You don't need to manually type the uris.. as I said before you can use ContentUris.withAppendedId(People.CONTENT_URI, <person_id>)
More in the docs/examples here: http://code.google.com/android/devel/data/contentproviders.html Most of the times you could get the base URIs and use withApendedPath() or withAppenededID()...to generate the full Uri.. 2008/8/27 kingkung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Got it, thanks. I just did Uri.parse() on that a string containing > "content://...". > > It would certainly be nice if we didn't have to manually type that > entire URI address in... some way we could access the ENTIRE Uri for > People, Phones, etc. Even referencing People.CONTENT_URI.getPath() > fails to show the "content://contacts" portion of the Uri. > > On Aug 27, 4:42 pm, "Megha Joshi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yes it would crash, because then the Uri value you get does not include > the > > base contacts uri...which is content://contacts. > > > > The uri value should be something like: > > content://contacts/people/<person_id> > > As long as the Uri value is in this format and the person_id is present > in > > the content provider it should work... > > You can use ContentUris.withAppendedId(People.CONTENT_URI, <person_id>) > to > > generate the correct Uri .. > > > > 2008/8/27 kingkung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > If you try that code in your demo (and print out the Uri for > > > debugging), it will crash with a null pointer exception. > > > > > I also tried using Uri.Builder to rebuild the contact Uri, and that > > > didn't work either. > > > > > On Aug 27, 4:31 pm, kingkung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > /people/189 is the uri i get. > > > > > > On Aug 27, 4:24 pm, "Megha Joshi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > You definitely don't need to store the URI, what are the first and > > > second > > > > > URI values that you get? > > > > > > > 2008/8/27 kingkung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > I added one simple line to the demo and it crashed with a null > > > pointer > > > > > > exception. Apparently I can't recreate a second Uri from an > original > > > > > > Uri. > > > > > > > > private void readContact(Uri uri) { > > > > > > ImageView i = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.image); > > > > > > Uri uri2 = Uri.parse(uri.getEncodedPath()); > > > > > > Bitmap b = People.loadContactPhoto(this, uri2, 0, null); > > > > > > i.setImageBitmap(b); > > > > > > } > > > > > > > > This is a terrible scenario, because people don't necessarily > store > > > > > > and retrieve within the same operations, and I have no idea how > to > > > > > > store a Uri except storing its path as a String. > > > > > > > > How do I get around this?? > > > > > > > > On Aug 27, 3:04 pm, "Megha Joshi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Please refer to the attached sample code for setting a > contact's > > > image > > > > > > and > > > > > > > loading it.. > > > > > > > I didn't get null pointer exception so perhaps there is > something > > > else > > > > > > going > > > > > > > on with your code... > > > > > > > > > 2008/8/27 kingkung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > > I'm having trouble getting the new contact photo methods for > 0.9 > > > beta > > > > > > > > to work correctly. > > > > > > > > > > This is what I do currently: > > > > > > > > > > private static boolean storePhoto(Context context, > > > > > > AndroidContact > > > > > > > > ac,Uri personUri) > > > > > > > > { > > > > > > > > byte[] bytes = > > > > > > > > ExternalServices.retrieveBytesFromURL(ac.photoUrl); > > > > > > > > > People.setPhotoData(context.getContentResolver(), > > > > > > personUri, > > > > > > > > bytes); > > > > > > > > return true; > > > > > > > > } > > > > > > > > > > where the path of the personUri is something like > "/people/57" > > > > > > > > > > To retrieve, I use the same personUri, and do: > > > > > > > > > > public void loadPhoto(Uri personUri) throws Exception > > > > > > > > { > > > > > > > > Bitmap b = null; > > > > > > > > b=People.loadContactPhoto(f_context, > personUri, > > > > > > > > R.drawable.no_photo_found,null); > > > > > > > > if (b!=null) > > > > > > > > photoView.setImageBitmap(b); > > > > > > > > else > > > > > > > > > > photoView.setImageResource(R.drawable.no_photo_found); > > > > > > > > } > > > > > > > > > > Store seems to work correctly as far as I can tell, but > retrieve > > > > > > > > throws a NullPointerException on the line > > > > > > > > > > b=People.loadContactPhoto(f_context, personUri, > > > > > > > > R.drawable.no_photo_found,null); > > > > > > > > > > which is amazing, because none of the parameters (outside of > the > > > last > > > > > > > > one) are null. > > > > > > > > > > What is going on? > > > > > > > > > ContactsDemo.zip > > > > > > > 51KViewDownload > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. 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