Issue while access contacts of android

Question

I am new for android development. I am trying read and write contacts to android addressbook.

I tried following line of code for write name into android

public class SecondApp extends Activity {
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); 
setContentView(R.layout.main); 

ContentValues values = new ContentValues();
values.put(Contacts.People.NAME, "Rishabh");
ContentResolver cr = getContentResolver();
Uri uri = cr.insert(People.CONTENT_URI, values);

but i am getting "The application has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again" message.

what is wrong in it ? How can i access contacts of android ?

Answer 1

You are missing system permissions to write a contact. Add this line to your manifest file:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_CONTACTS"/>

If your code has to read contacts, your applications will need "android.permission.READ_CONTACTS".

Full set of permissions flags can be found on Android reference pages.

Answer 2

Hi MannyNS thanks for reply I have given write permission as you defined above.

but i am still getting the "The application has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again", even when i start android its giving message "Process android.process media is not responding".

Can you suggest me whole procedure to read and write contacts to android ? Do you have any sample code for it ?

Thanks Rishabh