The Windows Phone 7 API exposes a launcher ( SavePhoneNumberTask ) that will launch the contacts and enable to save the provided phone number to the contacts list .
To use this launcher , we might include the namespace Microsoft.Phone.Tasks.
using Microsoft.Phone.Tasks;
The SavePhoneNumberTask chooser has a property PhoneNumber which can be used to set the phone number and the show method to launch the contacts application .
You should make sure that you set the phone number before you call the show method .Â
private void PhoneApplicationPage_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) { SavePhoneNumberTask savePhoneNumber = new SavePhoneNumberTask();
savePhoneNumber.Completed += new EventHandler<TaskEventArgs>(savePhoneNumber_Completed);
savePhoneNumber.PhoneNumber = "1987654320";
savePhoneNumber.Show(); } void savePhoneNumber_Completed(object sender, TaskEventArgs e) {
MessageBox.Show("Phone Number Saved");
}
When the savePhoneNumber.Show() method is called , the Contacts screen in WP7 is shown which enables the user to add the Phone Number to a new Contact or include the phone number to the existing user .
Once the phone number is saved , the user should press the back key to come back to the App .
Also note that similar to ComposeSMSTask , the current API doesn’t support saving the contact without opening the Contact Screen .
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Hi,
Is it possible to retrieve the phone number, modify it and save it back?
As far as i know , It is possible only via the user interaction … via Launchers …