Xamarin Essentials getting Full contacts

Question

I am using Xamarin Essentials (1.6.0) in my project. I am able get contacts from Android and Iphone but it is only giving me Displayname, Phonenumbers and Emails. Is there any way I can get full address stored in contacts as well?

Any help appreciated.

Answer 1

Hello,

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Please try to update your Xamarin.Essentials nuget to the latest version (1.6.1), then when we use the following code,we can get the full contact .

try  
{  
    var contact = await Contacts.PickContactAsync();  

    if(contact == null)  
        return;  

    var id = contact.Id;  
    var namePrefix = contact.NamePrefix;  
    var givenName = contact.GivenName;  
    var middleName = contact.MiddleName;  
    var familyName = contact.FamilyName;  
    var nameSuffix = contact.NameSuffix;  
    var displayName = contact.DisplayName;  
    var phones = contact.Phones; // List of phone numbers  
    var emails = contact.Emails; // List of email addresses  
}  
catch (Exception ex)  
{  
    // Handle exception here.  
}  

And when we click into the source code of Contact of Xamarin.Essentials, we will find that nuget Xamarin.Essentials has expose the following fields for us:

For more details, you can check: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/xamarin/essentials/contacts?tabs=android

Best Regards,

Jessie Zhang

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