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A read-only contact is an in-app contact that is added though an android app like WhatsApp, Viber, or Facebook messenger. These read-only contacts are stored temporarily by the respective app on the phone's storage. The main problem with read-only android contacts is that they can't be deleted.
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I've created a custom SyncAdapter and given it the following XML:
Thousands of searches has led me to 'supportsUploading='true' but this is definitely not the case - contacts are still being marked as read-only.
Since most of the documentation has a very 'self-explanatory' vibe to it (Which is definitely not the case), I have no idea where to begin. Could someone please give me direction on this?
Edit: I even verified that the Account was in line with what Google has set for their accounts:
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The problem turned out to be that the contacts information has to be set up in a very particular way. It includes having an XML file with a ContactsAccountType definition, a sync adapter XML file (sync-adapter) with android:supportsUploading='true' set... And there appears to be no one particular solution to this - if anything is not set up fully, the OS will treat ALL contacts as read-only.
I was able to copy the default contact from AOSP and modify it, removing things very slowly, one at a time (As like I mentioned, one wrong removal means read only) until I got it down to what was necessary.
The downside is, because both the OS as well as any function related will return that the contact is editable, it does not mean that the OS will allow it.
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