how to backup contacts or sms to SD card as .xml file or .csv file and restore it later

Question

I am trying to develop a feature into my app to backup sms and contacts to SD Card as .xml or .csv format and restore it later.

so please anyone give me some suggestions or some sample code or any resource links related to this.

thanks in advance

Answer 1

    public ArrayList<String> smsBuffer = new ArrayList<String>();
    String smsFile = "SMS"+".csv";
       private void  backupSMS(){
    smsBuffer.clear();
    Uri mSmsinboxQueryUri = Uri.parse("content://sms");
    Cursor cursor1 = getContentResolver().query(
            mSmsinboxQueryUri,
            new String[] { "_id", "thread_id", "address", "person", "date",
                    "body", "type" }, null, null, null);
    //startManagingCursor(cursor1);
    String[] columns = new String[] { "_id", "thread_id", "address", "person", "date", "body",
            "type" };
    if (cursor1.getCount() > 0) {
        String count = Integer.toString(cursor1.getCount());
        Log.d("Count",count);
        while (cursor1.moveToNext()) {

             String messageId = cursor1.getString(cursor1
                    .getColumnIndex(columns[0]));

             String threadId = cursor1.getString(cursor1
                    .getColumnIndex(columns[1]));

            String address = cursor1.getString(cursor1
                    .getColumnIndex(columns[2]));
            String name = cursor1.getString(cursor1
                    .getColumnIndex(columns[3]));
            String date = cursor1.getString(cursor1
                    .getColumnIndex(columns[4]));
            String msg = cursor1.getString(cursor1
                    .getColumnIndex(columns[5]));
            String type = cursor1.getString(cursor1
                    .getColumnIndex(columns[6]));



            smsBuffer.add(messageId + ","+ threadId+ ","+ address + "," + name + "," + date + " ," + msg + " ,"
                    + type);

        }           
        generateCSVFileForSMS(smsBuffer);
    }               
}


 private void generateCSVFileForSMS(ArrayList<String> list)
{

    try 
    {
        String storage_path = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().toString() + File.separator + smsFile;
        FileWriter write = new FileWriter(storage_path);

        write.append("messageId, threadId, Address, Name, Date, msg, type");
        write.append('\n');

        for (String s : list)
        {
            write.append(s);
            write.append('\n');
        }
        write.flush();
        write.close();
    }

    catch (NullPointerException e) 
    {
        System.out.println("Nullpointer Exception "+e);
         //  e.printStackTrace();
     }
    catch (IOException e) 
    {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
    catch (Exception e) 
    {
        e.printStackTrace();
   }

}

Answer 2

package com.vcard;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.util.ArrayList;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.res.AssetFileDescriptor;
import android.database.Cursor;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Environment;
import android.provider.ContactsContract;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.View;

public class VCardActivity extends Activity 
{
Cursor cursor;
ArrayList<String> vCard ;
String vfile;

/** Called when the activity is first created. */
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) 
{
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.main);
    vfile = "Contacts" + "_" + System.currentTimeMillis()+".vcf";
    /**This Function For Vcard And here i take one Array List in Which i store every Vcard String of Every Conatact
     * Here i take one Cursor and this cursor is not null and its count>0 than i repeat one loop up to cursor.getcount() means Up to number of phone contacts.
     * And in Every Loop i can make vcard string and store in Array list which i declared as a Global.
     * And in Every Loop i move cursor next and print log in logcat.
     * */
    getVcardString();

}
private void getVcardString() {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    vCard = new ArrayList<String>();
    cursor = getContentResolver().query(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTENT_URI, null, null, null, null);
    if(cursor!=null&&cursor.getCount()>0)
    {
        cursor.moveToFirst();
        for(int i =0;i<cursor.getCount();i++)
        {

            get(cursor);
            Log.d("TAG", "Contact "+(i+1)+"VcF String is"+vCard.get(i));
            cursor.moveToNext();
        }

    }
    else
    {
        Log.d("TAG", "No Contacts in Your Phone");
    }

}

public void get(Cursor cursor)
{


    //cursor.moveToFirst();
    String lookupKey = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.Contacts.LOOKUP_KEY));
    Uri uri = Uri.withAppendedPath(ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_VCARD_URI, lookupKey);
    AssetFileDescriptor fd;
    try {
        fd = this.getContentResolver().openAssetFileDescriptor(uri, "r");

        // Your Complex Code and you used function without loop so how can you get all Contacts Vcard.??


       /* FileInputStream fis = fd.createInputStream();
        byte[] buf = new byte[(int) fd.getDeclaredLength()];
        fis.read(buf);
        String VCard = new String(buf);
        String path = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().toString() + File.separator + vfile;
        FileOutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(path);
        out.write(VCard.toString().getBytes());
        Log.d("Vcard",  VCard);*/

        FileInputStream fis = fd.createInputStream();
        byte[] buf = new byte[(int) fd.getDeclaredLength()];
        fis.read(buf);
        String vcardstring= new String(buf);
        vCard.add(vcardstring);

        String storage_path = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().toString() + File.separator + vfile;
        FileOutputStream mFileOutputStream = new FileOutputStream(storage_path, false);
        mFileOutputStream.write(vcardstring.toString().getBytes());

    } catch (Exception e1) 
    {
        // TODO Auto-generated catch block
        e1.printStackTrace();
    }
}
}

This can be help you to take the Contacts as VCF file. For taking sms backup use this method as same for sms backup.