I don't fully understand your requirements, but it shouldn't matter what
_other_ data is in the contacts DB.  A sync adapter should only deal with
its own data. Why not introduce a new account type for this purpose?

Cheers,
Dmitri
On Jan 14, 2011 5:16 AM, "L0rdAli3n" <42.john.doe.1...@googlemail.com>
wrote:
> Hey,
>
> I'm totally stuck with the ContactsContract-API. Point is that I want
> only mess around with the Contacts saved in the "local" phonebook. But
> it seems that every vendor but its own account_type for those
> contacts.
> And its even worse. The AccountManager isn't even aware of all
> account_types?!?
> For example on my HTC Desire with HTC Sense, the account_type all
> local contacts are saved in is: com.htc.android.pcsc. But when I grab
> a list of all available accounts from the AccountManager: This account
> is not in the list!?
> I also tested it on a Samsung Galaxy. Same here: The AccountManager is
> not aware of the account_type used for local phonebookcontacts.
>
> The whole story is that I wan't to write a app to sync my locale
> phonebook with OpenXchange.
>
> I guess I got that whole new ContactsContract-API wrong, but I don't
> see any other way, then using RawContacts. Due to that I have to care
> about the account_type, which is in fact a total mess.
>
> Hopefully someone can point me in the right direction. Every hint is
> highly appreciated.
>
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