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DefaultAccount
class DefaultAccount
Class containing utility methods around the default account. New raw contacts requested to be inserted without a specified Account will be saved in the default account.
Summary
| Nested classes |
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Represents the state of the default account, and the actual Account if it's a cloud account.
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| Constants |
| static String |
Action used to launch the UI to move contacts to the default account.
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Constants
static val ACTION_MOVE_CONTACTS_TO_DEFAULT_ACCOUNT: String
Action used to launch the UI to move contacts to the default account.
Value: "android.provider.action.MOVE_CONTACTS_TO_DEFAULT_ACCOUNT"
Public methods
static fun getDefaultAccountForNewContacts(resolver: ContentResolver): ContactsContract.RawContacts.DefaultAccount.DefaultAccountAndState
Get the account that is set as the default account for new contacts, which should be initially selected when creating a new contact on contact management apps.
| Parameters |
resolver |
ContentResolver: the ContentResolver to query. This value cannot be null. |
| Exceptions |
java.lang.RuntimeException |
if failed to look up the default account. |
java.lang.IllegalStateException |
if the default account is in an invalid state. |
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Last updated 2025-03-13 UTC.
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New raw contacts requested to be inserted without a specified [Account](../accounts/Account.html#) will be saved in the default account.\n\nSummary\n-------\n\n| Nested classes ||\n|---|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| | [DefaultAccountAndState](/reference/kotlin/android/provider/ContactsContract.RawContacts.DefaultAccount.DefaultAccountAndState) Represents the state of the default account, and the actual [Account](../accounts/Account.html#) if it's a cloud account. |\n\n| Constants ||\n|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| static [String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html) | [ACTION_MOVE_CONTACTS_TO_DEFAULT_ACCOUNT](#ACTION_MOVE_CONTACTS_TO_DEFAULT_ACCOUNT:kotlin.String) Action used to launch the UI to move contacts to the default account. |\n\n| Public methods ||\n|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| static [ContactsContract.RawContacts.DefaultAccount.DefaultAccountAndState](/reference/kotlin/android/provider/ContactsContract.RawContacts.DefaultAccount.DefaultAccountAndState) | [getDefaultAccountForNewContacts](#getDefaultAccountForNewContacts(android.content.ContentResolver))`(`resolver:` `[ContentResolver](../content/ContentResolver.html#)`)` Get the account that is set as the default account for new contacts, which should be initially selected when creating a new contact on contact management apps. |\n\nConstants\n---------\n\n### ACTION_MOVE_CONTACTS_TO_DEFAULT_ACCOUNT\n\nAdded in [API level 36](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels) \n\n```\nstatic val ACTION_MOVE_CONTACTS_TO_DEFAULT_ACCOUNT: String\n```\n\nAction used to launch the UI to move contacts to the default account. \n\n Value: \"android.provider.action.MOVE_CONTACTS_TO_DEFAULT_ACCOUNT\"\n\nPublic methods\n--------------\n\n### getDefaultAccountForNewContacts\n\nAdded in [API level 36](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels) \n\n```\nstatic fun getDefaultAccountForNewContacts(resolver: ContentResolver): ContactsContract.RawContacts.DefaultAccount.DefaultAccountAndState\n```\n\nGet the account that is set as the default account for new contacts, which should be initially selected when creating a new contact on contact management apps.\n\n| Parameters ||\n|------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| `resolver` | [ContentResolver](../content/ContentResolver.html#): the ContentResolver to query. This value cannot be `null`. |\n\n| Return ||\n|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| [ContactsContract.RawContacts.DefaultAccount.DefaultAccountAndState](/reference/kotlin/android/provider/ContactsContract.RawContacts.DefaultAccount.DefaultAccountAndState) | the default account state for new contacts. This value cannot be `null`. |\n\n| Exceptions ||\n|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|\n| `java.lang.RuntimeException` | if failed to look up the default account. |\n| `java.lang.IllegalStateException` | if the default account is in an invalid state. |"]]
