Heh..I started using that owner permission too.. glad to know it will be gone (or is it gone in 2.3?). Question is, when a person buys a new android phone, at least on Verizon, they generally can attach the phone to a google account. Is there some way to get that particular users info, or is the only way an app can do this is to ask for it from the user?
I am messing around with an app where I'd like to send some data from phone to a service, and some of that data is the owner of the phone's email address. From what your saying Dianne, there is no way to discern this information from the contacts database or accounts set up? So, the only way to guarantee it every time is to ask for it in the app? Thanks On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 5:49 PM, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]> wrote: > Android has no concept of an "owner". Those permissions don't do anything > (and will be gone in the next release). > > > On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 12:11 PM, Dritan <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I'm writing an app on to make use of the owner's data (first, last, >> email(s), phone(s)) and one or more contacts the owner can choose. The >> application will find common patterns and whatnot. >> >> I have given my app READ_CONTACTS, WRITE_CONTACTS, READ_OWNER_DATA, >> WRITE_OWNER_DATA permissions in my AndroidManifest.xml >> >> Initially I used the People class which was deprecated, then I >> switched to ContactsContract.Contacts... >> to try pull explicitly the first (given), middle, and last (family) >> names, then phone numbers, emails, etc... but I cannot seem to be able >> to fetch these columns via: >> >> Cursor c1 = >> getContentResolver().query(ContactsContract.Data.CONTENT_URI, null, >> ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.StructuredName.CONTACT_ID +" = ?", >> new String[]{id}, null); >> >> Or even this >> >> Cursor cc = >> getContentResolver().query(ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI, >> null, null,null, null); >> if (cc.moveToFirst()){ >> String [] names = cc.getColumnNames(); >> for (int j=0; j<names.length; j++){ >> Log.d("Contacts", "COL NAME: >> "+names[j]); >> Log.d("Contacts", "========>COL VALUE: >> " +cc.getString(cc.getColumnIndexOrThrow(names[j]))+"\n\n"); >> } >> >> } >> >> to show all column names but I'm not getting any relevant information. >> I can get the phone number (data 0 or data 1), but not first, middle, >> and last. I need to access as much of the user's data for the >> algorithm to work as it compares it with other people to find trends >> and patterns. The more complete the data the better. >> >> Here's another alternative way I tried with the first cursor c1: >> >> String lookup = >> c1.getString(c.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.Contacts.LOOKUP_KEY)); >> Cursor cc = >> getContentResolver().query( >> Uri.withAppendedPath(ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_LOOKUP_URI, >> lookup), null, null, null, null); >> >> and still I cannot get the owner's or a contact's data that I want. >> >> Does anyone have any clue as to why I can't get the contact fields I >> need... or how I can get them? >> >> I really appreciate any insights. >> Thanks! >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Android Developers" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en >> > > > > -- > Dianne Hackborn > Android framework engineer > [email protected] > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such > questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and > answer them. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
