Contacts are not working, not invoked at all

Ionic Native
1 
    addContact(): void {
        alert('addContact invoked');
        let contact: Contact = this.contacts.create();
        contact.name = new ContactName('', 'Smith', 'John');
        let number = new ContactField('mobile', '6471234567');
        contact.phoneNumbers = [number];
        alert('contact created + ' + contact.name + ' ' + contact.phoneNumbers);
        contact.save().then(
            () => alert('Contact saved!' + contact),
            (error: any) => alert('Error saving contact.' + error)
        ).catch(error => {
            alert('error occurred while adding contact')
        });
        alert('Contact should be saved');
    }
2

nothing happens, alert is not invoked in (then)
Contact is not saved, same goes with contacts.find()

3

I assume you are testing on device and have set the permissions correctly in the config.xml to allow access to the contacts?

4

Hi.Yes , please assume that permissions are set OK and plugin is installed according to the documentation. Although, inspecting it from browser, with connected device , I get:
Native: tried calling Contacts.create, but the Contacts plugin is not installed.

5

Yes,Ionic Native modules into app.module.ts file and included them in the provider array

6

Please find related info to this:
config.xml
<plugin name="cordova-plugin-contacts" spec="3.0.1" />

package.json
"cordova-plugin-contacts": "3.0.1",
"@ionic-native/contacts": "^5.2.0",
"cordova-plugin-contacts": {},

7

fixed it by manually deleting node_modules and ran npm install again

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8

You will also need to include this in your config.xml if you are targeting iOS:

<platform name="ios">
    <config-file parent="NSContactsUsageDescription" target="*info.plist">
      <string>MESSAGE TO THE USER</string>
    </config-file>
</platform>
9

thanks Chris. Now i’m focused on Android, but definitely will come back to this :slight_smile: