Insert a new contact intent

Question

For one of my apps, I need the user to select one of his existing contacts or to create a new one. Picking one is clearly easy to do with the following code:

Answer 1

Try if you use Kotlin

fun Fragment.saveContact(name: String?, phone: String?) {
    if (name != null && phone != null) {
        val addContactIntent = Intent(Intent.ACTION_INSERT)
        addContactIntent.type = ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_TYPE
        addContactIntent.putExtra(ContactsContract.Intents.Insert.NAME, name)
        addContactIntent.putExtra(ContactsContract.Intents.Insert.PHONE, phone)
        startActivity(addContactIntent)
    }
}

Answer 2

Intent intent = new Intent(
        ContactsContract.Intents.SHOW_OR_CREATE_CONTACT,
        Uri.parse("tel:" + phoneNumber));
    intent.putExtra(ContactsContract.Intents.EXTRA_FORCE_CREATE, true);
    startActivity(intent);

this code might help you.

Answer 3

Finally found a solution, I'm sharing it with you. That's only a fix for Android version above 4.0.3 and sup. It doesn't work on 4.0 to 4.0.2.

i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_INSERT);
i.setType(Contacts.CONTENT_TYPE);
if (Integer.valueOf(Build.VERSION.SDK) > 14)
    i.putExtra("finishActivityOnSaveCompleted", true); // Fix for 4.0.3 +
startActivityForResult(i, PICK_CONTACT_REQUEST);

Answer 4

In Xamarin.forms and Xamarin.Android c#.

Android.Content.Intent intent = new  
Android.Content.Intent(Android.Content.Intent.ActionInsert);
intent.SetType(Android.Provider.ContactsContract.Contacts.ContentType);
intent.PutExtra(Android.Provider.ContactsContract.Intents.ExtraForceCreate, 
true);
StartActivity(intent);

Answer 5

 // Creates a new Intent to insert a contact

Intent intent = new Intent(Intents.Insert.ACTION);
 // Sets the MIME type to match the Contacts Provider

intent.setType(ContactsContract.RawContacts.CONTENT_TYPE);

If you already have details for the contact, such as a phone number or email address, you can insert them into the intent as extended data. For a key value, use the appropriate constant from Intents.Insert. The contacts app displays the data in its insert screen, allowing users to make further edits and additions.

private EditText mEmailAddress = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.email);
private EditText mPhoneNumber = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.phone);

/*
 * Inserts new data into the Intent. This data is passed to the
 * contacts app's Insert screen
 */
 // Inserts an email address

 intent.putExtra(Intents.Insert.EMAIL, mEmailAddress.getText())
 /*
  * In this example, sets the email type to be a work email.
  * You can set other email types as necessary.
  */
  .putExtra(Intents.Insert.EMAIL_TYPE, CommonDataKinds.Email.TYPE_WORK)
 // Inserts a phone number
  .putExtra(Intents.Insert.PHONE, mPhoneNumber.getText())
 /*
  * In this example, sets the phone type to be a work phone.
  * You can set other phone types as necessary.
  */
  .putExtra(Intents.Insert.PHONE_TYPE, Phone.TYPE_WORK);

Once you've created the Intent, send it by calling startActivity().

/* Sends the Intent
 */
startActivity(intent);

Note : import "intents" of "ContactsContract"

Answer 6

Used the first part from accepted answer:

        Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_INSERT);
        i.setType(ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_TYPE);
        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT > 14)
            i.putExtra("finishActivityOnSaveCompleted", true); // Fix for 4.0.3 +
        startActivityForResult(i, 1);

now on your result you can get phone number and also name,Since it's a been tricky and you should query two different tables which are connected by same ids.I'll post this part so it's easier for everybody:

@Override
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, @Nullable Intent data) {
    if (requestCode == 1) {
        if (resultCode == RESULT_OK) {
            assert data != null;
            ContentResolver cr = getContentResolver();
            Cursor cursor = cr.query(Objects.requireNonNull(data.getData()), null, null, null, null);
            if (cursor != null && cursor.moveToFirst()) {
                String name = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME));
                String id = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.Contacts._ID));
                if (cursor.getInt(cursor.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.Contacts.HAS_PHONE_NUMBER)) > 0) {//Has phoneNumber
                    Cursor pCur = cr.query(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTENT_URI, null, ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTACT_ID + " = ?", new String[]{id}, null);
                    while (pCur != null && pCur.moveToNext()) {
                        String phoneNo = pCur.getString(pCur.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.NUMBER));
                        Log.v("SteveMoretz", "NAME : " + name + " phoneNo : " + phoneNo);
                    }
                    if (pCur != null) {
                        pCur.close();
                    }
                }
            } else {
                Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "User canceled adding contacts", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
            }
            if (cursor != null) {
                cursor.close();
            }
        }
        super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
    }

Hope this will help somebody.