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Android APIs
public static final class

ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Photo

extends Object
implements ContactsContract.DataColumnsWithJoins
java.lang.Object
   ↳ android.provider.ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Photo

Class Overview

A data kind representing a photo for the contact.

Some sync adapters will choose to download photos in a separate pass. A common pattern is to use columns SYNC1 through SYNC4 to store temporary data, e.g. the image URL or ID, state of download, server-side version of the image. It is allowed for the PHOTO to be null.

You can use all columns defined for ContactsContract.Data as well as the following aliases.

Column aliases

Type Alias Data column
NUMBER PHOTO_FILE_ID DATA14 ID of the hi-res photo file.
BLOB PHOTO DATA15 By convention, binary data is stored in DATA15. The thumbnail of the photo is stored in this column.

Summary

Constants
String CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE MIME type used when storing this in data table.
String PHOTO Thumbnail photo of the raw contact.
String PHOTO_FILE_ID Photo file ID for the display photo of the raw contact.
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Inherited Constants
From interface android.provider.BaseColumns
From interface android.provider.ContactsContract.ContactNameColumns
From interface android.provider.ContactsContract.ContactOptionsColumns
From interface android.provider.ContactsContract.ContactStatusColumns
From interface android.provider.ContactsContract.ContactsColumns
From interface android.provider.ContactsContract.DataColumns
From interface android.provider.ContactsContract.DataUsageStatColumns
From interface android.provider.ContactsContract.RawContactsColumns
From interface android.provider.ContactsContract.StatusColumns
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Inherited Methods
From class java.lang.Object

Constants

public static final String CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE

Added in API level 5

MIME type used when storing this in data table.

Constant Value: "vnd.android.cursor.item/photo"

public static final String PHOTO

Added in API level 5

Thumbnail photo of the raw contact. This is the raw bytes of an image that could be inflated using BitmapFactory .

Type: BLOB

Constant Value: "data15"

public static final String PHOTO_FILE_ID

Photo file ID for the display photo of the raw contact. See ContactsContract.DisplayPhoto .

Type: NUMBER

Constant Value: "data14"