In the course of moving to the 2.0 cotnact APIs, I've stumbled across
CONTENT_LOOKUP_URI :
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/provider/ContactsContract.Contacts.html#CONTENT_LOOKUP_URI
As long as the contact's row ID remains the same, this URI is
equivalent to CONTENT_URI. If the
Hi Richard,
You are exactly right. If you want a robust persistent reference to a
contact, you now need to use the lookup URI. Android itself uses lookup
URIs for shortcuts, Quick Contact etc. The main reason contact ID is
volatile is that Android 2.0 has contact aggregation, both automatic
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