I use Intent.ACTION_SEND for receiving data in my app. How can I process sending of data type text/x-vcard?
When I use intent.getStringExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT), it's throws an exception.
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Dmytro Zarezenko
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Can you see if this is helpful http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4599567/android-vcard-string-to-contact – VendettaDroid Sep 30 '12 at 07:00
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No, I have read this, that article is about how to send but not how to receive. – Dmytro Zarezenko Sep 30 '12 at 07:02
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Btw, How are you sending you VCard? That code will be helpful. You can try intent.getData() if you are using uri. – VendettaDroid Sep 30 '12 at 07:04
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I simple add permission to receive `` with `intent-filter` and when click export contact select my app. – Dmytro Zarezenko Sep 30 '12 at 07:19
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This worked for me:
Uri uri = (Uri) intent.getExtras().get(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM);
uri.toString() gave me this:
content://com.android.contacts/contacts/as_multi_vcard/2876r7-2A962A902A9045494F35.1957ifcf79ef7e82a0b99%3A2876r8-315551534945354F312D4F35.1957ieb4f1a6b0fcb82b9%3A2876r9-57493D3135452D3D43.1957ief585d48b64784c0%3A2876r10-4F35373D4343474959.1957if0a70009608fae23%3A2876r11-313B3531412F2D432D473135.1957i39c8fd1b6ef69e84%3A1957i51f47cecc7822f19.4035i611323cd8d55aa13%3A4035i8.4035i74aa09b30a019fa1%3A4035i2c0b359c8a47878e%3A4035i6d3c40138feef64b%3A4035i7d583f5488e47e41%3A4035ia6.4035i5%3A4035i6029e050898a86d3%3A4035i77caf53c89b4da48%3A4035i2a11745a8f3d5667%3A4035i9%3A4035i59ab32fd0fa955a9%3A4035i7391f1908a38ed1b%3A4035i6769848b08a214b0%3A4035i5a7c03c88bd1ba9e%3A4035i126427da8dfc0763%3A4035i35003ea5093abeb0%3A4035i1906758a8e16ca3a%3A4035i59a7953d883a78bf%3A4035i64249c098820452a%3A4035i48145af48ed78ebc%3A4035i2093d7568be9dff6%3A4035i469c62120db59d35.4035i388017020fbfb07e%3A4035i47e19c048aa116d7%3A239i3%3A239i2%3A239i249%3A239i248%3A239i1,
which is not terribly useful in that form, but there seem to be several posts on stack about getting a usable path from a URI.
To get the text from the vcard, the following seems to be working for me:
ContentResolver cr = getContentResolver();
InputStream stream = null;
try {
stream = cr.openInputStream(uri);
} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
StringBuffer fileContent = new StringBuffer("");
int ch;
try {
while( (ch = stream.read()) != -1)
fileContent.append((char)ch);
} catch (IOException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
String data = new String(fileContent);
Log.i("TAG", "data: " + data);
The string will have carriage returns, so to see all of the text in the logcat, make sure to search for the tag (in the above code it's "TAG"), so you see all the lines (see my screenshot below).
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Yes, I have received the same, but how can I get vCard data in TEXT formats like here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VCard. – Dmytro Zarezenko Oct 08 '12 at 06:34
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Thanks, works, but you forgot `stream.close();` after stream reading. – Dmytro Zarezenko Oct 10 '12 at 14:55
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For anyone interested, the following posts helped me figure out the answer: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5968896/listing-all-extras-of-an-intent http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5857148/android-intent-extra-stream http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2789276/android-get-real-path-by-uri-getpath – hBrent Oct 13 '12 at 19:55