Right. Setting the new photo to super-primary should take care of the PHOTO_ID reference. You should not need to worry about resetting the super-primary flag on other photos for the same contact - that's also automatic.
Cheers, - Dmitri On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 12:04 PM, jarkman <jark...@gmail.com> wrote: > Oops! I see what you mean. Perhaps that update was a little > bold... :-) > > So I need to search out the right row (with the right contact ID and > the photo's MIME type) in the Data table with a query, then update > that row ? > > If there isn't a pre-existing photo, do I also need to update > ContactsContract.Data.PHOTO_ID on the contact after I have added a > photo ? > > Thanks! > > R. > > > On Nov 5, 7:09 pm, Dmitri Plotnikov <dplotni...@google.com> wrote: > > This line: > > > > context.getContentResolver().update(ContactsContract.Data.CONTENT_URI, > > values, ContactsContract.Data.RAW_CONTACT_ID + " = " + personId, > > null); > > > > attempts to change ALL data rows that have RAW_CONTACT_ID == personId, > which > > includes the photo, but also phone numbers, emails etc. You will need to > > find the specific row before updating it. The condition should say: > Data._ID > > + "=" + dataId. Alternatively, you can construct a specific URI: > > ContentUris.withAppendedId(Data.CONTENT_URI, dataId) > > > > I hope this helps. > > - Dmitri > > > > On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 9:05 AM, jarkman <jark...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Dmitri - I wasn't, but I am now - thanks for the tip. > > > > > It doesn't fix the problem, though. It seems as though I can set the > > > photo once on a brand-new contact, but I can never set it again on > > > that contact. > > > > > Do I perhaps need to do something with > > > ContactsContract.Data.PHOTO_ID ? > > > > > Here's code: > > > > > ContentValues values = new ContentValues(); > > > values.put(ContactsContract.Data.RAW_CONTACT_ID, personId); > > > values.put(ContactsContract.Data.IS_SUPER_PRIMARY, 1); > > > values.put(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Photo.PHOTO, > > > bytes.toByteArray()); > > > values.put(ContactsContract.Data.MIMETYPE, > > > ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Photo.CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE ); > > > > > context.getContentResolver().update(ContactsContract.Data.CONTENT_URI, > > > values, ContactsContract.Data.RAW_CONTACT_ID + " = " + personId, > > > null); > > > > > And here's a stack: > > > > > 11-05 17:03:36.781: ERROR/DatabaseUtils(103): Writing exception to > > > parcel > > > 11-05 17:03:36.781: ERROR/DatabaseUtils(103): > > > android.database.sqlite.SQLiteException: unknown error: Unable to > > > convert BLOB to string > > > 11-05 17:03:36.781: ERROR/DatabaseUtils(103): at > > > android.database.CursorWindow.getString_native(Native Method) > > > 11-05 17:03:36.781: ERROR/DatabaseUtils(103): at > > > android.database.CursorWindow.getString(CursorWindow.java:329) > > > 11-05 17:03:36.781: ERROR/DatabaseUtils(103): at > > > android.database.AbstractWindowedCursor.getString > > > (AbstractWindowedCursor.java:49) > > > 11-05 17:03:36.781: ERROR/DatabaseUtils(103): at > > > > > > com.android.providers.contacts.ContactsProvider2$DataRowHandler.getAugmentedValues > > > (ContactsProvider2.java:1038) > > > 11-05 17:03:36.781: ERROR/DatabaseUtils(103): at > > > > > > com.android.providers.contacts.ContactsProvider2$CommonDataRowHandler.update > > > (ContactsProvider2.java:1225) > > > 11-05 17:03:36.781: ERROR/DatabaseUtils(103): at > > > > com.android.providers.contacts.ContactsProvider2$PhoneDataRowHandler.update > > > (ContactsProvider2.java:1445) > > > 11-05 17:03:36.781: ERROR/DatabaseUtils(103): at > > > com.android.providers.contacts.ContactsProvider2.updateData > > > (ContactsProvider2.java:3091) > > > 11-05 17:03:36.781: ERROR/DatabaseUtils(103): at > > > com.android.providers.contacts.ContactsProvider2.updateData > > > (ContactsProvider2.java:3075) > > > 11-05 17:03:36.781: ERROR/DatabaseUtils(103): at > > > com.android.providers.contacts.ContactsProvider2.updateInTransaction > > > (ContactsProvider2.java:2854) > > > 11-05 17:03:36.781: ERROR/DatabaseUtils(103): at > > > com.android.providers.contacts.SQLiteContentProvider.update > > > (SQLiteContentProvider.java:139) > > > 11-05 17:03:36.781: ERROR/DatabaseUtils(103): at > > > com.android.providers.contacts.ContactsProvider2.update > > > (ContactsProvider2.java:1923) > > > 11-05 17:03:36.781: ERROR/DatabaseUtils(103): at > > > android.content.ContentProvider$Transport.update(ContentProvider.java: > > > 180) > > > 11-05 17:03:36.781: ERROR/DatabaseUtils(103): at > > > android.content.ContentProviderNative.onTransact > > > (ContentProviderNative.java:195) > > > 11-05 17:03:36.781: ERROR/DatabaseUtils(103): at > > > android.os.Binder.execTransact(Binder.java:287) > > > > > On Nov 5, 4:41 pm, Dmitri Plotnikov <dplotni...@google.com> wrote: > > > > Hi Richard, > > > > > > Regarding photos: are you setting the IS_SUPER_PRIMARY flag on your > Photo > > > > row? The notion of "super-primary" has to do with multiple accounts. > > > You > > > > can have only one super-primary photo for an entire aggregated > contact. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > - Dmitri > > > > > > On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 1:51 AM, jarkman <jark...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Jake - no, you are not the only one who suffers that frustration > with > > > > > the ContactsContract documentation. > > > > > > > I've spent a lot of time writing frankly experimental code because > I > > > > > couldn't work out from the docs how the various URIs and string > > > > > constants had to be knitted together to actually work. I think the > > > > > docs really need a lot more tiny examples, to make the context > clear > > > > > for each definition. > > > > > > > I still can't work out how to set contact photos reliably. I > thought I > > > > > had a fix yesterday, but it fails in some cases. Tiem for more > > > > > experiments... > > > > > > > Richard > > > > > > > On Nov 5, 2:11 am, "jak." <koda...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > Thank you Dmitri, > > > > > > > > Your response was very helpful. Along with that, and the sample > you > > > > > > posted on another thread about using both Contact Apis from one > app, > > > > > > I've gotten most of the way there. It is much appreciated. > > > > > > > > I'm still however having some problems that I'm hard pressed to > find > > > a > > > > > > solution for. > > > > > > I'd be grateful if anyone could help me. > > > > > > > > The biggest challenge I'm having with this API is that it's hard > for > > > > > > me to picture how the tables are laid out so I know which URI to > > > query > > > > > > to get the parts of the contact that I'm interested in. > > > > > > I found to get the email address for a contact I'm looking at I > can > > > > > > query the uri:ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Email.CONTENT_URI, > > > > > > looking at rows of the contact id i'm interested in. > > > > > > > > However to get the note from the same contact I can't use a > similar > > > > > > pattern, because there is no > > > > > > ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Note.CONTENT_URI > > > > > > The Note type exists in CommonDataKinds but it doesn't have an > > > > > > associated CONTENT_URI. > > > > > > > > I'm finding it very frustrating to use this API because every > time I > > > > > > go to try to pull out another piece of data from the contact, the > > > > > > method to access it seems to change (as I can't find a consistent > way > > > > > > to get a given field from a contact). And the documentation never > > > > > > describes how these keys, tables, and URIs are related. Basically > the > > > > > > ContactsContract documentation just gives you a giant list of > Objects > > > > > > containing constants that describe indexes into some database > that is > > > > > > basically a black box without some basic documentation. > > > > > > > > I'm I the only one that finds this frustrating? > > > > > > > > Thanks again for your help. > > > > > > > > -Jake > > > > > > > > On Nov 2, 5:24 pm, Dmitri Plotnikov <dplotni...@google.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > You can always delegate contact creation to the Contacts app > using > > > the > > > > > > > ContactsContract.Intents.UI.Insert intent with extras. This > will > > > show > > > > > the > > > > > > > edit UI. > > > > > > > > > If you want to explicitly create the contact by yourself, > that's > > > now a > > > > > bit > > > > > > > tricky because Android 2.0 support multiple accounts. > > > > > > > > > First of all, you will need to figure out which account you > want to > > > > > create > > > > > > > the contact in. Get a list of all available accounts from > > > > > AccountManager: > > > > > > > > > AccountManager am = AccountManager.get(getContext()); > > > > > > > Account[] accounts = am.getAccounts(); > > > > > > > > > Also, get a list of all sync adapters and find the ones that > > > support > > > > > > > contacts: > > > > > > > > > SyncAdapterType[] syncs > > > > > > > = ContentResolver.getContentService().getSyncAdapterTypes(); > > > > > > > > > for (SyncAdapterType sync : syncs) { > > > > > > > if (ContactsContract.AUTHORITY.equals(sync.authority) && > > > > > > > sync.supportsUploading()) { > > > > > > > contactAccountTypes.add(sync.accountType); > > > > > > > } > > > > > > > > > } > > > > > > > > > Now you have a list of all accounts and a list of account types > > > that > > > > > support > > > > > > > contacts. So here's your account list: > > > > > > > > > for (Account acct: accounts) { > > > > > > > if (contactAccountTypes.contains(acct.type)) { > > > > > > > contactAccounts.add(account); > > > > > > > } > > > > > > > > > } > > > > > > > > > If the contactAccounts list contains nothing - use accountType > = > > > null > > > > > and > > > > > > > accountName = null > > > > > > > If it contains exactly one account, use it. > > > > > > > If it contains multiple accounts, build a dialog and ask the > user > > > which > > > > > > > account to use. > > > > > > > > > From here on it gets easier. > > > > > > > > > Let's start with a more traditional method. Insert a raw > contact > > > > > first: > > > > > > > > > ContentValues values = new ContentValues(); > > > > > > > values.put(RawContacts.ACCOUNT_TYPE, accountType); > > > > > > > values.put(RawContacts.ACCOUNT_NAME, accountName); > > > > > > > Uri rawContactUri = > > > > > getContentResolver().insert(RawContacts.CONTENT_URI, > > > > > > > values); > > > > > > > long rawContactId = ContentUris.parseId(rawContactUri); > > > > > > > > > Then insert the name: > > > > > > > > > values.clear(); > > > > > > > values.put(Data.RAW_CONTACT_ID, rawContactId); > > > > > > > values.put(Data.MIMETYPE, StructuredName.CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE); > > > > > > > values.put(StructuredName.DISPLAY_NAME, "Some Body"); > > > > > > > getContentResolver().insert(Data.CONTENT_URI, values); > > > > > > > > > You are done. > > > > > > > > > Now here's a much better way to do the same. Use the > > > > > > > new ContentProviderOperation API, which will ensure that the > raw > > > > > contact and > > > > > > > its name are inserted at the same time. > > > > > > > > > ArrayList<ContentProviderOperation> ops = Lists.newArrayList(); > > > > > > > > ops.add(ContentProviderOperation.newInsert(RawContacts.CONTENT_URI) > > > > > > > .withValue(RawContacts.ACCOUNT_TYPE, > > > > ... > > > > read more ยป > > -- > 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. 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