Edit: I have tried this on multiple APIs and also an actual android device and it still crashes on save.
I'm developing a contact based app on android using Tools for Apache Cordova for Visual Studio and the cordova contacts plugin (v2.13). I can currently save and retrieve contacts but I cannot UPDATE a contact. I am using the genymotion emulator. and the devices native contact list.
You are supposed to be able to update a contact by passing in the a contact ID that already exists.
I have the contact object and all the fields are being populated but the app just crashes with no error messages when I try to save it.
I am aware this WAS an issue in contacts v1.3 and lower but it has been marked as resolved on their issues list.
Contact Issue Resolution Documentation
Here is a screenshot of my object and also the full AngularJS code
droidSync.controller('managerController', function ($scope) {
//Initialize model
$scope.contact = {};
// Create a new contact
$scope.createContact = function () {
// Contact Object
contact = navigator.contacts.create();
$scope.saveContact();
};
// Pick Contact from Device
$scope.editContact = function () {
contact = navigator.contacts.pickContact(function(contact){
console.log(contact);
//This only updates the text fields. It does not actually assign new values to the object
$scope.$apply(function () {
$scope.contact.firstName = contact.name.givenName;
$scope.contact.lastName = contact.name.familyName;
$scope.contact.mobileNo = contact.phoneNumbers[0].value;
$scope.contact.homeNo = contact.phoneNumbers[1].value;
$scope.contact.email = contact.emails[0].value;
$scope.contact.id = contact.id;
});
})
};
// Delete Contact from Device
$scope.deleteContact = function () {
//Delete Function Here
};
$scope.saveContact = function () {
var contact = navigator.contacts.create();
if ($scope.contact.id !== "undefined") {
contact.id = $scope.contact.id;
}
// Display Name and Email
contact.displayName = $scope.contact.firstName;
contact.nickname = $scope.contact.lastName;
var emails = [];
emails[0] = new ContactField('work', $scope.contact.email, true)
contact.emails = emails;
// Phone Numbers
var phoneNumbers = [];
phoneNumbers[0] = new ContactField('mobile', $scope.contact.mobileNo, true); // preferred number
phoneNumbers[1] = new ContactField('home', $scope.contact.homeNo, false);
contact.phoneNumbers = phoneNumbers;
// Names
var name = new ContactName();
name.givenName = $scope.contact.firstName;
name.familyName = $scope.contact.lastName;
contact.name = name;
// save to device
contact.save();
}
});
droidSync.controller('settingsController', function ($scope) {
});
Well turns out it was the main scripts file being loaded in the wrong place... I had it referenced in the
<head>tag and it needed to go in where the cordova references go at the end of the<body>