Error: Cannot open the contact selector twice on Android

[bellalzohir]

it works well before on android 7-9 but I face this error:Cannot open the contact selector twice on Android 11

[mohamedmoawia]

I am facing the same issue, are there any updates regarding this issue?

[seanadkinson]

Looking at this function, it doesn't seem like you would get into this situation, except if opening the contact selector were remaining open, without resolving the promise. When you get this error, is it typically on a second attempt to open the selector? If so, does the first attempt succeed or fail, or do nothing?

[mohamedmoawia]

it does nothing

[mohamedmoawia]

@seanadkinson as you said it is happens with the second attempt, but the first attempts doesn't open the contacts menu on android 11, it is working with 9 and 10 but not 11

[seanadkinson]

No info in the Android logs that would help narrow it down? Some have reported issues with permissions on Android, so you might need to request READ_CONTACTS before initiating the contact selector. See this thread.

And you already added <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_CONTACTS" /> to the manifest, correct?

[mohamedmoawia]

I already added the permission to manifest, and also asking for using react-native-permissions

    let response =
      Platform.OS === 'ios'
        ? await request(PERMISSIONS.IOS.CONTACTS)
        : await request(PERMISSIONS.ANDROID.READ_CONTACTS);
    if (response === 'denied') {
      console.log('denied');
    }
    if (response == 'granted')
      return selectContactPhone().then(
        selection => {
          if (!selection) {
            return null;
          }
          let {contact, selectedPhone} = selection;
          let number = selectedPhone.number.replace(/ /g, ''); //trim spaces
          if (
            (number.startsWith('02') || number.startsWith('+2')) &&
            service.is_contact &&
            !(service.max_length == 10)
          )
            setRefrenceValue(number.slice(2));
          else setRefrenceValue(number);
          return selectedPhone.number;
        },
        err => {
          console.log('GET CONTACT NUMBER ERRRORRR: ', err);
        },
      );
  };

[mohamedmoawia]

I found the solution for this in another issue solution:

solution : Need to add below lines in AndroidManifest

......
</application>
    <queries>
        <intent>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
            <data android:mimeType="vnd.android.cursor.dir/contact" />
        </intent>
    </queries>
</manifest>

Originally posted by @SomnathKadam in #42 (comment)

[seanadkinson]

Ah, very good! Would you be interested in adding documentation, and updating our README with a PR?

[mohamedmoawia]

@seanadkinson I have no problem, but what do you mean by PR?

[seanadkinson]

PR = Pull Request. That is, branch this repo, make the change, and send it back to us in a Pull Request here on github. Thanks! Let me know if you'd like any additional guidance. Really appreciate you being willing to help keep the docs up to date.

[shubhsd]

I found the solution for this in another issue solution:

solution : Need to add below lines in AndroidManifest

......
</application>
    <queries>
        <intent>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
            <data android:mimeType="vnd.android.cursor.dir/contact" />
        </intent>
    </queries>
</manifest>

Originally posted by @SomnathKadam in #42 (comment)

Works like charm

[Tgirmay]

I have the same issue on iOS but the first time I try opening it, I get this log which appears to be the issue in #28

 [TypeError: null is not an object (evaluating 'SelectContact.openContactSelection')]

[imamrobani]

<intent-filter>
     <action android:name="android.intent.action.PICK" />
     <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
     <data android:mimeType="vnd.android.cursor.dir/contact" />
</intent-filter>

it works for me. Change action.VIEW to action.PICK

[Oluwaturheeb]

I found the solution for this in another issue solution:

solution : Need to add below lines in AndroidManifest

......
</application>
    <queries>
        <intent>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
            <data android:mimeType="vnd.android.cursor.dir/contact" />
        </intent>
    </queries>
</manifest>

Originally posted by @SomnathKadam in #42 (comment)

This worked for me on Android 13, kindly add this to the README.