How Do I Create A Group With A Source_id Reference?

Update I finally figured this one out: The key is to create the group with an account name and account type, something that is not really apparent looking at the documentation (the

Solution 1:

I finally figured this one out: The key is to create the group with an account name and account type, something that is not really apparent looking at the documentation (there are no fields with those name in ContactsContract.Groups they are in the SyncColumns). When you create the group with those two values, the sync process will generate the source_id for you, at which point you can add member using either the group row id or the source_id.

Here is some sample code if anyone needs it.

ContentValues values = new ContentValues(); 
values.put(ContactsContract.Groups.TITLE,"yourGroupName");
values.put(ContactsContract.Groups.ACCOUNT_TYPE,"com.google");
values.put(ContactsContract.Groups.ACCOUNT_NAME,"someuser@gmail.com");
values.put(ContactsContract.Groups.GROUP_VISIBLE,1);
context.getContentResolver().insert(ContactsContract.Groups.CONTENT_URI, values);

then to add members:

values = new ContentValues();
values.put(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.GroupMembership.MIMETYPE,ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.GroupMembership.CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE);
values.put(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.GroupMembership.RAW_CONTACT_ID, 22);
//values.put(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.GroupMembership.GROUP_ROW_ID,  56);
// the above or 
values.put(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.GroupMembership.GROUP_SOURCE_ID,"sourceIdthatIsFilledInAfterSync");
context.getContentResolver().insert(ContactsContract.Data.CONTENT_URI,values);

Solution 2:

The data in sourceid still needs to be set in the second example before you are able to retrieve it.

here is what the docs have to say about sourceid:

String SOURCE_ID read/write:

String that uniquely identifies this row to its source account. Typically it is set at the time the raw contact is inserted and never changed afterwards. The one notable exception is a new raw contact: it will have an account name and type (and possibly a data set), but no source id. This indicates to the sync adapter that a new contact needs to be created server-side and its ID stored in the corresponding SOURCE_ID field on the phone.