Previously, there was no generic contact icon in the framework. ContactsProvider needs to have a generic contact icon to use for contacts that don't have photos. Since there are multiple packages (MyFaves, GoogleSubscribedFeedsProvider) that use ContactsProvider.java directly, adding the icon in the ContactsProvider package is not an option. The icon is a copy of packages/apps/Contacts/res/drawable-finger/ic_contact_picture.png