Hi, I have inserted some new mime types and related data into mietypes and data tables of contact. Now i want to view them through default android contacts app. Could u tell me the location of the exact XML file which needs to be modified? Any help is highly appreciated.
Regards Saty On Oct 27, 8:23 pm, Jeff Sharkey <[email protected]> wrote: > If the VoIP app can complete calls to any normal phone number, it > should have an <intent-filter> for normal "tel:" style Intents, which > allows you to leverage any phone numbers already entered by the user. > If the VoIP contact method is instead something like a username, you > can insert a custom Data row under a RawContact. > > http://d.android.com/reference/android/provider/ContactsContract.html > > For that custom Data row to appear in the Contacts app, you'll need to > associate your custom MIME-type with XML that describes how to render > the UI. The only current way of doing this is to define a sync > adapter <service> and add <meta-data> definition inside, something > like this: > > <meta-data android:name="android.provider.CONTACTS_STRUCTURE" > android:resource="@xml/contacts" /> > > Then define the XML inside your app: > > --snip-- > <ContactsSource xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android";> > <ContactsDataKind > android:mimeType="vnd.com.example.voip.cursor.item/voip_profile" > android:icon="@drawable/icon" > android:summaryColumn="data2" > android:detailColumn="data3" /> > </ContactsSource> > --snip-- > > j > > On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 2:01 PM, dreamerns <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I know this question was asked couple of times in this list, but I > > haven't found any answer in archives, and last time this subject was > > debated almost a year ago. Does anyone knows is it now possible to > > somehow extend contacts functionality (for example: add custom field > > for VoIP phone number in which case user can use it to start custom > > activity for voip)? What are Contacts.ExtensionsColumns for? > > > Thanks > > Nikola > > -- > Jeff Sharkey > [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
