How to edit existing Contacts in Android?

Question

I am trying to edit existing phone contacts by using application. By using contact name am getting the corresponding contact id.Then am trying to update the existing contacts by using the contact id. But unfortunately it is not updating.

My code is as follows,

 String select = "(" + ContactsContract.Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME + " == \"" + edt_nameDetail.getText() + "\" )";
                    Cursor c = getActivity().getApplicationContext().getContentResolver().query(ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI, CONTACTS_SUMMARY_PROJECTION, select, null, ContactsContract.Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME + " COLLATE LOCALIZED ASC");
                    getActivity().startManagingCursor(c);

                    if (c.moveToNext()) {
                         ContactId = c.getString(0);
                        Log.e("Tag contact id ","edit contact id "+ ContactId);
                    }


                    try
                    {
                       String name = edt_nameDetail.getText().toString().trim();
                       String email = edt_contactEmailDetail.getText().toString().trim();
                       String number = edt_mobileNumberDetail.getText().toString().trim();


                            ContentResolver contentResolver  = getActivity().getContentResolver();

                            String where = ContactsContract.Data.CONTACT_ID + " = ? AND " + ContactsContract.Data.MIMETYPE + " = ?";

                            String[] emailParams = new String[]{ContactId, ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Email.CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE};
                            String[] nameParams = new String[]{ContactId, ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.StructuredName.CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE};
                            String[] numberParams = new String[]{ContactId, ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE};

                            ArrayList<android.content.ContentProviderOperation> ops = new ArrayList<android.content.ContentProviderOperation>();

                            if(!email.equals("") &&!name.equals("")&& !number.equals(""))
                            {
                                ops.add(android.content.ContentProviderOperation.newUpdate(android.provider.ContactsContract.Data.CONTENT_URI)
                                        .withSelection(where,emailParams)
                                        .withValue(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Email.DATA, email)
                                        .build());
                                ops.add(android.content.ContentProviderOperation.newUpdate(android.provider.ContactsContract.Data.CONTENT_URI)
                                        .withSelection(where,nameParams)
                                        .withValue(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.StructuredName.DISPLAY_NAME, name)
                                        .build());
                                ops.add(android.content.ContentProviderOperation.newUpdate(android.provider.ContactsContract.Data.CONTENT_URI)
                                        .withSelection(where,numberParams)
                                        .withValue(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.NUMBER, number)
                                        .build());
                                contentResolver.applyBatch(ContactsContract.AUTHORITY, ops);
                                Toast.makeText(getActivity(), "Contact is successfully edited", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

                            }
                            else {
                                Toast.makeText(getActivity(), "Fail edit", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                            }

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8490123/how-to-update-existing-contact — Rajesh, Nov 02 '15 at 04:40

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 02 '15 at 05:09

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If you are searching with email then update your .withSelection as

.withSelection(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Email.ADDRESS + "=? AND " +
               Data.MIMETYPE + "='" +
               ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Email.CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE + "'",
               new String[]{email})

update all your withselection code corresponding to your search type

answered Nov 02 '15 at 05:09

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Am searching with contact id – Nov 02 '15 at 05:44

Ali Bagheri · Answer 2 · 2017-03-11T16:12:14.667

Note: after this, contact ID will changed.

public static boolean updateContactName(String contactId, String pre, String first, String mid, String last, String suf)
{

    try
    {
        if (pre == null && first == null && mid == null && last == null && suf == null)
            return false;

        String where = ContactsContract.Data.CONTACT_ID + " = ? AND " + ContactsContract.Data.MIMETYPE + " = ?";
        String[] nameParams = new String[]{contactId, ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.StructuredName.CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE};



        ArrayList<android.content.ContentProviderOperation> ops = new ArrayList<>();

        android.content.ContentProviderOperation.Builder t ;
        android.content.ContentProviderOperation b ;

        t = android.content.ContentProviderOperation.newUpdate(Data.CONTENT_URI);
        t = t.withSelection(where, nameParams);
        if(pre != null)
            t = t.withValue(StructuredName.PREFIX, pre.trim());
        if(first != null)
            t = t.withValue(StructuredName.GIVEN_NAME, first.trim());
        if(mid != null)
            t = t.withValue(StructuredName.MIDDLE_NAME, mid.trim());
        if(last != null)
            t = t.withValue(StructuredName.FAMILY_NAME, last.trim());
        if(suf != null)
            t = t.withValue(StructuredName.SUFFIX, suf.trim());
        b = t.build();
        ops.add(b);
        ContentManager.getContentResolver().applyBatch(ContactsContract.AUTHORITY, ops);

        return true;
    }
    catch (Exception e) {}
    return false;
}

How to edit existing Contacts in Android?

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