Calling PICK_CONTACT Intent not from an Activity

Question

So I can display Android's contact selecton activity by calling

startActivityForResult(intent, PICK_CONTACT); 

and i can get the selected contact by overriding onActivityResult

public void onActivityResult(int reqCode, int resultCode, Intent data) { 
  super.onActivityResult(reqCode, resultCode, data); 
}

Trouble is onActivityResult is only available when I am calling from an Activity myself. If I am in a DialogPreference for instance how would i get at the selected contact because I do not have an onActivityResult to override ?

TIA

Pat Long

Answer 1

I know you want to create a custom DialogPreference to Pick a Contact as proposed in the other question, you indeed need to launch the intent to pick the contact and get the result.

I see you need to create a private class that extends Activity in your own DialogPreference class. And you will use that class and the onActivityResult.

You are doing a great job, keep up the good work.