How to add new contacts in android

Question

I have written following code to add new contact in android phone book, it is working but when i open contact menu, i cannot see the new contact added. Can anyone help me to find out what's wrong here?

import android.app.Activity; import android.os.Bundle;  import android.content.ContentResolver; import android.content.ContentValues; import android.provider.ContactsContract;  import android.widget.TextView; import android.widget.Toast;  public class AddContacts extends Activity {     /** Called when the activity is first created. */     @Override     public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);         setContentView(R.layout.main);         try {             ContentResolver cr = this.getContentResolver();             ContentValues cv = new ContentValues();             cv.put(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.DISPLAY_NAME, "New Name");             cv.put(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.NUMBER, "1234567890");             cv.put(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.TYPE, ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.TYPE_MOBILE);             cr.insert(ContactsContract.RawContacts.CONTENT_URI, cv);              Toast.makeText(this, "Contact added", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();         } catch(Exception e) {             TextView tv = new TextView(this);             tv.setText(e.toString());             setContentView(tv);         }     } } 

Answer 1

Here I am posting a piece of code that i use to add a new contact. It works fine for me. I hope it will help you.

 String DisplayName = "XYZ";  String MobileNumber = "123456";  String HomeNumber = "1111";  String WorkNumber = "2222";  String emailID = "[email protected]";  String company = "bad";  String jobTitle = "abcd";   ArrayList < ContentProviderOperation > ops = new ArrayList < ContentProviderOperation > ();   ops.add(ContentProviderOperation.newInsert(  ContactsContract.RawContacts.CONTENT_URI)      .withValue(ContactsContract.RawContacts.ACCOUNT_TYPE, null)      .withValue(ContactsContract.RawContacts.ACCOUNT_NAME, null)      .build());   //------------------------------------------------------ Names  if (DisplayName != null) {      ops.add(ContentProviderOperation.newInsert(      ContactsContract.Data.CONTENT_URI)          .withValueBackReference(ContactsContract.Data.RAW_CONTACT_ID, 0)          .withValue(ContactsContract.Data.MIMETYPE,      ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.StructuredName.CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE)          .withValue(      ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.StructuredName.DISPLAY_NAME,      DisplayName).build());  }   //------------------------------------------------------ Mobile Number                       if (MobileNumber != null) {      ops.add(ContentProviderOperation.      newInsert(ContactsContract.Data.CONTENT_URI)          .withValueBackReference(ContactsContract.Data.RAW_CONTACT_ID, 0)          .withValue(ContactsContract.Data.MIMETYPE,      ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE)          .withValue(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.NUMBER, MobileNumber)          .withValue(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.TYPE,      ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.TYPE_MOBILE)          .build());  }   //------------------------------------------------------ Home Numbers  if (HomeNumber != null) {      ops.add(ContentProviderOperation.newInsert(ContactsContract.Data.CONTENT_URI)          .withValueBackReference(ContactsContract.Data.RAW_CONTACT_ID, 0)          .withValue(ContactsContract.Data.MIMETYPE,      ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE)          .withValue(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.NUMBER, HomeNumber)          .withValue(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.TYPE,      ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.TYPE_HOME)          .build());  }   //------------------------------------------------------ Work Numbers  if (WorkNumber != null) {      ops.add(ContentProviderOperation.newInsert(ContactsContract.Data.CONTENT_URI)          .withValueBackReference(ContactsContract.Data.RAW_CONTACT_ID, 0)          .withValue(ContactsContract.Data.MIMETYPE,      ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE)          .withValue(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.NUMBER, WorkNumber)          .withValue(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.TYPE,      ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.TYPE_WORK)          .build());  }   //------------------------------------------------------ Email  if (emailID != null) {      ops.add(ContentProviderOperation.newInsert(ContactsContract.Data.CONTENT_URI)          .withValueBackReference(ContactsContract.Data.RAW_CONTACT_ID, 0)          .withValue(ContactsContract.Data.MIMETYPE,      ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Email.CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE)          .withValue(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Email.DATA, emailID)          .withValue(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Email.TYPE, ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Email.TYPE_WORK)          .build());  }   //------------------------------------------------------ Organization  if (!company.equals("") && !jobTitle.equals("")) {      ops.add(ContentProviderOperation.newInsert(ContactsContract.Data.CONTENT_URI)          .withValueBackReference(ContactsContract.Data.RAW_CONTACT_ID, 0)          .withValue(ContactsContract.Data.MIMETYPE,      ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Organization.CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE)          .withValue(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Organization.COMPANY, company)          .withValue(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Organization.TYPE, ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Organization.TYPE_WORK)          .withValue(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Organization.TITLE, jobTitle)          .withValue(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Organization.TYPE, ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Organization.TYPE_WORK)          .build());  }   // Asking the Contact provider to create a new contact                   try {      getContentResolver().applyBatch(ContactsContract.AUTHORITY, ops);  } catch (Exception e) {      e.printStackTrace();      Toast.makeText(myContext, "Exception: " + e.getMessage(), Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();  }  

Here is the code. Integrate it according to your need. I hope it will help.

Answer 2

These examples are fine, I wanted to point out that you can achieve the same result using an Intent. The intent opens the Contacts app with the fields you provide already filled in.

It's up to the user to save the newly created contact.

You can read about it here: https://developer.android.com/training/contacts-provider/modify-data.html

Intent contactIntent = new Intent(ContactsContract.Intents.Insert.ACTION); contactIntent.setType(ContactsContract.RawContacts.CONTENT_TYPE);  contactIntent         .putExtra(ContactsContract.Intents.Insert.NAME, "Contact Name")         .putExtra(ContactsContract.Intents.Insert.PHONE, "5555555555");  startActivityForResult(contactIntent, 1); 

startActivityForResult() gives you the opportunity to see the result.

I've noticed the resultCode works on >5.0 devices,

but I have an older Samsung (<5) that always returns RESULT_CANCELLED (0).

Which I understand is the default return if an activity doesn't expect to return anything.

@Override protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent intent) {     super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, intent);      if (requestCode == 1)     {         if (resultCode == Activity.RESULT_OK) {             Toast.makeText(this, "Added Contact", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();         }         if (resultCode == Activity.RESULT_CANCELED) {             Toast.makeText(this, "Cancelled Added Contact", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();         }     } }