[android-developers] Re: Problem with reading contacts on Samsung Galaxy Europa

great but i also need to edit that contact can you hand me here some
snippet of your workaround?

On Oct 1, 1:22 pm, Zarah Dominguez <zarah.doming...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I was also able to insert a contact into the address book.  So far it
> looks like the only action not supported is viewing the wholecontacts
> list.
>
> Pasted the stacktrace I got in StackOverflow:http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3547118/accessing-the-phonebook-on...
>
> I guess what happened is thatSamsung'sowncontactsapp has an
> incomplete manifest.  Oh well, for the meantime I managed to get
> around it by disabling the button to access the phonebook using
> PackageManager so that users won't be confused.
>
> -Zarah.
>
> On Oct 1, 9:10 am, mikedroid <michan...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > actually it does show me a list (calling ACTION_VIEW or ACTION_PICK)
> > using ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI. but we wanted to call the
> >samsung'snativecontactsactivity which is named something like
> > PhoneBookTopMenuActivity. Also i noticed that instead of the two
> > actions i;ve mentions they are using this activity with filters
> > action=main; category=launcher which is odd right?
>
> > On Sep 30, 3:42 pm, Zarah Dominguez <zarah.doming...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Yeah, hope we get feedback soon.  Mark Murphy referred me to this:http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=10143
>
> > > Hi Mike,
>
> > > How did you handle this on your end?
>
> > > -Zarah.
>
> > > On Sep 30, 1:04 pm, mikedroid <michan...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > yes im having this problem also hope they can check it soon
>
> > > > On Sep 28, 12:45 am, Zarah Dominguez <zarah.doming...@gmail.com>
> > > > wrote:
>
> > > > > Hi Alberto,
>
> > > > > Sorry, I only saw this thread again today.
>
> > > > > I wasn't able to launch the Phonebook, I just added a small bit of
> > > > > code to check if there is someone who can receive the phonebook
> > > > > intent.
>
> > > > > PackageManager pkgMgr = getPackageManager();
> > > > > List<ResolveInfo> list = pkgMgr.queryIntentActivities(new
> > > > > Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW,Contacts.CONTENT_URI),
> > > > > PackageManager.MATCH_DEFAULT_ONLY);
> > > > > if (list.isEmpty()){
> > > > >         // I just remove the menu item to access the phonebook
> > > > >         menu.removeItem(R.id.app_menu_contacts);
>
> > > > > }
>
> > > > > Maybe you can try this approach also.
>
> > > > > Hope this helps,
> > > > > Zarah.
>
> > > > > On Aug 28, 3:36 am, Albert <albert8...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > Hi Zarah,
>
> > > > > > I have reports of the app launching a blank screen but not crash. I am
> > > > > > getting aSamsungSpica this week but you have already stated that it
> > > > > > works there so that won't be of any use. For my app is wan't so
> > > > > > critical so I just instructGalaxySusers to insert those details
> > > > > > manually. The best is probably to contactSamsungdevelopment
> > > > > > department and find out what mess they have done and from there find a
> > > > > > suitable solution.
>
> > > > > > If you ever find a solution, please let me know.
>
> > > > > > Alberto
>
> > > > > > On Aug 23, 10:20 am, Zarah Dominguez <zarah.doming...@gmail.com>
> > > > > > wrote:
>
> > > > > > > Hi Alberto,
>
> > > > > > > I saw this on theGalaxySalso.  I have tested the app on theGalaxy
> > > > > > > Spica (i5700), it is working perfectly.  But when I tested the app on
> > > > > > > theGalaxyS, the app crashes.
>
> > > > > > > I haven't found a solution yet, but this is what I found from Logcat:
> > > > > > > 08-23 17:14:30.394: INFO/ActivityManager(2244): Displayed activity
> > > > > > > com.android.contacts/
> > > > > > > com.sec.android.app.contacts.PhoneBookTopMenuActivity: 452 ms (total
> > > > > > > 452 ms)
>
> > > > > > > Versus what is seen from the emulator:
> > > > > > > 08-23 17:18:08.533: INFO/ActivityManager(52): Displayed activity
> > > > > > > com.android.contacts/.DialtactsContactsEntryActivity: 348 ms (total
> > > > > > > 348 ms)
>
> > > > > > > Looks like theGalaxyShas a different way of handling intents for
> > > > > > > the Phonebook.
>
> > > > > > > If you find a solution, please let me know also.
>
> > > > > > > Thanks!
> > > > > > > -Zarah
>
> > > > > > > On Aug 12, 7:06 pm, Albert <albert8...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > I have an user from my app that has reported this issue on aSamsung
> > > > > > > >GalaxyS. Do you know why it's happening? Did you find a solution?
>
> > > > > > > > -Alberto
>
> > > > > > > > On Aug 6, 1:46 pm, Alok Kulkarni <kulsu...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > yeah it is only happening on that deviuce. But i have found a different
> > > > > > > > > solution to it which i will put up here tomorrow.
>
> > > > > > > > > On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 12:51 PM, dan raaka <danra...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > Is this happening only on Europa ?
>
> > > > > > > > > > -Dan
>
> > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 12:26 PM, Alok Kulkarni <kulsu...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > >> Hi , i am using
> > > > > > > > > >> startActivityForResult(intent,PICK_CONTACT);
> > > > > > > > > >> Its working on Android 1.5 to 2.1 except for the 2.1 deviceSamsung
> > > > > > > > > >> Europa..On that device , i am not able to read thecontacts, its returning
> > > > > > > > > >> empty result.
> > > > > > > > > >> here is the link i referred for the code
> > > > > > > > > >>http://www.droidnova.com/use-intents-to-start-other-activities,76.html
> > > > > > > > > >> Is thr something i m missing ?
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