How to save contacts information into phone book?

Question

Hey guys i want to save person detail like its first name last name phone number address user website user organization into phone book so please suggest some solution of this problem.

possible duplicate of [To Add Name,Email and Number to Contact Database](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5804617/to-add-name-email-and-number-to-contact-database) — Paresh Mayani, Apr 18 '12 at 07:09

score 9 · Answer 1 · edited Jan 14 '15 at 19:17

You can save user information into phone book by executing this code

  package com.contacts.in;

import java.util.ArrayList;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.ContentProviderOperation;
import android.content.ContentResolver;
import android.content.ContentValues;
import android.content.ContextWrapper;
import android.database.Cursor;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.provider.ContactsContract;
import android.provider.ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone;
import android.provider.ContactsContract.Data;
import android.widget.Toast;

public class CONTACTSAVEDActivity extends Activity {
    String displayName = "XYZ";
    String mobileNumber = "123456";
    String homeNumber = "1111";
    String workNumber = "2222";
    String emailID = "email@nomail.com";
    String company = "bad";
    String jobTitle = "abcd";


    /** Called when the activity is first created. */
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);


        ArrayList<ContentProviderOperation> ops = 
            new ArrayList<ContentProviderOperation>();

        ops.add(ContentProviderOperation.newInsert(
            ContactsContract.RawContacts.CONTENT_URI)
            .withValue(ContactsContract.RawContacts.ACCOUNT_TYPE, null)
            .withValue(ContactsContract.RawContacts.ACCOUNT_NAME, null)
            .build()
        );

        //------------------------------------------------------ Names
        if(displayName != null)
        {           
            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,     
                    displayName).build()
            );
        } 

        //------------------------------------------------------ Mobile Number                      
        if(mobileNumber != null)
        {
            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, mobileNumber)
                .withValue(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.TYPE, 
                ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.TYPE_MOBILE)
                .build()
            );
        }

                            //------------------------------------------------------ Home Numbers
                            if(homeNumber != null)
                            {
                                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, homeNumber)
                                        .withValue(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.TYPE, 
                                                ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.TYPE_HOME)
                                        .build());
                            }

                            //------------------------------------------------------ Work Numbers
                            if(workNumber != null)
                            {
                                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, workNumber)
                                        .withValue(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.TYPE, 
                                                ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.TYPE_WORK)
                                        .build());
                            }

                            //------------------------------------------------------ Email
                            if(emailID != null)
                            {
                                 ops.add(ContentProviderOperation.newInsert(ContactsContract.Data.CONTENT_URI)
                                            .withValueBackReference(ContactsContract.Data.RAW_CONTACT_ID, 0)
                                            .withValue(ContactsContract.Data.MIMETYPE,
                                                    ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Email.CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE)
                                            .withValue(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Email.DATA, emailID)
                                            .withValue(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Email.TYPE, ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Email.TYPE_WORK)
                                            .build());
                            }

                            //------------------------------------------------------ Organization
                            if(!company.equals("") && !jobTitle.equals(""))
                            {
                                ops.add(ContentProviderOperation.newInsert(ContactsContract.Data.CONTENT_URI)
                                        .withValueBackReference(ContactsContract.Data.RAW_CONTACT_ID, 0)
                                        .withValue(ContactsContract.Data.MIMETYPE,
                                                ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Organization.CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE)
                                        .withValue(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Organization.COMPANY, company)
                                        .withValue(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Organization.TYPE, ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Organization.TYPE_WORK)
                                        .withValue(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Organization.TITLE, jobTitle)
                                        .withValue(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Organization.TYPE, ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Organization.TYPE_WORK)
                                        .build());
                            }

                            // Asking the Contact provider to create a new contact                  
                            try 
                            {
                                getContentResolver().applyBatch(ContactsContract.AUTHORITY, ops);
                            } 
                            catch (Exception e) 
                            {               
                                e.printStackTrace();
                              //  Toast.makeText(myContext, "Exception: " + e.getMessage(), Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                            }

    }
}

Also add permission in manifest

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_CONTACTS"></uses-permission>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_CONTACTS"></uses-permission>

thanks ashu for giving me the solution of this problem and it work correctly. — itechDroid, Apr 18 '12 at 07:08
Yes it works kind of silently. If repeated more than once it results in duplicate contacts so I will need a way to check if a contact already exists :) — Gunnar Forsgren - Mobimation, Jan 31 '14 at 02:27

How to save contacts information into phone book?

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