How to add a new contact in phone using intent from your Android App?

In this video it shows steps to add new contacts in your phone using the intent type ContactsContract.RawContacts.CONTENT_TYPE.

In this video the major part of the code is taken from the below page of Android developers:
https://developer.android.com/training/contacts-provider/modify-data#InsertContact

However, in this video it shows the above code in action.

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Complete source code:

package com.programmerworld.addcontactusingintent;

import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;

import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.provider.ContactsContract;
import android.view.View;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
}

public void buttonAddContact(View view){
Intent intent = new Intent(ContactsContract.Intents.Insert.ACTION);
intent.setType(ContactsContract.RawContacts.CONTENT_TYPE);

intent.putExtra(ContactsContract.Intents.Insert.EMAIL, "programmerworld1990@gmail.com")
.putExtra(ContactsContract.Intents.Insert.EMAIL_TYPE,
ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Email.TYPE_WORK)
.putExtra(ContactsContract.Intents.Insert.PHONE, "111222")
.putExtra(ContactsContract.Intents.Insert.PHONE_TYPE,
ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.TYPE_WORK)
.putExtra(ContactsContract.Intents.Insert.NAME, "Programmer World");

startActivity(intent);
}
}

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context=".MainActivity">

<Button
android:id="@+id/button"
android:layout_width="192dp"
android:layout_height="73dp"
android:layout_marginStart="109dp"
android:layout_marginTop="140dp"
android:onClick="buttonAddContact"
android:text="Add Contact"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.programmerworld.addcontactusingintent">

<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
android:label="@string/app_name"
android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
android:supportsRtl="true"
android:theme="@style/Theme.AddContactUsingIntent">
<activity
android:name=".MainActivity"
android:exported="true">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>

</manifest>

plugins {
id 'com.android.application'
}

android {
compileSdk 31

defaultConfig {
applicationId "com.programmerworld.addcontactusingintent"
minSdk 31
targetSdk 31
versionCode 1
versionName "1.0"

testInstrumentationRunner "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
}

buildTypes {
release {
minifyEnabled false
proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android-optimize.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
}
}
compileOptions {
sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
}
}

dependencies {

implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.4.1'
implementation 'com.google.android.material:material:1.5.0'
implementation 'androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:2.1.3'
testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.13.2'
androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.ext:junit:1.1.3'
androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.4.0'
}

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