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

I've gathered all kinds of Intents that I've found for adding a contact. Here's the result in a single function:

@JvmStatic
fun prepareCreateContactIntent(context: Context, contactName: String? = null, phoneNumber: String? = null): Intent? {
    var intent = Intent(Intents.Insert.ACTION)
    intent.type = ContactsContract.RawContacts.CONTENT_TYPE
    val packageManager = context.packageManager
    var resolveActivity: ResolveInfo? = packageManager.resolveActivity(intent, PackageManager.MATCH_DEFAULT_ONLY or PackageManager.GET_RESOLVED_FILTER)
    if (resolveActivity == null) {
        intent = Intent(Intent.ACTION_INSERT).setType(ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_TYPE)
        resolveActivity = packageManager.resolveActivity(intent, PackageManager.MATCH_DEFAULT_ONLY or PackageManager.GET_RESOLVED_FILTER)
    }
    if (resolveActivity == null) {
        intent = Intent(Intents.SHOW_OR_CREATE_CONTACT, if (phoneNumber == null) Uri.parse("tel:") else Uri.parse("tel:$phoneNumber"))
        intent.putExtra(Intents.Insert.NAME, contactName)
        resolveActivity = packageManager.resolveActivity(intent, PackageManager.MATCH_DEFAULT_ONLY or PackageManager.GET_RESOLVED_FILTER)
    }
    intent.putExtra(Intents.Insert.NAME, contactName)
    intent.putExtra(Intents.Insert.PHONE, phoneNumber)
    intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK or Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_WHEN_TASK_RESET or Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_MULTIPLE_TASK)
    return if (resolveActivity == null) null else intent
}

If it returns null, it means there is no app that can handle it, and so you should add it yourself, or show something to the user.

Answer 2

You can choose whether you want to add the contact automatically, or open the add contact activity with pre-filled data:

/**
 * Open the add-contact screen with pre-filled info
 * 
 * @param context
 *            Activity context
 * @param person
 *            {@link Person} to add to contacts list
 */
public static void addAsContactConfirmed(final Context context, final Person person) {

    Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_INSERT);
    intent.setType(ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_TYPE);

    intent.putExtra(ContactsContract.Intents.Insert.NAME, person.name);
    intent.putExtra(ContactsContract.Intents.Insert.PHONE, person.mobile);
    intent.putExtra(ContactsContract.Intents.Insert.EMAIL, person.email);

    context.startActivity(intent);

}

/**
 * Automatically add a contact into someone's contacts list
 * 
 * @param context
 *            Activity context
 * @param person
 *            {@link Person} to add to contacts list
 */
public static void addAsContactAutomatic(final Context context, final Person person) {
    String displayName = person.name;
    String mobileNumber = person.mobile;
    String email = person.email;

    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());
    }

    // Email
    if (email != 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, email)
                .withValue(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Email.TYPE,
                        ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Email.TYPE_WORK).build());
    }

    // Asking the Contact provider to create a new contact
    try {
        context.getContentResolver().applyBatch(ContactsContract.AUTHORITY, ops);
    } catch (Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }

    Toast.makeText(context, "Contact " + displayName + " added.", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT)
            .show();
}

Answer 3

 int INSERT_CONTACT_REQUEST=2;
 i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_INSERT,Contacts.CONTENT_URI);
 startActivityForResult(i, INSERT_CONTACT_REQUEST);

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protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) 
{
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
 if(requestCode == INSERT_CONTACT_REQUEST)
   {
        if (resultCode == RESULT_OK)
            {                                  
             Toast.makeText().show(getApplicationContext(),"Added_Succesfully",Toast.LENGTH_SHORT);
            }else if(resultCode == RESULT_CANCELED)
                   {
                 Toast.makeText().show(getApplicationContext(),"Contacts Adding Error",Toast.LENGTH_SHORT);     
                    }

    }
}