Just an update for those of you still lost on adding custom accounts, sync adapters, etc. I found a great article here:
http://www.c99.org/2010/01/23/writing-an-android-sync-provider-part-1/ http://www.c99.org/2010/01/23/writing-an-android-sync-provider-part-2/ Part 2 was the part I needed (how to render the information you synced to a contact). HTH, Berto On Jan 22, 4:57 pm, Berto <[email protected]> wrote: > So, it turns out that anything you put into your own ExternalSource > will never get parsed and therefore (theoretically) never show up. Or > am I doing something wrong? The code looks like it will parse only > the information in ContactsDataKind and not the EditField node from > the following: > > <ContactsSource xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/ > android"> > <ContactsDataKind > android:mimeType="com.example.mimetype" > android:icon="@drawable/icon" > android:summaryColumn="data2" > android:detailColumn="data3"> > <EditField column="data1" title="@string/sample_string" /> > </ContactsDataKind> > </ContactsSource> > > Essentially, I have adding an account and the sync adapter working. > But when I try to create a new contact through the contacts app, I can > never see any of the fields I added in the XML structure defined by > "<meta-data android:name="android.provider.CONTACTS_STRUCTURE" > android:resource="@xml/contacts" />". Has anyone figured out an > answer to this problem yet? I've seen a few posts, but nothing with a > solid answer. > > On Jan 12, 4:45 am, Jens <[email protected]> wrote: > > > You could check the Email app - its the current location of the > > Exchange ActiveSync SyncAdapter implementation. > > >http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/packages/apps/Email.git;a=s... > > > Note that this adapter isn't the complete story as any contacts you > > create with your custom accounts will be next to useless without > > looking into the wonky ExternalSource.java integration required for > > custom adapters (unless your happy with contacts that only contains a > > name and photo). > > >http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/packages/apps/Contacts.git;... > > > Sources.java contains the "super-special-let's-not-use-our-own-API:s- > > because-that's-hard-work-and-might-require-us-to-actually-document- > > anything-or-heaven-forbid-test-it" if-statement that determines the > > layout of your contacts in the Contacts app - and gives super-special > > treatment to accounts with the type "com.google" or > > "com.android.exchange". > > > ExternalSource.java contains the sparse and incomplete API > > documentation that you're going to have to use. > > > On 9 Jan, 22:16, joebowbeer <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Dec 10 2009, 7:03 am, ydario <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I tried addingcontactscode to this project > > > > >http://code.google.com/p/androidaccounts/ > > > > The referenced project no longer exists. Are there any similar > > > projects to check out? If not, could someone who has a handle on this > > > start anewproject? -- 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
