Thanks Jens for the reply. I am afraid why Android has kept the import contacts api hidden though to export contacts in vcf format is available.
I think I have to go hard way by packaging android source code in the app until I find a better solution for this. Thanks, Prateek On Nov 28, 8:03 pm, Jens <[email protected]> wrote: > Afaik there is no "standard" way to insert contacts from a vcf file > into the contacts provider. The entire package that deals with vCards, > android.pim.vcard is hidden in the SDK and not available unless you're > a big fan of abusing Java Reflection - in short, you should lift the > parser from the android source tree and package it in your app. > > If you want to browse the code it uses for serializing and parsing > vCards (both 2.1 and 3.0) it's available > here.http://www.google.com/codesearch/p?hl=en#uX1GffpyOZk/core/java/androi... > > On 26 Nov, 06:11, Prateek Jain <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi All, > > > I am able to retrieve all contacts from android in .vcf file using > > following code. > > > ContentResolver cr = getContentResolver(); > > Cursor cur = cr.query(ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI,null, > > null, null, null); > > String lookupKey = > > cur.getString(cur.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.Contacts.LOOKUP_KEY)); > > Uri uri = > > Uri.withAppendedPath(ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_VCARD_URI, > > lookupKey); > > System.out.println("The value is " + > > cr.getType(uri)); > > AssetFileDescriptor fd = > > this.getContentResolver().openAssetFileDescriptor(uri, "r"); > > FileInputStream fis = fd.createInputStream(); > > > I don't know how to use this .vcf file to import all these contacts > > using code. The .vcf file contains all the details of all contacts > > including photos etc. > > > Cheers, Prateek -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
