Last time the contact was modified

Question

is there a way to find out the last time a contact was modified? I can\'t seem to find a variable for it. The reason I\'m asking is because I\'d like to do a sync of the con

Answer 1

Depending on your needs, you might also be able to cache ContactsContract.Contacts.Entity.VERSION yourself (for the different raw contacts which are associated with a contact) and compare it to the current values in the Android's content provider.

Answer 2

I know its an old post, maybe help others... There is a property calked CONTACT_LAST_UPDATED_TIMESTAMP that you can use: https://developer.android.com/reference/android/provider/ContactsContract.ContactsColumns.html

Timestamp (milliseconds since epoch) of when this contact was last updated. This includes updates to all data associated with this contact including raw contacts. Any modification (including deletes and inserts) of underlying contact data are also reflected in this timestamp.

Constant Value: "contact_last_updated_timestamp"

Answer 3

Didn't find a way to do this. I can store the last sync date, but no way of checking if the contact was updated since then.

EDIT:

the contact has a DIRTY flag, which is set to 1 if the contact was changed and not synced.