title: How can I programmatically add a contact?
body: <p>I am trying to programmatically add a contact in Android. Here is my code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>ArrayList&lt;ContentProviderOperation&gt; ops = new ArrayList&lt;ContentProviderOperation&gt;();
  int rawContactInsertIndex = ops.size();
  
  ops.add(ContentProviderOperation.newInsert(RawContacts.CONTENT_URI)
      .withValue(ContactsContract.RawContacts.ACCOUNT_TYPE,"Google")
      .withValue(ContactsContract.RawContacts.ACCOUNT_NAME,"user1@gmail.com") .build());
  
  ops.add(ContentProviderOperation.newInsert(ContactsContract.Data.CONTENT_URI)
      .withValueBackReference(Data.RAW_CONTACT_ID,rawContactInsertIndex)
      .withValue(ContactsContract.Data.MIMETYPE,ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.StructuredName.CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE)
      .withValue(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.StructuredName.DISPLAY_NAME, name)
      .build());
  
  
  ops.add(ContentProviderOperation.newInsert(ContactsContract.Data.CONTENT_URI)
      .withValueBackReference(ContactsContract.Data.RAW_CONTACT_ID, rawContactInsertIndex)
      .withValue(ContactsContract.Data.MIMETYPE,ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE)
      .withValue(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.NUMBER, phone)
      .withValue(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.TYPE, phoneType)
      .build());
  
  
  ops.add(ContentProviderOperation.newInsert(ContactsContract
      .Data.CONTENT_URI)
      .withValueBackReference(ContactsContract.Data.RAW_CONTACT_ID,rawContactInsertIndex)
      .withValue(ContactsContract.Data.MIMETYPE,ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Email.CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE)
      .withValue(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Email.DATA, email)
      .withValue(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Email.TYPE, emailType)
      .build());
  
  try {
      getContentResolver().applyBatch(ContactsContract.AUTHORITY, ops);
      Context ctx = getApplicationContext();
      CharSequence txt = "Contact " + name +" added successfully";
      int duration = Toast.LENGTH_LONG;
      Toast toast = Toast.makeText(ctx, txt, duration);
      toast.show();
  } catch (Exception e) {
      Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"error",Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Am I doing this correctly? How can I add an account name and account type?</p>
  
  <p><strong>NOTE: I don't have any account created. Is it mandatory to have account in order to add a contact?</strong></p>