ContactManager Class

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Definition

Namespace:: Windows.ApplicationModel.Contacts

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Represents a service that source apps can call to access contact data.

public ref class ContactManager abstract sealed

/// [Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ContractVersion(Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract, 65536)]
/// [Windows.Foundation.Metadata.MarshalingBehavior(Windows.Foundation.Metadata.MarshalingType.Agile)]
class ContactManager final

[Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ContractVersion(typeof(Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract), 65536)]
[Windows.Foundation.Metadata.MarshalingBehavior(Windows.Foundation.Metadata.MarshalingType.Agile)]
public static class ContactManager

Public Class ContactManager

Inheritance: Object Platform::Object IInspectable ContactManager

Attributes: ContractVersionAttribute MarshalingBehaviorAttribute

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

All relevant methods of this class are static methods.

For info about how to manage contacts, see Contacts and calendar.

Version history

Windows version	SDK version	Value added
1607	14393	GetForUser
1703	15063	IncludeMiddleNameInSystemDisplayAndSort
1703	15063	IsShowFullContactCardSupportedAsync

Properties

IncludeMiddleNameInSystemDisplayAndSort	Gets or sets a Boolean that indicates whether the middle name of a contact is included in the DisplayName and SortName of a contact.
SystemDisplayNameOrder	Gets or sets the display name order.
SystemSortOrder	Gets or sets the sort order.

Methods

ConvertContactToVCardAsync(Contact)	Asynchronously converts a Contact to a vCard.
ConvertContactToVCardAsync(Contact, UInt32)	Asynchronously converts a Contact to a vCard.
ConvertVCardToContactAsync(IRandomAccessStreamReference)	Asynchronously converts a vCard to a Contact.
GetForUser(User)	Gets the ContactManagerForUser object for the specified user.
IsShowContactCardSupported()	Gets a Boolean value that indicates whether the ShowContactCard method is supported on the current platform.
IsShowDelayLoadedContactCardSupported()	Gets a Boolean value that indicates whether the ShowDelayLoadedContactCard method is supported on the current platform.
IsShowFullContactCardSupportedAsync()	Gets a Boolean value that indicates whether the ShowFullContactCard method is supported on the current platform.
RequestAnnotationStoreAsync(ContactAnnotationStoreAccessType)	Asynchronously requests access to the ContactAnnotationStore.
RequestStoreAsync()	Retrieves a ContactStore object that enables searching or retrieving contacts on the device.
RequestStoreAsync(ContactStoreAccessType)	Retrieves a ContactStore object that enables searching or retrieving contacts on the device.
ShowContactCard(Contact, Rect)	Queries the operating system for a user’s contact and shows the contact data in a contact card.
ShowContactCard(Contact, Rect, Placement)	Queries the operating system for a user’s contact and shows the contact data in a contact card.
ShowContactCard(Contact, Rect, Placement, ContactCardOptions)	Shows a contact card with the specified parameters.
ShowDelayLoadedContactCard(Contact, Rect, Placement)	Shows a contact card that can be updated later if the contact does not exist in the user’s contact database.
ShowDelayLoadedContactCard(Contact, Rect, Placement, ContactCardOptions)	Shows a contact card that can be updated later if the contact does not exist in the user’s contact database.
ShowFullContactCard(Contact, FullContactCardOptions)	Queries the operating system for a user’s contact and shows the contact data in a full contact card.

Applies to