On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 2:57 AM, ydario <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > >> When you navigate to Contacts->[menu]->Accounts->AddAccount or >> Settings->Accounts & sync->Add Account does your custom account type >> appear? If not, this is probably your next milestone. I achieved >> this by reading the code in packages/apps/Email/, which is a far cry > > thanks for pointer. > > But here gets my question: if I add an authenticator, the phone will > end having at least two of them, mine and google one. > Will I be able to access also google contacts? > after looking at rawcontacts fields, it seems to me that every account > is tied to one authenticator, so I will not have access to standard > contacts. > > What is your experience regard this?
Excellent question. I've been learning the answer the hard way:) Here's how it works: Suppose I have multiple accounts on my android device and... -- ...I try to create a new contact in the contacts app. What happens? The contacts app will ask me under which account the contact should be created. -- ...I try to view my contacts in the contacts app. What happens? Only the contacts who's accounts are configured to appear under Contacts->[menu]->Display options will appear. -- ...I try to add a contact programatically using the ContactsContract API. What happens? This I'm not completely clear on. If you use the RAW_CONTACTS uris, I suppose you [must?] specify the account type and name when you add the contact. If you use the CONTACTS uris, a raw contact gets created, but I don't know if the account fields are populated. You could try it and dump the db table. If you do this experiment, let me know the result! Ciao, Brian -- 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
