ContactInformation Class

Definition

Contains the information about a contact.

Note

ContactInformation may be altered or unavailable for releases after Windows 8.1. Instead, use Contact.

public ref class ContactInformation sealed
/// [Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ContractVersion(Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract, 65536)]
class ContactInformation final
[Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ContractVersion(typeof(Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract), 65536)]
public sealed class ContactInformation
Public NotInheritable Class ContactInformation
Inheritance
Object Platform::Object IInspectable ContactInformation
Attributes

Windows requirements

Device family
Windows 10 (introduced in 10.0.10240.0)
API contract
Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract (introduced in v1.0)
App capabilities
contactsSystem

Remarks

Note

Because you don't use PickSingleContactAsync and PickMultipleContactsAsync in your Windows 8.1 and later apps, you don't instantiate ContactInformation objects in your Windows 8.1 and later apps.This table shows existing Windows 8 ContactInformation properties and their equivalent Windows 8.1 Contact properties.

Windows 8 ContactInformation propertyWindows 8.1 Contact property
Contact.NameContact.Name
Contact.ThumbnailContact.Thumbnail
Contact.FieldsContact.Emails
Contact.Fields where ContactField.Value = Address and ContactField.Category = ContactFieldCategory.Home or ContactFieldCategory.OtherContact.Addresses
Contact.FieldsContact.Phones
ContactField.ValueContactEmail.Address
ContactField.Category(Home,Work,Other)ContactEmail.Kind(Personal,Work,Other)
ContactField.ValueContactPhone.Number
ContactField.Category(Home, Work, Mobile, Other)ContactPhone.Kind(Home,Work,Mobile,Other)
Contact.Fields where ContactField.Value = CompanyAddress and ContactField.Category = ContactFieldCategory.WorkContactJobInfo.CompanyAddress

Typically, you access ContactInformation objects as the result of asynchronous method and/or function calls. For example, both of the static methods PickSingleContactAsync and PickMultipleContactsAsync return ContactInformation objects that represent the selected contact.

When your app receives contact information from a contact provider, the data for each contact is returned in a ContactInformation object.

Properties

CustomFields

A read-only list of the custom fields stored with the contact.

Note

ContactInformation may be altered or unavailable for releases after Windows 8.1. Instead, use Contact.

Emails

A read-only list of email addresses stored with the contact.

Note

ContactInformation may be altered or unavailable for releases after Windows 8.1. Instead, use Contact.

InstantMessages

A read-only list of instant messaging accounts stored with the contact.

Note

ContactInformation may be altered or unavailable for releases after Windows 8.1. Instead, use Contact.

Locations

A read-only list of locations stored with the contact.

Note

ContactInformation may be altered or unavailable for releases after Windows 8.1. Instead, use Contact.

Name

The name of the contact.

Note

ContactInformation may be altered or unavailable for releases after Windows 8.1. Instead, use Contact.

PhoneNumbers

A read-only list of phone numbers stored with the contact.

Note

ContactInformation may be altered or unavailable for releases after Windows 8.1. Instead, use Contact.

Methods

GetThumbnailAsync()

Gets the thumbnail image for the contact.

Note

ContactInformation may be altered or unavailable for releases after Windows 8.1. Instead, use Contact.

QueryCustomFields(String)

Enables you to get the value for a custom field that is stored with a contact.

Note

ContactInformation may be altered or unavailable for releases after Windows 8.1. Instead, use Contact.

Applies to