From set custom ringtone to specific contact number
Android has a special column for this: ContactsContract.CUSTOM_RINGTONE
.
So, you could use ContactsContract.Contacts.getLookupUri
to get your contact's Uri
, after that pretty much all that's left is to call ContentResolver.update
.
Here's an example of looking up a contact by their phone number, then applying a custom ringtone:
import android.provider.ContactsContract.Contacts;
import android.provider.ContactsContract.PhoneLookup;
// The Uri used to look up a contact by phone number
final Uri lookupUri = Uri.withAppendedPath(PhoneLookup.CONTENT_FILTER_URI, "012-345-6789");
// The columns used for `Contacts.getLookupUri`
final String[] projection = new String[] {
Contacts._ID, Contacts.LOOKUP_KEY
};
// Build your Cursor
final Cursor data = getContentResolver().query(lookupUri, projection, null, null, null);
data.moveToFirst();
try {
// Get the contact lookup Uri
final long contactId = data.getLong(0);
final String lookupKey = data.getString(1);
final Uri contactUri = Contacts.getLookupUri(contactId, lookupKey);
if (contactUri == null) {
// Invalid arguments
return;
}
// Get the path of ringtone you'd like to use
final String storage = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getPath();
final File file = new File(storage + "/AudioRecorder", "hello.mp4");
final String value = Uri.fromFile(file).toString();
// Apply the custom ringtone
final ContentValues values = new ContentValues(1);
values.put(Contacts.CUSTOM_RINGTONE, value);
getContentResolver().update(contactUri, values, null, null);
} finally {
// Don't forget to close your Cursor
data.close();
}
Also, you'll need to add both permissions to read and write contacts:
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_CONTACTS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_CONTACTS" />
To extend a bit on this, and how to modify it to your need, change phone number 012-345-6789
in this line to the one you are looking for
// The Uri used to look up a contact by phone number
final Uri lookupUri = Uri.withAppendedPath(PhoneLookup.CONTENT_FILTER_URI, "012-345-6789");
And set your default CUSTOM_RINGTONE in your phone ContactsContract. There is another, similar, option here: Setting contact custom ringtone, how?