I followed the documentation to start the Show or Create Contact
activity. Since my app asks the user if they want to add a contact, I
don't want the activity asking this as well. Thus I used the
EXTRA_FORCE_CREATE flag.
If I do not use this flag, the code below works fine. It asks the user
if they want to add the contact, brings up a selection list where they
can choose an existing contact or create a new one, and then shows the
add contacts UI.
Intent intent = new Intent();
intent.setAction(Contacts.Intents.SHOW_OR_CREATE_CONTACT);
intent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_DEFAULT);
intent.setData(Uri.fromParts("tel", "2065551234", null));
intent.putExtra(Contacts.Intents.EXTRA_FORCE_CREATE, true); //
<<<<<< this is the problem line
intent.putExtra(Contacts.Intents.Insert.NAME, "Cequint");
intent.putExtra(Contacts.Intents.Insert.NOTES, "test");
intent.putExtra(Contacts.Intents.Insert.PHONE_TYPE,
Contacts.PhonesColumns.TYPE_WORK);
startActivity(intent);
Using the EXTRA_FORCE_CREATE flag, the activity does not start and the
logcat output shows that the intent forwarded by the
ShowOrCreateActivity fails:
06-11 19:00:33.198: INFO/ActivityManager(583): Starting activity:
Intent { action=com.android.contacts.action.SHOW_OR_CREATE_CONTACT
categories={android.intent.category.DEFAULT} data=tel:2065551234 comp=
{com.android.contacts/com.android.contacts.ShowOrCreateActivity} (has
extras) }
06-11 19:00:33.369: INFO/ActivityManager(583): Starting activity:
Intent { action=android.intent.action.INSERT
type=vnd.android.cursor.dir/person comp={com.android.contacts/
com.android.contacts.EditContactActivity} (has extras) }
06-11 19:00:33.459: DEBUG/UserLaunch:(992): onRestart()
06-11 19:00:33.479: DEBUG/UserLaunch:(992): onStart()
06-11 19:00:33.709: ERROR/EditContactActivity(862): Cannot resolve
intent: Intent { action=android.intent.action.INSERT
type=vnd.android.cursor.dir/person comp={com.android.contacts/
com.android.contacts.EditContactActivity} (has extras) }
Looking at the Contacts Manifest, I found that sending this Intent
would take me directly to the add contacts UI, but will always create
a new contact even if there is already one for that number:
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_INSERT,
People.CONTENT_URI);
intent.putExtra(Contacts.Intents.Insert.PHONE, "2065551234");
intent.putExtra(Contacts.Intents.Insert.NAME, "Cequint");
intent.putExtra(Contacts.Intents.Insert.NOTES, "test");
intent.putExtra(Contacts.Intents.Insert.PHONE_TYPE,
Contacts.PhonesColumns.TYPE_WORK);
startActivity(intent);
Am I doing something wrong with the first example? Or is there a bug
in the Contacts app? This is with SDK 1.5 r2.
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