If you want to write your own activity implementing those actions, how
would you do that ?
Implementing a new whole ContactsProvider ?
If you only want to replace, say INSERT ?
How your new ContactsProvider can coexist with the standard one if you
want to extend its functionality ?
On Mar 26, 7:35 am, hackbod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The android.intent.action.INSERT and android.intent.action.VIEW
> actions are not broadcasts, they are actions for starting activities
> to show a UI to insert a new entry, or view an existing entry,
> respectively. Thus you don't register for them with a <receiver>, you
> launch them with startActivity(). (You can also write your own
> activity implementing those actions to replace the standard UI, but
> that's probably not what you are wanting.)
>
> On Mar 25, 8:35 pm, "Dexter's Brain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Thanks Megha...But, will it be provided in the subsequent releases???
>
> > Can you think of a situation where we would need this???
>
> > Dexter.
>
> > On Mar 26, 3:15 am, "Megha Joshi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > Hi,
>
> > > I don't think that the intents for contacts added and contacts deleted
> > > intents are broadcasted.
> > > So you cannot receive these intents.
>
> > > Thanks,
> > > Megha
>
> > > On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 9:49 AM, Dexter's Brain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > wrote:
>
> > > > Hello All,
>
> > > > I have an Intent Receiver which I will be triggered when a contact is
> > > > added or deleted.
>
> > > > My reciever properties in the androidmanifest.xml are as follows.
>
> > > > <receiver android:name=".ContactAdded">
> > > > <intent-filter>
> > > > <action
> > > > ndroid:name="android.intent.action.INSERT"
> > > > />
> > > > <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW"
> > > > />
> > > > </intent-filter>
> > > > </receiver>
>
> > > > And in my Intent Reciever class, I have the following lines of code.
>
> > > > public class ContactAdded {
> > > > public void onReceiveIntent(Context context, Intent intent){
> > > > try{
> > > > Log.i("Received Intent", intent.getAction());
> > > > }
> > > > catch(Exception e){
> > > > Log.i("Exception in Intent",e.getLocalizedMessage
> > > > ());
> > > > }
> > > > }
> > > > }
>
> > > > Now, when I try to add or delete a contact, I can see in the LogCat
> > > > that the required Intent is broadcast, but I don't see my message
> > > > "Received Intent" in the LogCat which I have coded in my reciever
> > > > class.
>
> > > > Am I doing something wrong???
>
> > > > Dexter.
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