HowTo: Use AddContact method from Contacts external object

The purpose of this article is to explain how to use the AddContact method offered by the Contacts External Object for adding a contact through a Native Mobile app.

Step 1

Create a Transaction object with the following attributes:

Customer
{
  CustomerId*
  CustomerName
  CustomerLastName
}

Step 2

Apply the Work With pattern to it.

Step 3

Using the AddContact method you will be able to add a contact through the app to be stored in the device.

The method expects the following parameters:

In the Work With tab, go to the Section (General) node located under the Detail node:

Define the following event in the Events tab:

Event 'AddToContacts'
     AddressBook.AddContact(PersonName, PersonLastName, PersonEmail, PersonPhone, CompanyName, '' , PersonMessage)
Endevent

Step 4

Finally, go to the Layout tab and insert in the Application Bar a button associated with the 'AddToContact' event.