Getting a list of all phone contacts?
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Simple enough question. I need to know the best way to get the same list of contacts that show up when a user presses the Contacts button.
You would think something like this would work:
//For Contacts
Intent pickIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK, People.CONTENT_URI);
this.startActivityForResult(pickIntent, RESULT);
//For Phones
Intent pickIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK, Phones.CONTENT_URI);
this.startActivityForResult(pickIntent, RESULT);
The problem is that does not include secondary google accounts or Exchange contacts. By secondary accounts, in Android you can add additional gmail accounts to have the mail/contacts synced. The above intent will not list those additional contacts.
I am also told that on the HTC Desire you can add contacts to the phone that do not get synced up to Google. These contacts also do not show up.
So how do I get a real list of contacts so I can create my own list activity that works properly where the Google intent does not.
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