B4A Library fgContacts (Contacts-Library)

Hi,

this is my first Android Library.

fgContacts Members:
GetPhoneNumberByID(String id) As String

GetContactPhotoByID(String id) As Bitmap

DeleteAllContacts() As Boolean

DeleteContactById(String id) As Boolean

GetContactsById(String id) As fgContact
Returns a single fgContact

fgContact Members:
Id As String
DisplayName As String
PhoneNumber As String
FamilyName As String
GivenName As String
Photo As Bitmap


Change in version 1.03

Function changed:
GetAllContacts(Boolean IncludePhoto, Boolean OnlyContactWhitePhone) As List
Returns a List of fgContact objects with all the contacts.

GetAllPhoneNumberByID(String id) As List
Returns a List of all Phone-Number.
The first entry in the List is always the Primary

The list looks like this:
01|+49 10001 (01= HOME)
02|+49 10002 (02= MOBILE)
03|+49 10003 (03= WORK)
04|+49 10004 (04= Work Fax)
05|+49 10005 (05= Home Fax)
06|+49 10006 (06= PAGER)
07|+49 10007 (07= Other)
08|+49 10008 (08= Callback)
09|+49 10009 (09= Car)
10|+49 10010 (10= Company Main)
11|+49 10011 (11= ISDN)
12|+49 10012 (12= Main)
13|+49 10013 (13= Other Fax)
14|+49 10014 (14= Radio)
15|+49 10015 (15= Telex)
16|+49 10016 (16= TTY/TDD)
17|+49 10017 (17= Mobile(work))
18|+49 10018 (18= Pager(work))
19|+49 10019 (19= Assistant)
20|+49 10020 (20= MMS)


New function:
GetNoteByID(String id) As List

GetPostalAddressByID(String id) As Map

GetAllEmailByID(String id) As List


Change in version 1.04
New function:
GetCompanyByID(String id) As List


Ciao,
Filippo

 

[Erel]

Thank you for sharing. Please also update the new libraries list: Libraries - Basic4android Wiki

 

[Amalkotey]

Moin Filippo,

vielen Dank für die fgContacts library. Das erspart mir jetzt Arbeit.

Amalkotey

 

[Deleted member 103]

Hi,

update to v1.01.

Error in function "GetContactsById" fixed.

 

[peacemaker]

What are minimal requirements to Android to use it ?

GetAll returns about 250 contacts also during 12 seconds on a real device, similar to Contacts2 of Erel.

 

[peacemaker]

Is there possibility to EDIT the contact ?
I mean save changing some field, say Notes.

 

[Deleted member 103]

Hi peacemaker,

What are minimal requirements to Android to use it ?

Same as Contacts2.

GetAll returns about 250 contacts also during 12 seconds on a real device, similar to Contacts2 of Erel.

Unfortunately, my library does not work with even faster.

Is there possibility to EDIT the contact ?

Perhaps in future.


Ciao,
Filippo

 

[peacemaker]

Filippo, if you are ready to improve your lib - contact update is very needed. I mean update only of SOME fields, saving all others the same especially.

I see that UPDATE is CREATE + DELETE ALL OLD ones.
DeleteContactById works OK, after contact creation by miscUtil.

 

[Deleted member 103]

Hi,

update to v1.03.

 

[peacemaker]

Thanks.
Hopefully waiting any updating contact possibility

 

[cheese]

Search for contact using phone number

I understand I could do a linear search through all contacts and examine the corresponding phone number.

Is there a fast way in B4A to find a contact using a phone number? If not, what would it take to include this functionality?

Thanks

 

[Erel]

You can store all contacts in a Map with the phone numbers as keys and the contacts as values.

If not, what would it take to include this functionality?

Cannot answer without investigating this feature.

 

[cheese]

That would be faster than linear, thanks.

Seems a shame to store all that info in memory though. I will give your idea a try and see how it goes.

Cheers!

 

[peacemaker]

Filippo, sorry again - but any chance to get help for this ?

 

[ashinkar]

Contact Details (Company Name)

Hi,
I'm checking to see if there is a way to use these libraries in order to retrieve the contact's company name and Title
Thank you
Alex

 

[Deleted member 103]

Hi,

update to v1.04.

Company name added.

 

[Shay]

I am getting
java.lang.SecurityException: Permission Denial: reading com.android.providers.contacts.ContactsProvider2 uri content://com.android.contacts/data/phones from pid=9787, uid=10123 requires android.permission.READ_CONTACTS

this is what i am doing - can you post some code example

Sub Globals
Dim fg As fgContact
Dim fgs As fgContacts
Dim list1 As List

End Sub

Sub Activity_Create(FirstTime As Boolean)

list1.Initialize
fgs.Initialize
list1=fgs.GetAllContacts(False,False)

 

[Erel]

You can add this permission with the manifest editor.

 

[Shay]

Got indication from my user that the demo code I sent him, did not manage to get any information
I will try to connect my decide to exchange server and try myself

 

[Gary Miyakawa]

Filippo,

Is there any way to get to the "Notes" field or the "Internet Call" field ? I'm wanting to use a field for video contact information.

Thanks,

Gary M