Android insert contact with Intents.Insert not works

Question

I'm trying to develop a app in this I need to access the contacts to add phone number with name. for this I'm using following code.

Intent intent = new Intent(Intents.Insert.ACTION);
intent.setType(ContactsContract.RawContacts.CONTENT_TYPE);
intent.putExtra(Intents.Insert.NAME, "Silambarasan");
intent.putExtra(Intents.Insert.PHONE, 9876543210L);
intent.putExtra(Intents.Insert.PHONE_TYPE, Phone.TYPE_MOBILE);
startActivity(intent);

This code opens the add contact screen, but in the screen only name "Silambarasan" sent from this code. Phone "Number :9876543210L "is not passed.

Do I use correct way?

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Try this,

Intent addPersonIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_INSERT);
                                        addPersonIntent.setType(ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_TYPE);

                                        addPersonIntent.putExtra(ContactsContract.Intents.Insert.NAME, "name");
                                        addPersonIntent.putExtra(ContactsContract.Intents.Insert.PHONE, "phone");
                                        addPersonIntent.putExtra(ContactsContract.Intents.Insert.EMAIL, "email");
                                        addPersonIntent.putExtra(ContactsContract.Intents.Insert.POSTAL, "address");

                                        startActivityForResult(addPersonIntent, CREATE_NEW);

Answer 2

From ContactsContract.Intents.Insert documentation

public static final String PHONE : Added in API level 5

The extra field for the contact phone number.

Type: String // Clears that you need to pass String value for this extra

Constant Value: "phone"

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Simply pass number as String into extra that will work.

So change intent.putExtra(Intents.Insert.PHONE, 9876543210L);

with

 intent.putExtra(Intents.Insert.PHONE, "9876543210");

Answer 3

Why don't you just pass it like this?

intent.putExtra("nameForThisExtra", "Silambarasan")
intent.putExtra("nameForThisExtra", "9876543210L");
intent.putExtra("nameForThisExtra", Phone.TYPE_MOBILE);

and call it in the ohter activity like this:

String name = getIntent().getStringExtra("nameForThisExtra");
String number = getIntent().getStringExtra("nameForThisExtra");

That should work.

The first parameter is the name you want to give this Extra, the second parameter the value.