Can't access/read SIM phonebook in Nokia

[crazywizard]

Hi all, am trying to access both the Phone's phonebook and SIM phonenook on Nokia 5130c-2 XpressMusic.
The app runs without errors but it only returns the numbers from the phone's Phonebook. When I list the available phonebooks using this code

String[] all_contact_lists=PIM.getInstance().listPIMLists(PIM.CONTACT_LIST);

it gives me both the Phonebook and SIM card lists. i.e
1. Phone
2. SIM

I have tried explicitly reading from the SIM card using this code but it still returns nothing(even though I have numbers saved in the SIM card.)

ContactList clist = (ContactList) PIM.getInstance().openPIMList(PIM.CONTACT_LIST, PIM.READ_ONLY,
                    "SIM");

Here's my complete code::

import javax.microedition.midlet.*;
import javax.microedition.pim.*;
import com.sun.lwuit.*;
import java.util.*;

public class contacts extends MIDlet
{
    private List my_list=new List();
    private String[] names=null;
    public void startApp()
    {
        Display.init(this);
       Form my_form=new Form("Contacts List");       
       String[] all_contact_lists=PIM.getInstance().listPIMLists(PIM.CONTACT_LIST);
       //Iterate through available phonebooks
       for(int db=0; db<all_contact_lists.length; db++)
       {
        try {
            ContactList clist = (ContactList) PIM.getInstance().openPIMList(PIM.CONTACT_LIST, PIM.READ_ONLY,
                    all_contact_lists[db]);
            Enumeration contacts=clist.items();
            while(contacts.hasMoreElements())
            {
                Contact contact=(Contact)contacts.nextElement();
                try{
                    String phone_contact="";
                    names=contact.getStringArray(Contact.NAME, 0);
                    for(int i=0; i<names.length; i++)
                    {
                        if(names[i]!=null)
                            phone_contact+=" "+names[i];
                    }
                    //my_list.addItem(phone_contact);
                    int phone_numbers=contact.countValues(Contact.TEL);
                    if(phone_numbers>0)
                    {
                         String number=contact.getString(Contact.TEL,0);
                        my_list.addItem(phone_contact+":"+number);
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        my_list.addItem(phone_contact);
                    }
                    //clist.removeContact(contact);
                }
                catch (Throwable t) {
            t.printStackTrace();
            }

            }
        } catch (PIMException ex) {
            ex.printStackTrace();
        }
       }
       //my_list.addItem(all_contact_lists);
       my_list.setRenderingPrototype("WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW");
       my_form.addComponent(my_list);
       my_form.show();
       }
    public void pauseApp(){}
    public void destroyApp(boolean unconditional){}


}

[hartti]

In general Series 40 phones support SIM phonebook, whereas S60 / Symbian devices, do not, so you should be able to do that.

When you say that you get nothing, do you mean that you can see the other contacts ok, but not the contacts on SIM card?

I did not find any mistakes in your code during a cursory look, but I did not test the code at all.
More information about PIM API
http://library.developer.nokia.com/t...39613197F.html

Hartti

[crazywizard]

Thanks Hartti for the reply. About getting nothing, I get results from the phone's phonebook but no results from the SIM cards phonebook.

[hartti]

Sorry, but stupid question: And you are certain that there are contacts on the SIM card as well?
Can you also create a new contact on the SIM card (manually) and see if you can find that contact?

Hartti

[crazywizard]

I have tried explicitly reading from the SIM card using this code but it still returns nothing(even though I have numbers saved in the SIM card.)

Yes, the SIM card is fine. I can CRUD(Create Remove Update and Delete) contacts from it. And ALL contacts from the SIM card are natively accessible by the phone. Problem is that while my J2ME app CAN get an instance to the SIM phonebook, I don't get results for the stored contacts. Please also keep in mind that no exception is thrown, just that the result is empty.!

[hananbercu]

try to print out the value of all_contact_lists[db] after entering the for loop no all_contact_lists.

It should write the name of the contact list in this device

How ever I don't read the SIM in samsung, Series 60 and when the device's heapSize is less than 512Kb

In these cases I use only:
PIM.getInstance().openPIMList(PIM.CONTACT_LIST, PIM.READ_ONLY)