You are right - I needn't startActivityForResult() - just startActivity(). I still would get the ActivityNotFiundException though. ;-(
I just want the Contacts 'view' opened up so the user can look at them. Not to pick or return (a specific) one. I works fine on all my phones and emulators. Pete On 28 July, 22:05, Dmitri Plotnikov <dplotni...@google.com> wrote: > The code appears to be correct - it is supposed to work on any Android phone > :-( > > However, calling it for result does not really make sense. It is supposed > to launch the activity and that's that - no result will be returned. > > If you need to user to pick a contact from the list, do this instead: > > new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK, Contacts.CONTENT_URI) > > Cheers, > - Dmitri > > On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 1:47 PM, Indicator Veritatis <mej1...@yahoo.com>wrote: > > > My guess is that it is the non-Samsung phones that are doing something > > non-standard, something you cannot rely on. For as I read your code, > > you are trying to view not just a contact, but an entire contact > > database. I don't think Android guarantees that that Action is > > supported on the entire database. > > > Try appending a specific ID to the Uri. > > > On Jul 28, 7:09 am, pistol <lava.d...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Some of my users with Samsung phones (GT-I9000, SGH-I897 to name at > > > least 2) cannot open the Contacts view on their phones - thew way my > > > app has this coded is like this: > > > > Uri uri = ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI; > > > Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, uri); > > > startActivityForResult(intent, Constants.ACTIVITY_CALL_CONTACTS); > > > > This causes an ActivityNotFoundException. > > > > Is the problem that this is not the way to call the Contacts provider > > > or that Samsung have not implementeed it? > > > > If it is down to Samsung can some-one give me the correct Uri? though > > > it will be terrible to have to have phone specific code. > > > > thanks, > > > Pete > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
