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Getting contact info from default database
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The code example below gets contact info from default contact database according to application needs. In the example we get general mobile phone number, home mobile phone number and work mobile phone number from default contact database. The code logic explained below. First of all we should open default database.
Header required:
#include <cntdb.h> // CContactDatabase
#include <cntitem.h> //CContactItem,CContactItemFieldSet
Library needed:
LIBRARY cntmodel.lib // CContactDatabase, CContactItem,CContactItemFieldSet
Source code:
CContactDatabase* contact_db;
TBuf<60> dbFile;
//gets default contact database file
CContactDatabase::GetDefaultNameL( dbFile );
//opens default contact database file
TRAPD(err, contact_db= CContactDatabase::OpenL(dbFile));
Because it is possible to have few the same type contact info we iterate through contacts first.
//create iterarot for contact_db
TContactIter contact_iterator(*contact_db);
TContactItemId contact_id;
//go through contacts while there any info
while( ( contact_id = contact_iterator.NextL() ) != KNullContactId)
Then we iterate through fields itself.
CContactItem* contact_item = contact_db->ReadContactL(contact_id);
CContactItemFieldSet &field_set = contact_item->CardFields();
//go through all the fields of contact and extract info according to //application needs
for (TInt i = 0 ; i < field_set.Count() ; i++)
After that we extract necessary information and process it according to application logic.
if(field.ContentType().ContainsFieldType(KUidContactFieldVCardMapCELL)&& field.ContentType().ContainsFieldType(KUidContactFieldVCardMapWORK))
{
// This is work mobile processing. It will get all work mobiles in the //contact list
wmobile.Fill('\0',1);
wmobile.Copy(field.TextStorage()->Text());
wmobile.ZeroTerminate();
//process work mobile according to application logic
continue;
}
Note: It is very important to get work and home mobile first before general one! Otherwise it will mix it. This rule applies to all contact info.
The complete function code below:
//open current contacts from default database
void CContacts::OpenContacts()
{
CContactDatabase* contact_db;
TBuf<60> dbFile;
//gets default contact database file
CContactDatabase::GetDefaultNameL( dbFile );
//opens default contact database file
TRAPD(err, contact_db= CContactDatabase::OpenL(dbFile));
//process errors if any
if ( err == KErrNotFound )
{
// "does not exist"
}
else if( err == KErrLocked )
{
// "locked"
}
else if( err == KErrBadName )
{
// "bad name"
}
else if( err == KErrDiskFull )
{
// "disk full"
}
else if (err != KErrNone)
{
// "error opening default contact db"
}
//create iterarot for contact_db
TContactIter contact_iterator(*contact_db);
TContactItemId contact_id;
//general mobile, home mobile and work mobile
TBuf<100> mobile(0), hmobile(0), wmobile(0);
//go through contacts while there any info
while( ( contact_id = contact_iterator.NextL() ) != KNullContactId)
{
CContactItem* contact_item = contact_db->ReadContactL(contact_id);
CleanupStack::PushL(contact_item);
CContactItemFieldSet &field_set = contact_item->CardFields();
//go through all the fields of contact and extract info according to application needs
for (TInt i = 0 ; i < field_set.Count() ; i++)
{
CContactItemField& field = field_set[i];
//work mobile
if (field.ContentType().ContainsFieldType(KUidContactFieldVCardMapCELL)&& field.ContentType().ContainsFieldType(KUidContactFieldVCardMapWORK))
{
// This is work mobile processing. It will get all work mobiles in the contact list
wmobile.Fill('\0',1);
wmobile.Copy(field.TextStorage()->Text());
wmobile.ZeroTerminate();
//process work mobile according to application logic
continue;
}else if (field.ContentType().ContainsFieldType(KUidContactFieldVCardMapCELL)&& field.ContentType().ContainsFieldType(KUidContactFieldVCardMapHOME)) {
// This is home mobile processing. It will get all home mobiles in the contact list
hmobile.Fill('\0',1);
hmobile.Copy(field.TextStorage()->Text());
hmobile.ZeroTerminate();
//process home mobile according to application logic
continue;
}else if (field.ContentType().ContainsFieldType(KUidContactFieldVCardMapCELL)) {
// This is general mobile processing. It will get all general mobiles in the contact list
mobile.Fill('\0',1);
mobile.Copy(field.TextStorage()->Text());
mobile.ZeroTerminate();
//process general mobile according to application logic
continue;
}
//TO DO add other KUidContact fields according to application logic
}
contact_db->CloseContactL(contact_item->Id());
CleanupStack::PopAndDestroy();
}
}
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