How To create new contact in .net MAUI

Question

Hi,

I want to add new contact in .NET maui. Can you please help me? I am trying to create API for both android and iphone. My .net version. is 8.

Answer 1

Hello,

Can you please share some example of ContentProviderOperation.NewInsert ?

Sure, before you insert contact, please add following permission in the AndroidManifest.xml for Android.

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_CONTACTS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_CONTACTS" />

Then, you can request this permission by Permissions.RequestAsync<Permissions.ContactsWrite>();. If the permission is granted, you can insert contacts information.

     PermissionStatus status = await Permissions.RequestAsync<Permissions.ContactsWrite>();           
            if (status == PermissionStatus.Granted)
            {
#if ANDROID

   Context context = Platform.AppContext;
 
            /* Add data to raw_contacts and get the added ID number*/
            Android.Net.Uri uri = Android.Net.Uri.Parse("content://com.android.contacts/raw_contacts");
            ContentResolver resolver = context.ContentResolver;
            ContentValues values = new ContentValues();
            long contactId = ContentUris.ParseId(resolver.Insert(uri, values));
 
           
            // Add Name MyTestName for testing.
            uri = Android.Net.Uri.Parse("content://com.android.contacts/data");
            values.Put("raw_contact_id", contactId);
            values.Put("mimetype", "vnd.android.cursor.item/name");
            values.Put("data2", "MyTestName");
            resolver.Insert(uri, values);
 
            // Add telephone Numer 1234579 for testing
            values.Clear();
            values.Put("raw_contact_id", contactId);
            values.Put("mimetype", "vnd.android.cursor.item/phone_v2");
            values.Put("data2", "2");
            values.Put("data1", "1234579");
            resolver.Insert(uri, values);
#endif

Best Regards,

Leon Lu

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