Contact Setting
The Contact Settings section allows administrators to push a curated list of contacts directly into managed Android devices so that they appear in the device’s native phonebook automatically. This is useful for provisioning corporate directories, emergency numbers, support teams, or other key contacts that should be available to device users without manually entering them.
Navigation:
Device Management → Device Profiles → Edit Profile → Contact Settings
What This Setting Does
In a mobile fleet, administrators may want to ensure employees have access to important phone numbers such as help‑desk support, field team staff, emergency numbers, or shared company contacts. The Contact Settings UI lets you define and manage these contacts centrally so that they are automatically added to the device’s contacts list once the policy is applied.
Unlike sync from personal or corporate accounts, this is a direct MDM‑driven push of contact records to devices — the contacts get provisioned in the device address book without requiring user action.
UI Overview and Steps
Empty Contact List
When no contacts have been configured, the section will appear empty:
Add a Contact
Click Choose Contacts to open the list of available contacts from your organization’s contact repository or directory.
In the selection dialog, check the desired contacts you want to push to devices.
Click Add to include them in the contact settings for this profile.
View and Manage Added Contacts
Once contacts are added:
The contact will appear in the list with columns for Name, Primary Number, Primary Email, and two optional flags:
Set As Emergency – Mark this contact as an emergency contact on the device.
Pin to Dock – Pin the contact for quick access on supported launchers.
Save Your Changes
After adding all required contacts, click the Save button in the top right of the screen to commit the contact list to the device profile. This ensures that devices assigned to this profile will receive the defined contacts.
Remove Contacts
If you need to remove a contact from the list:
Check the box next to the contact(s) you want to delete.
Click Delete above the list.
Confirm the removal in the dialog.
How It Works on Device
When the updated profile is pushed to an Android device:
The contacts you selected will be automatically added to the native Contacts app and the phonebook, even if the user has not configured any contact sync.
Contacts provisioned via this method appear as normal entries in the device’s address book and can be used in dialers, messaging apps, and caller ID.
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