Contacts SDK

An Android SDK for reading device contacts with Ethereum (ETH) address and ENS name support. Built for the ethOS ecosystem.

ETH addresses are stored in the DATA15 field of Android's ContactsContract, and ENS names are stored in SharedPreferences — the same convention used by the ethOS Contacts app.

Setup

1. Add JitPack repository

In your root settings.gradle.kts:

dependencyResolutionManagement {
    repositories {
        // ...
        maven { setUrl("https://jitpack.io") }
    }
}

2. Add the dependency

In your module build.gradle.kts:

dependencies {
    implementation("com.github.EthereumPhone:ContactsSDK:0.1.0")
}

3. Add permissions

Add to your AndroidManifest.xml:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_CONTACTS" />
<!-- Only needed if you want to write ETH addresses to contacts -->
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_CONTACTS" />

Make sure to request these permissions at runtime on Android 6.0+.

Usage

Initialize

val contactsSDK = ContactsSDK(context)

Get all contacts

val contacts = contactsSDK.getContacts()

for (contact in contacts) {
    println("${contact.displayName}: ${contact.ethAddress ?: "no ETH address"}")
}

Get contacts with ETH addresses only

val ethContacts = contactsSDK.getContactsWithEthAddress()

Get contacts with ENS names only

val ensContacts = contactsSDK.getContactsWithEns()

Get contacts with any Ethereum data (ETH address or ENS)

val web3Contacts = contactsSDK.getContactsWithEthData()

Get a specific contact by ID

val contact = contactsSDK.getContactById("123")
contact?.let {
    println("Name: ${it.displayName}")
    println("ETH: ${it.ethAddress}")
    println("ENS: ${it.ensName}")
    println("Phone: ${it.phoneNumber}")
    println("Email: ${it.email}")
}

Write an ETH address to a contact

contactsSDK.setEthAddress(contactId = 123L, address = "0xd8dA6BF26964aF9D7eEd9e03E53415D37aA96045")

Write an ENS name to a contact

contactsSDK.setEnsName(contactId = 123L, ensName = "vitalik.eth")

Add a new contact with ETH data

val newContactId = contactsSDK.addContact(
    displayName = "Vitalik Buterin",
    phoneNumber = "[phone]",
    email = "[e-mail]",
    ethAddress = "0xd8dA6BF26964aF9D7eEd9e03E53415D37aA96045",
    ensName = "vitalik.eth"
)

Contact Model

data class Contact(
    val contactId: String,
    val displayName: String,
    val phoneNumber: String?,
    val email: String?,
    val photoUri: String?,
    val ethAddress: String?,
    val ensName: String?
)

Helper properties:

• contact.hasEthAddress — true if the contact has a valid ETH address

• contact.hasEns — true if the contact has an ENS name

How ETH data is stored

This SDK uses the same storage convention as the ethOS Contacts app:

Data	Storage Location
ETH Address	ContactsContract.Data.DATA15 under StructuredName MIME type
ENS Name	SharedPreferences with key "ENS_{contactId}" in "contact_prefs" file

If DATA15 contains a valid ETH address (0x + 40 hex chars), it's parsed as an ETH address. Otherwise, if it contains a dot (e.g., vitalik.eth), it's treated as an ENS name.

Github Repo:

GitHub - EthereumPhone/ContactsSDKGitHub