contacts

How to get the defined Contact Groups on an Android?

I would like to get a list of Contacts Groups already defined in the system, how can I do that? ...

Invalid column _count when using Contacts.Groups._COUNT to get Contacts Groups?

Problem 1. I have this class: public class ContactGroups { // Form an array specifying which columns to return. String[] projection = new String[] { Contacts.Groups._ID, Contacts.Groups._COUNT, Contacts.Groups.NAME, Contacts.Groups.NOTES }; public Cursor getList(Activity act) { Uri contacts = Contacts...

How to add manually contacts group to Android database?

I want to define some Contact Groups. I am wondering where and how does Android store the groups. Maybe in a Sqlite database? If so, will be able to run a insert on it? Otherwise how do you add new Contacts Group via the emulator? ...

Read all contact's phone numbers in android.

Hello! I'm using this code to retrieve all contact names and phone numbers: String[] projection = new String[]{ People.NAME, People.NUMBER }; Cursor c = ctx.getContentResolver().query(People.CONTENT_URI, projection, null, null, People.NAME + " ASC"); c.moveToFirst(); ...

How to add a contact from within an app?

Hey everyone, I am looking to keep track of people in my iPhone app - either adding them from existing contact data, or prompting the user to enter a new contact which will be saved to their Contacts. I know I can create a persons record add write it to the Contact book, is it possible to display this screen? Or do I have to implement ...

Getting contact picture on HTC Hero

So I just recently wrote a class that can get me the contact pictures from all versions of Android, ranging from 1.5 to 2.1 However, it does not work for HTC Hero. Can anyone help me getting the pictures from HTCs crappy contacts-app? Cheers, ...

Copy android contacts' birthday to calendar

I'm an htc tattoo owner, and i'm watching for a way to copy contacts' birthday (retrieved from facebook) to the built-in calendar. I'm not afraid to develop a custom app but i'll be more happy if there's one built-in or already existing... Thinking over this thing, i realized there's more fun creating a custom app... :P Do you k...

How to specify a group when displaying an ABPeoplePickerNavigationController

Does anyone know how to specify a group when initially displaying an ABPeoplePickerNavigationController (so it doesn't automatically display "All Contacts")? ...

How can I set a ringtone for an individual contact on Android ?

How can I set a ringtone for an individual contact on Android ? I have found a way to set the default ringtone that applies to all contacts without an individual ringtone. But that is not what i'm trying to accomplish. I want the application to have a button "Apply ringtone to contact". When i click, I start an activityForResult displa...

Getting contacts when ids are known

Hi, I have a list of 'n' contact ids corresponding to which I need to obtain the contact details. One simple way to make n queries using the contact ids and retrieve those contacts. But this will be very time-consuming especially if n is large. I would like to know if there is any simpler way to obtain these results (like batch query et...

Export contacts from ACT, Salesforce, Outlook, QuickBooks, etc.

What API's / SDK's / software tools are available to export contacts from popular CRM and accounting packages? What I'd like to do is offer an address book in my web application and have a button that says "Upload your contacts from X". The user could then click a few buttons and his contacts would be automagically uploaded from X. A ...

Import Hotmail contacts "the right way" ?

I have a website where I want to allow the users to invite their friends, by getting their contacts in hotmail/msn. Google has the google contacts API for these purposes, does MSN publish a similar javascript API? Please note that I do not want to ask the user for their username/password like http://openinviter.com/ . Also, if anyone ...

sql Database to save different contact details for a message sending site

I am working for a project to create a database for saving different persons contact details in SQL. For example, X person saves 10 contacts, Y persons save 15 contacts, z persons save 20 contacts and so on. I cant create separate tables to save contacts of x,y,z and so on. But i just want to know the alternative method to do that. Is th...

Export Contact List of Yahoo/AOL/Live

I am trying to export contacts using Yahoo/AOL/Live username credentials. I have been able to export gmail contacts with their API, but cant find any example for Yahoo/AOL/Live in ASP.Net Any help appreciated ...

Use Contact API in Aapplication.

In my application i want to add new contacts to my application's database is there any way to use contact API. OR Is there any to use Contact Content provider to store application's contact info instead of using separate Database ...

Android - display specific contacts information [Answered]

In my application when a user clicks on a button I want to open the contacts application and display a particular contacts information. At the minute I have this: Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, People.CONTENT_URI); startActivity(intent); This displays the contact application with all the contacts displayed. But how d...

Android Contacts

Hi I'm .NET Developer, but I'm new in Android. I'd like to test to add a feature. It is appeared clicking Menu under Contacts in Android. It includes New Contact, Search, Display Group and Import Contacts. I just only wanna get "New Contact". How could I test it? Which API do I need to use? My Build Target is Android 1.6. Thanks. Best...

Contacts view iphone SDK

When we click on a specific contact in the contacts app in the iphone SDk, we see the image of the person, the name and the tableview with details of the person. I would like to know how to generate that view exactly ? . I tried having a table view slightly below and tried to add a view with the image and the name above the table view. B...

What is the best way to expose contacts from a web app so they can be consumed in Outlook / Mac address book?

Hi, We have an ASP.net MVC web app with SQL Server back end. The app manages projects and has a number of companies and contacts stored in it. Is it possible to expose this in any way so that PC and Mac clients can use this as an address book when sending email or to view contact details when off-line? I have found the following opti...

Microsoft Outlook 2007: Export contacts multiple xml files

I need to export all contacts from outlook to separate xml files. Is this possible with some built-in functionallity or how can I achieve this? ...