How to add/ save a new contact in phone directly from your App? – Android Studio code

In this video it shows how to save the contacts directly from your Android App programmatically. It uses ContentProviderOperation to structure the input and then insert it in the phone’s content as a new contact.

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Complete source code:

package com.programmerworld.addorsavenewcontact;

import android.Manifest;
import android.content.ContentProviderOperation;
import android.content.OperationApplicationException;
import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.RemoteException;
import android.provider.ContactsContract;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.EditText;

import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;
import androidx.core.app.ActivityCompat;

import java.util.ArrayList;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    private EditText editTextName, editTextNumber;

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

        ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(this,
                new String[]{Manifest.permission.WRITE_CONTACTS},
                PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED);

        editTextName = findViewById(R.id.editTextTextPersonName);
        editTextNumber = findViewById(R.id.editTextNumber);
    }


    public void buttonAddContact(View view){
        ArrayList<ContentProviderOperation> contentProviderOperations
                = new ArrayList<ContentProviderOperation>();

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

        // Adding Name
        contentProviderOperations.add(ContentProviderOperation
                .newInsert(ContactsContract.Data.CONTENT_URI)
                .withValueBackReference(ContactsContract.Data.RAW_CONTACT_ID,0)
                .withValue(ContactsContract.Data.MIMETYPE,
                        ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.StructuredName.CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE)
                .withValue(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.StructuredName.DISPLAY_NAME,
                        editTextName.getText().toString())
                .build());

        // Adding Number
        contentProviderOperations.add(ContentProviderOperation
                .newInsert(ContactsContract.Data.CONTENT_URI)
                .withValueBackReference(ContactsContract.Data.RAW_CONTACT_ID,0)
                .withValue(ContactsContract.Data.MIMETYPE,
                        ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE)
                .withValue(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.NUMBER,
                        editTextNumber.getText().toString())
                .withValue(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.TYPE,
                        ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.TYPE_WORK)
                .build());

        try {
            getContentResolver().applyBatch(ContactsContract.AUTHORITY, contentProviderOperations);
        } catch (OperationApplicationException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (RemoteException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

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


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

    <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.AddOrSaveNewContact">
        <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>

<?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">

    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/editTextTextPersonName"
        android:layout_width="287dp"
        android:layout_height="85dp"
        android:layout_marginStart="62dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="37dp"
        android:ems="10"
        android:hint="Name ..."
        android:inputType="textPersonName"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />

    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/editTextNumber"
        android:layout_width="282dp"
        android:layout_height="91dp"
        android:layout_marginStart="62dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="53dp"
        android:ems="10"
        android:hint="Number ..."
        android:inputType="number"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/editTextTextPersonName" />

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/button"
        android:layout_width="158dp"
        android:layout_height="54dp"
        android:layout_marginStart="108dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="96dp"
        android:onClick="buttonAddContact"
        android:text="Add Contact"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/editTextNumber" />
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>

plugins {
    id 'com.android.application'
}

android {
    compileSdk 31

    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "com.programmerworld.addorsavenewcontact"
        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'
}