Feature wish: RawContacts read and write
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Description
Feature description
Please consider adding the feature to allow:
- dumping the complete RawContacts table and its corresponding Data table;
- inserting and deleting lines into/from these tables.
Reference implementation
I have started my own app, to be called from Termux with am start -n $app, it is in very early stage, but it can already dump the RawContacts database:
public void log_all_raw_contacts() {
Cursor cursor = getContentResolver().query(
ContactsContract.RawContacts.CONTENT_URI,
null /* all columns TODO */,
null, null, null
);
while (cursor.moveToNext()) {
String name = cursor.getString(0);
warn("raw_contact\n");
for (int i = 0; i < cursor.getColumnCount(); i++)
warn(" %s = \"%s\"\n", cursor.getColumnName(i), cursor.getString(i));
}
}
and an AI did for me the insertion, which happens to work:
public void add_contact_test() {
ContentResolver resolver = getContentResolver();
ArrayList<ContentProviderOperation> ops = new ArrayList<>();
// 1. Insert a new raw contact
ops.add(ContentProviderOperation.newInsert(ContactsContract.RawContacts.CONTENT_URI)
.withValue(ContactsContract.RawContacts.ACCOUNT_TYPE, null)
.withValue(ContactsContract.RawContacts.ACCOUNT_NAME, null)
.build());
// 2. Insert the display name "Toto"
ops.add(ContentProviderOperation.newInsert(ContactsContract.Data.CONTENT_URI)
.withValueBackReference(ContactsContract.Data.RAW_CONTACT_ID, 0)
.withValue(ContactsContract.Data.MIMETYPE, ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.StructuredName.CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE)
.withValue(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.StructuredName.DISPLAY_NAME, "Toto")
.build());
// 3. Insert the mobile phone number "42 17 19"
ops.add(ContentProviderOperation.newInsert(ContactsContract.Data.CONTENT_URI)
.withValueBackReference(ContactsContract.Data.RAW_CONTACT_ID, 0)
.withValue(ContactsContract.Data.MIMETYPE, ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE)
.withValue(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.NUMBER, "42 17 19")
.withValue(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.TYPE, ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.TYPE_MOBILE)
.build());
// Apply the batch
try {
resolver.applyBatch(ContactsContract.AUTHORITY, ops);
} catch (RemoteException | OperationApplicationException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
Thanks in advance.
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- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing existing Termux API command implementations and the Android ContactsContract.RawContacts and ContactsContract.Data APIs shown in the reference code. The feature would need a defined command interface for dumping both tables and inserting or deleting rows, with behavior and safety expectations clarified before implementation.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- android, java
- Domain
- cli, mobile-dev
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100