You can use an instance of the ContactList class or BlackBerryContactList class in your application to add and view contact information in the contacts application on the BlackBerry® device. You can create Contact or BlackBerryContact objects to store information for individual contacts such as the name, phone number, email address, and street address.

Your application can perform tasks such as adding, deleting, and changing contact list entries.

• Multiple contact lists support
  
• Open the contacts application
  
• Open the contacts application by using contact data
  
• Open the contacts application with a specific contact list
  
• Create a contact and assign it to a contact list
  
• Retrieve contact information
  
• Retrieve a contact list UID
  
• Export a contact
  
• Import a contact
  
• Delete a contact
  
• Notify an application when a contact list changes
  
• Linking third-party contacts with contacts in the contacts application