Unable to list all contacts on LG phone

[RandomCoder]

Unable to list all contacts on LG phone (RESOLVED)

I've detailed the problem here http://www.b4x.com/forum/basic4android-updates-questions/10065-lib-phone-contacts.html#post67050
But as I've had no one suggesting that my code is wrong then I'm left to presume that it is a bug within the phone library?

Thanks,
RandomCoder

 

[Erel]

It seems like a bug / issue in LG implementation which breaks the official API.

 

[RandomCoder]

Hi Erel,

Thanks for the reply.
I'll contact LG to see if a firmware update will be available in the near future.

Kind regards,
RandomCoder

 

[RandomCoder]

A little bit more info....

Hi again Erel,

I've made sure that the phone is running the latest firmware and contacted LG support for assistance. But in the meantime I've been trying various things to see if I could access any of the phones contacts, e.g. saving the conatcts to the SIM and to the SD card.

Over the last couple of nights I've been searching the web for a solution and found that the Android SDK comes with samples, one of which is called ContactManager. After a lot of frustration getting to grips with Eclipse (it's no where near as simple as B4A), I've finally managed to get the sample onto the phone so as to test if any contacts are listed and I can report that they do show up correctly.

Below is the section of code that actually gets the contacts list...

    private Cursor getContacts()
    {
        // Run query
        Uri uri = ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI;
        String[] projection = new String[] {
                ContactsContract.Contacts._ID,
                ContactsContract.Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME
        };
        String selection = ContactsContract.Contacts.IN_VISIBLE_GROUP + " = '" +
                (mShowInvisible ? "0" : "1") + "'";
        String[] selectionArgs = null;
        String sortOrder = ContactsContract.Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME + " COLLATE LOCALIZED ASC";

        return managedQuery(uri, projection, selection, selectionArgs, sortOrder);
    }

The contacts are only listed if mShowInvisible is False (Selecting the "show invisible contacts only" causes the contacts to disappear).

With this information is there anything that you might be able to do to help me list all contacts using B4Android?

Please help,
RandomCoder

 

[Erel]

This is good. I plan to add support for the newer contacts API.

 

[RandomCoder]

This is good. I plan to add support for the newer contacts API.

Fantastic news, I'm glad to have been of some use
Will this also allow us to add contacts using the same library, or will miscUtil still be needed for that?

Thanks,
RandomCoder

 

[Erel]

Too soon to say...

 

[peacemaker]

So, if such extra condition exists: mShowInvisible is False,
now PhoneContacts.GetAll works buggy: it cannot get_them_all, as declared.
Erel, i guess, the lib needs to be fixed\updated ASAP

 

[Erel]

Please try the new Contacts2 object: http://www.b4x.com/forum/additional...library-v1-70-contacts2-object.html#post68494

 

[peacemaker]

Yes ! Thank you very much.
It works. But really - be aware - getting about 250 contacts it's more than 10 seconds. :-(

 

[Erel]

But really - be aware - getting about 250 contacts it's more than 10 seconds. :-(

Try setting IncludePhoneNumber and IncludeNotes to False. It will work in less than a second.
Note that this time is not related to Basic4android. This is the time that it takes to query the contacts service.

 

[RandomCoder]

Problem RESOLVED!

Nearly missed this new update (forgot to subscribe to it :BangHead
I can confirm that all contacts are listed correctly using Contacts2 in the new phone library.
Thanks for the great support Erel, excellent work :sign0188:

Regards,
RandomCoder