Thanks for your answer Dmitri! Could you explain in few words, how I can use the contacts the user stored on his phone, which in fact all have already an account_type, by introducing my own accout_type?
On 14 Jan., 16:26, Dmitri Plotnikov <dplotni...@google.com> wrote: > 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. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
