Question

I’m having a BIG touble when adding duplicate contact fields in Android 2.1 update 1

please have a look at my code:

      ArrayList<ContentProviderOperation> op_list = new ArrayList<ContentProviderOperation>();

  op_list.add(ContentProviderOperation.newInsert(ContactsContract.RawContacts.CONTENT_URI)
         .withValue(ContactsContract.RawContacts.ACCOUNT_TYPE, null)
         .withValue(ContactsContract.RawContacts.ACCOUNT_NAME, null)
         .build());

  // first and last names
       op_list.add(ContentProviderOperation.newInsert(Data.CONTENT_URI)
   .withValueBackReference(Data.RAW_CONTACT_ID, 0)
         .withValue(Data.MIMETYPE, StructuredName.CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE)
         .withValue(StructuredName.GIVEN_NAME, "MyFirstName")
         .withValue(StructuredName.FAMILY_NAME, "MyLastName")
         .build());

  try{
   ContentProviderResult[] results = cResolver.applyBatch(ContactsContract.AUTHORITY, op_list);
  }catch(Exception e){
   e.printStackTrace();
  }

Try to run this piece of code in a 20 iteration loop, then go to the contacts application
you will see only 8 contacts hanging there!!
This problem happens when also when I insert duplicate emails, phones, organizations.
Try it in a loop from 0->200, android will go crazy!

is there a problem in my code? is there any solution to this?

any help will be really appreciated …
Thanks!

Answer 1

After 2 non sleep days… rereading my code and rewriting my classes
I found the solution to this: there is a column that I was not aware of, and it didn’t even exist in earlier APIs called: AGGREGATION_MODE

so the solution turned out to be this:

    ArrayList<ContentProviderOperation> op_list = new ArrayList<ContentProviderOperation>();
         op_list.add(ContentProviderOperation.newInsert(ContactsContract.RawContacts.CONTENT_URI)
             .withValue(ContactsContract.RawContacts.ACCOUNT_TYPE, null)
             .withValue(ContactsContract.RawContacts.ACCOUNT_NAME, null)
             .withValue(RawContacts.AGGREGATION_MODE, RawContacts.AGGREGATION_MODE_DISABLED)

             .build());

      // first and last names
           op_list.add(ContentProviderOperation.newInsert(Data.CONTENT_URI)
       .withValueBackReference(Data.RAW_CONTACT_ID, 0)
             .withValue(Data.MIMETYPE, StructuredName.CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE)
             .withValue(StructuredName.GIVEN_NAME, "MyFirstName")
             .withValue(StructuredName.FAMILY_NAME, "MyLastName")
             .build());

      try{
       ContentProviderResult[] results = cResolver.applyBatch(ContactsContract.AUTHORITY, op_list);
      }catch(Exception e){
       e.printStackTrace();
      }