Setting contact custom ringtone, how?

Question

I know how to change phone ringtone, also how to get contacts, but how can I set a ringtone for a specific contact?

So how do I use the method: ContactsContract.Contacts.CUSTOM_RINGTONE?

I have tried it like this:

Uri contactUri = ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI;
String[] PROJECTION = new String[] {
    ContactsContract.Contacts._ID,
    ContactsContract.Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME,
    ContactsContract.Contacts.HAS_PHONE_NUMBER,
};

String SELECTION = ContactsContract.Contacts.HAS_PHONE_NUMBER + "='1'";
Cursor contacts = managedQuery(contactUri, PROJECTION, SELECTION, null, null );

while (contacts.moveToNext())
{
    String Name=contacts.getString(contacts.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.DISPLAY_NAME));
}

String str1 = contacts.getString(contacts.getColumnIndexOrThrow("_id"));

Uri localUri = Uri.withAppendedPath(ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI, str1);
ContentValues localContentValues = new ContentValues();
localContentValues.put(ContactsContract.Contacts.CUSTOM_RINGTONE, 
    f.getAbsolutePath()+"/Adveture.ogg");
    MainActivity.this.getContentResolver().update(localUri, localContentValues, null, null);

But it's not working.

Matejka

Can you add how you get the contacts? – Circassian

Did you try that code it should give you the contacts. – Matejka

What I mean is how do you let the user choose a contact and use the chosen contact as source for the above code. I found this:Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK); intent.setType(ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_TYPE); startActivityForResult(intent, CONTACT); and in the onActivityResult method I used Uri contactData = data.getData(); to get the chosen contact but get a cursorIndexOutofBounds exception – Circassian

Oooo I see, I didn't use that. I made a ListView activity where it shows all the contact names. Then the user select the name and check every contact with the name selected. – Matejka

Ok, I got it. I had to change the line localCursor.move(Integer.valueOf(contactId)); to localCursor.moveToFirst(); because I had already one contact and it was not necessary to move the cursor at a certain position. I'll post my complete answer below. – Circassian

Answer 1

I found out how it works. Below you can see the fixed code code:

    Uri contactData = ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI;
    String contactId = contactData.getLastPathSegment();

    Cursor localCursor = managedQuery(contactData, PROJECTION, null, null, null);
    localCursor.move(120/*CONTACT ID NUMBER*/);

    String str1 = localCursor.getString(localCursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow("_id"));
    String str2 = localCursor.getString(localCursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow("display_name"));
    Uri localUri = Uri.withAppendedPath(ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI, str1);
    ContentValues localContentValues = new ContentValues();

    localContentValues.put(ContactsContract.Data.RAW_CONTACT_ID, contactId);
    localContentValues.put(ContactsContract.Data.CUSTOM_RINGTONE, f.getAbsolutePath()+"/Adventure.ogg");
    getContentResolver().update(localUri, localContentValues, null, null);
    Toast.makeText(this, "Ringtone assigned to: " + str2, 0).show();

Just change the contact id number to the id of the contact you want to change.

Matejka

I keep having this error : android.database.sqlite.SQLite Exception: no such column: custom ringtone (code 1): , while compiling: update data set custom_ringtone=? – Preheat

It doesn't change ringtone? and doesn't even throw an exception! any idea? – Contempt

@Contempt Did you modify anything? This code should work without issues. – Matejka

@RotaryHear No I've tried with different contacts but it never changes the default ringtone! don't know why, though I'm on 4.4.2 kitkat – Contempt

and what's with ""/Adventure.ogg"? because I'm simply using exact file path /sdcard/rintone.mp3 – Contempt

@Contempt /Adventure.ogg is the file name. I don't really know why it's not workong eith your device. You should create a new question and paste your code – Matejka

What is "PROJECTION" here? – Bankable

@RotaryHeart, it gives me error on "f.getAbsolutePath(), . How to get path please guide – Copeland

Answer 2

To open the default contact search of android use this code:

// put that constant in your class
static public final int CONTACT_CHOOSER_ACTIVITY_CODE = 73729;

// start contact search activity within any method you like
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK);
intent.setType(ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_TYPE);
startActivityForResult(intent, CONTACT_CHOOSER_ACTIVITY_CODE);

In the onActivityResult method you can use this code (similar to Rotary Heart's code) to set the contacts ringtone:

@Override
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
    super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);

    switch (requestCode) {
        case (CONTACT_CHOOSER_ACTIVITY_CODE) :
            if (resultCode == Activity.RESULT_OK) {

                try{
                    Uri contactData = data.getData();
                    String contactId = contactData.getLastPathSegment();
                    String[] PROJECTION = new String[] {
                            ContactsContract.Contacts._ID,
                            ContactsContract.Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME,
                            ContactsContract.Contacts.HAS_PHONE_NUMBER,
                    };
                    Cursor localCursor =  getContentResolver().query(contactData, PROJECTION, null, null, null);
                    localCursor.moveToFirst();
                    //--> use moveToFirst instead of this:  localCursor.move(Integer.valueOf(contactId)); /*CONTACT ID NUMBER*/

                    String contactID = localCursor.getString(localCursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow("_id"));
                    String contactDisplayName = localCursor.getString(localCursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow("display_name"));

                    Uri localUri = Uri.withAppendedPath(ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI, contactID);
                    localCursor.close();
                    ContentValues localContentValues = new ContentValues();

                    localContentValues.put(ContactsContract.Data.RAW_CONTACT_ID, contactId);
                    localContentValues.put(ContactsContract.Data.CUSTOM_RINGTONE, f.getAbsolutePath()+"/Adventure.ogg");
                    getContentResolver().update(localUri, localContentValues, null, null);

                    Toast.makeText(this, "Ringtone assigned to: " + contactDisplayName, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

                } catch(Exception ex){
                    Toast.makeText(this, ex.getMessage(), Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                }
            }
            break;
    }

}

Note: you still have to set the f variable (in code f.getAbsolutePath()+"/Adventure.ogg") to your file (ringtone) you like to set.

This code was tested with android 2.3. Maybe there are changes necessary for higher versions.

Circassian

This code was tested with android 2.3. Maybe there are changes necessary for higher versions. – Circassian

Bro you miss to show Toast. ( .show() ) and thats not so successful toast message..!! – Gain

@Gain you're free to edit/improve my answer. Maybe you refer to a never version of Android. – Circassian