROR/DatabaseUtils(103): at
> > android.content.ContentProvider$Transport.update(ContentProvider.java:
> > 180)
> > 11-05 17:03:36.781: ERROR/DatabaseUtils(103): at
> > android.content.ContentProviderNative.onTransact
> > (ContentProviderNative.java:195)
> > 11-05 17:03:36.781: ERROR/DatabaseUtils(103): at
> > android.os.Binder.execTransact(Binder.java:287)
>
> > On Nov 5, 4:41 pm, Dmitri Plotnikov <dplotni...@google.com> wrote:
> > > Hi Richard,
>
> > > Regarding photos: are you setting the IS_SUPER_PRIMARY flag on your Photo
> > > row? The notion of "super-primary" has to do with multiple accounts.
> > You
> > > can have only one super-primary photo for an entire aggregated contact.
>
> > > Cheers,
> > > - Dmitri
>
> > > On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 1:51 AM, jarkman <jark...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Jake - no, you are not the only one who suffers that frustration with
> > > > the ContactsContract documentation.
>
> > > > I've spent a lot of time writing frankly experimental code because I
> > > > couldn't work out from the docs how the various URIs and string
> > > > constants had to be knitted together to actually work. I think the
> > > > docs really need a lot more tiny examples, to make the context clear
> > > > for each definition.
>
> > > > I still can't work out how to set contact photos reliably. I thought I
> > > > had a fix yesterday, but it fails in some cases. Tiem for more
> > > > experiments...
>
> > > > Richard
>
> > > > On Nov 5, 2:11 am, "jak." <koda...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > Thank you Dmitri,
>
> > > > > Your response was very helpful. Along with that, and the sample you
> > > > > posted on another thread about using both Contact Apis from one app,
> > > > > I've gotten most of the way there. It is much appreciated.
>
> > > > > I'm still however having some problems that I'm hard pressed to find
> > a
> > > > > solution for.
> > > > > I'd be grateful if anyone could help me.
>
> > > > > The biggest challenge I'm having with this API is that it's hard for
> > > > > me to picture how the tables are laid out so I know which URI to
> > query
> > > > > to get the parts of the contact that I'm interested in.
> > > > > I found to get the email address for a contact I'm looking at I can
> > > > > query the uri:ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Email.CONTENT_URI,
> > > > > looking at rows of the contact id i'm interested in.
>
> > > > > However to get the note from the same contact I can't use a similar
> > > > > pattern, because there is no
> > > > > ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Note.CONTENT_URI
> > > > > The Note type exists in CommonDataKinds but it doesn't have an
> > > > > associated CONTENT_URI.
>
> > > > > I'm finding it very frustrating to use this API because every time I
> > > > > go to try to pull out another piece of data from the contact, the
> > > > > method to access it seems to change (as I can't find a consistent way
> > > > > to get a given field from a contact). And the documentation never
> > > > > describes how these keys, tables, and URIs are related. Basically the
> > > > > ContactsContract documentation just gives you a giant list of Objects
> > > > > containing constants that describe indexes into some database that is
> > > > > basically a black box without some basic documentation.
>
> > > > > I'm I the only one that finds this frustrating?
>
> > > > > Thanks again for your help.
>
> > > > > -Jake
>
> > > > > On Nov 2, 5:24 pm, Dmitri Plotnikov <dplotni...@google.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > You can always delegate contact creation to the Contacts app using
> > the
> > > > > > ContactsContract.Intents.UI.Insert intent with extras. This will
> > show
> > > > the
> > > > > > edit UI.
>
> > > > > > If you want to explicitly create the contact by yourself, that's
> > now a
> > > > bit
> > > > > > tricky because Android 2.0 support multiple accounts.
>
> > > > > > First of all, you will need to figure out which account you want to
> > > > create
> > > > > > the contact in. Get a list of all available accounts from
> > > > AccountManager:
>
> > > > > > AccountManager am = AccountManager.get(getContext());
> > > > > > Account[] accounts = am.getAccounts();
>
> > > > > > Also, get a list of all sync adapters and find the ones that
> > support
> > > > > > contacts:
>
> > > > > > SyncAdapterType[] syncs
> > > > > > = ContentResolver.getContentService().getSyncAdapterTypes();
>
> > > > > > for (SyncAdapterType sync : syncs) {
> > > > > > if (ContactsContract.AUTHORITY.equals(sync.authority) &&
> > > > > > sync.supportsUploading()) {
> > > > > > contactAccountTypes.add(sync.accountType);
> > > > > > }
>
> > > > > > }
>
> > > > > > Now you have a list of all accounts and a list of account types
> > that
> > > > support
> > > > > > contacts. So here's your account list:
>
> > > > > > for (Account acct: accounts) {
> > > > > > if (contactAccountTypes.contains(acct.type)) {
> > > > > > contactAccounts.add(account);
> > > > > > }
>
> > > > > > }
>
> > > > > > If the contactAccounts list contains nothing - use accountType =
> > null
> > > > and
> > > > > > accountName = null
> > > > > > If it contains exactly one account, use it.
> > > > > > If it contains multiple accounts, build a dialog and ask the user
> > which
> > > > > > account to use.
>
> > > > > > From here on it gets easier.
>
> > > > > > Let's start with a more traditional method. Insert a raw contact
> > > > first:
>
> > > > > > ContentValues values = new ContentValues();
> > > > > > values.put(RawContacts.ACCOUNT_TYPE, accountType);
> > > > > > values.put(RawContacts.ACCOUNT_NAME, accountName);
> > > > > > Uri rawContactUri =
> > > > getContentResolver().insert(RawContacts.CONTENT_URI,
> > > > > > values);
> > > > > > long rawContactId = ContentUris.parseId(rawContactUri);
>
> > > > > > Then insert the name:
>
> > > > > > values.clear();
> > > > > > values.put(Data.RAW_CONTACT_ID, rawContactId);
> > > > > > values.put(Data.MIMETYPE, StructuredName.CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE);
> > > > > > values.put(StructuredName.DISPLAY_NAME, "Some Body");
> > > > > > getContentResolver().insert(Data.CONTENT_URI, values);
>
> > > > > > You are done.
>
> > > > > > Now here's a much better way to do the same. Use the
> > > > > > new ContentProviderOperation API, which will ensure that the raw
> > > > contact and
> > > > > > its name are inserted at the same time.
>
> > > > > > ArrayList<ContentProviderOperation> ops = Lists.newArrayList();
> > > > > > ops.add(ContentProviderOperation.newInsert(RawContacts.CONTENT_URI)
> > > > > > .withValue(RawContacts.ACCOUNT_TYPE,
>
> ...
>
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