Ok...this seems to be the only option to me now......I LL DO
THAT.....:-)
On Mar 27, 5:20 am, Peli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > You could use a content observer, but this would require your app
> > always running to monitor for changes.
>
> So one could probably write a lightweight background service that uses
> a content observer to constantly monitor for changes, and notifies the
> starting app only of those fields that have changed in the meantime.
>
> Of course this effort would only make sense if the contact list is
> long, and the app is used frequently...
>
> Peli
>
>
>
> > I'm not sure of a solution off-hand besides updating your list when
> > your application starts. We deliberately decided to not support
> > having apps launched to be notified when data in a content provider
> > changes, because that can quickly lead to bogging down the system as
> > it launches a bunch of apps each time a piece of data changes.
>
> > On Mar 26, 10:42 am, Peli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > Could a ContentObserver be registered for cases like
> > > these?http://code.google.com/android/reference/android/database/ContentObse......)
>
> > > Peli
>
> > > On Mar 26, 6:02 pm, "Dexter's Brain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > ok...Let me tell you what i wanted to do....I have a local file that
> > > > has information about all the contacts on the phone. And my
> > > > application uses this local file and not the phone book data
> > > > directly....
>
> > > > So I wanted that, whenever a new contact is added or an old one is
> > > > deleted, I should run a program that would update this local file .
> > > > But this seems to be impossible right now if there's no intent for
> > > > this. I will have to do a check for changes in the phone book and
> > > > update my local file, everytime my application starts....Thats a bit
> > > > of overhead on my app....and will also affect the startup time...
>
> > > > hackbod wrote:
> > > > > No, it has nothing to do with writing a contacts provider. The
> > > > > provider is the back-end data; an activity is the user interface. You
> > > > > just write a new activity that operates on the existing content
> > > > > provider.
>
> > > > > On Mar 26, 3:24 am, Diego Torres Milano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > > If you want to write your own activity implementing those actions,
> > > > > > how
> > > > > > would you do that ?
> > > > > > Implementing a new whole ContactsProvider ?
> > > > > > If you only want to replace, say INSERT ?
> > > > > > How your new ContactsProvider can coexist with the standard one if
> > > > > > you
> > > > > > want to extend its functionality ?
>
> > > > > > On Mar 26, 7:35 am, hackbod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > The android.intent.action.INSERT and android.intent.action.VIEW
> > > > > > > actions are not broadcasts, they are actions for starting
> > > > > > > activities
> > > > > > > to show a UI to insert a new entry, or view an existing entry,
> > > > > > > respectively. Thus you don't register for them with a
> > > > > > > <receiver>, you
> > > > > > > launch them with startActivity(). (You can also write your own
> > > > > > > activity implementing those actions to replace the standard UI,
> > > > > > > but
> > > > > > > that's probably not what you are wanting.)
>
> > > > > > > On Mar 25, 8:35 pm, "Dexter's Brain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > Thanks Megha...But, will it be provided in the subsequent
> > > > > > > > releases???
>
> > > > > > > > Can you think of a situation where we would need this???
>
> > > > > > > > Dexter.
>
> > > > > > > > On Mar 26, 3:15 am, "Megha Joshi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > Hi,
>
> > > > > > > > > I don't think that the intents for contacts added and
> > > > > > > > > contacts deleted
> > > > > > > > > intents are broadcasted.
> > > > > > > > > So you cannot receive these intents.
>
> > > > > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > > > > > Megha
>
> > > > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 9:49 AM, Dexter's Brain <[EMAIL
> > > > > > > > > PROTECTED]>
> > > > > > > > > wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > Hello All,
>
> > > > > > > > > > I have an Intent Receiver which I will be triggered when a
> > > > > > > > > > contact is
> > > > > > > > > > added or deleted.
>
> > > > > > > > > > My reciever properties in the androidmanifest.xml are as
> > > > > > > > > > follows.
>
> > > > > > > > > > <receiver android:name=".ContactAdded">
> > > > > > > > > > <intent-filter>
> > > > > > > > > > <action
> > > > > > > > > > ndroid:name="android.intent.action.INSERT"
> > > > > > > > > > />
> > > > > > > > > > <action
> > > > > > > > > > android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW"
> > > > > > > > > > />
> > > > > > > > > > </intent-filter>
> > > > > > > > > > </receiver>
>
> > > > > > > > > > And in my Intent Reciever class, I have the following lines
> > > > > > > > > > of code.
>
> > > > > > > > > > public class ContactAdded {
> > > > > > > > > > public void onReceiveIntent(Context context, Intent
> > > > > > > > > > intent){
> > > > > > > > > > try{
> > > > > > > > > > Log.i("Received Intent",
> > > > > > > > > > intent.getAction());
> > > > > > > > > > }
> > > > > > > > > > catch(Exception e){
> > > > > > > > > > Log.i("Exception in
> > > > > > > > > > Intent",e.getLocalizedMessage
> > > > > > > > > > ());
> > > > > > > > > > }
> > > > > > > > > > }
> > > > > > > > > > }
>
> > > > > > > > > > Now, when I try to add or delete a contact, I can see in
> > > > > > > > > > the LogCat
> > > > > > > > > > that the required Intent is broadcast, but I don't see my
> > > > > > > > > > message
> > > > > > > > > > "Received Intent" in the LogCat which I have coded in my
> > > > > > > > > > reciever
> > > > > > > > > > class.
>
> > > > > > > > > > Am I doing something wrong???
>
> > > > > > > > > > Dexter.- Hide quoted text -
>
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