How to generate a .vcf file from an object which contains contact detail and object is not in the phone book

Question

I want to generate a .vcf file for an object which contains contact information like name, image, phone number, fax number, email id, address etc. This object is not added in th

Answer 1

You might be interested in using a vCard library instead of creating the vCard string by hand. That way, you don't have to worry about all the formatting details, like which characters to escape. ez-vcard is one such library.

Using ez-vcard, the vCard in @AleksG's code sample would be generated like so:

Person p = getPerson();

File vcfFile = new File(this.getExternalFilesDir(null), "generated.vcf");

VCard vcard = new VCard();
vcard.setVersion(VCardVersion.V3_0);

StructuredNameType n = new StructuredNameType();
n.setFamily(p.getSurname());
n.setGiven(p.getFirstName());
vcard.setStructuredName(n);

vcard.setFormattedName(new FormattedNameType(p.getFirstName() + " " + p.getSurname()));

OrganizationType org = new OrganizationType();
org.addValue(p.getCompanyName());
vcard.setOrganization(org);

vcard.addTitle(new TitleType(p.getTitle()));

TelephoneType tel = new TelephoneType(p.getWorkPhone());
tel.addType(TelephoneTypeParameter.WORK));
tel.addType(TelephoneTypeParameter.VOICE));
vcard.addTelephoneNumber(tel);

tel = new TelephoneType(p.getHomePhone());
tel.addType(TelephoneTypeParameter.HOME));
tel.addType(TelephoneTypeParameter.VOICE));
vcard.addTelephoneNumber(tel);

AddressType adr = new AddressType();
adr.setStreetAddress(p.getStreet());
adr.setLocality(p.getCity());
adr.setRegion(p.getState());
adr.setPostalCode(p.getPostcode());
adr.setCountry(p.getCountry());
adr.addType(AddressTypeParameter.WORK);
vcard.addAddress(adr);

EmailType email = new EmailType(p.getEmailAddress());
email.addType(EmailTypeParameter.PREF);
email.addType(EmailTypeParameter.INTERNET);
vcard.addEmail(email);

vcard.write(vcfFile);

Intent i = new Intent();
i.setAction(android.content.Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
i.setDataAndType(Uri.fromFile(vcfFile), "text/x-vcard");
startActivity(i);