Import contact vfc

[nir hasan]

Hey !

So here is my issue .

I am doing some kind of automation , via adb .

I would like to import vcf file via adb , I've tried lots of stuff with any success unfortunately 

So i thought about automate .

To have a flow and run it via adb .

However when looking into the flows and in the community flow i was not able to find anything on the matter .

Any help would be appreciated .

(The only thing i found was really outdated like 10y ago with old google contacts which doesn't have this intent anymore)

I want to fill automate that via adb 

Thanks!!

[nir hasan]

i even tried with a different app to do it automatically , however the app does not seems to find the file , AND it requires select where i want to store the data , and to press ok

adb shell am start -t "text/x-vcard" -d "file:///sdcard/contacts_20240604190946.vcf" -a android.intent.action.VIEW com.simplemobiletools.contacts.pro

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[Henrik "The Developer" Lindqvist]

It seems Android lacks any built-in API import vcard files, there may only be an graphical UI to do so, try launching it with a flow like:

1. Flow beginning
2. File pick: Content type=File, Picked path=file
3. App start: Action=View, Data URI=fileUri(file), MIME type=text/x-vcard, Flags=Grant URI read permission

If you must do it without user intervention then try using the Interact block block to simulate clicks on any OK/import button.

To do it without an UI then try parsing the vcard format then use the Contact add or Content insert blocks.

[nir hasan]

parsing the vcf is impossible , there is like hundreds contacts , doing it by hand  neva ! this is why i want to automate things :D  

i mean it must be quick aswell so parsing and adding one by one will take time , to long .

i did thought about doing it as interact block , i tried im not gona lie , but it stoped after one click , i thought it would've do the whole thing , 

i need to record each press in each block 

i havent understand what you meant with 

1. Flow beginning
2. File pick: Content type=File, Picked path=file
3. App start: Action=View, Data URI=fileUri(file), MIME type=text/x-vcard, Flags=Grant URI read permission

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[nir hasan]

i set file pick?

types > File

i tried with initial path > location of the file  and without .

picked path > file

when running the flow it is stuck on File Pick ,  so i helped it abit by ticking >

show windows directly if possible > V 

so i can pick the file manually .

i am selecting the file , manually 

it opens the app saying invalid file format  (when it is 100% working if i do it within the app) 

[Henrik "The Developer" Lindqvist]

Odd, try changing #4:

• App start: Action=View, Data URI=fileUri(file,"f"), MIME type=text/x-vcard

If that doesn't work then:

• App start: Action=View, Data URI=fileUri(file,"f"), MIME type=text/vcard

[nir hasan]

Neither worked , i am showing you just incase i fucked up something 

[Henrik "The Developer" Lindqvist]

In the App start block you need to click the fx icon before writing in the fileUri(..), otherwise it will be interpreted as a text literal.

[nir hasan]

Invalid format aswell.

But that wouldn't work to because its manual and i want to be fully automated.

Is that possible to record a full chain of clicks within one block ?

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[Henrik "The Developer" Lindqvist]

It was just an example, if you know the path to the file, then just write it in, e.g. fileUri("Documents/test.vcf")

The "Record interaction" button can record multiple clicks, but in the flow each will need a separate Interact block.