Is there a simple way to check if an incoming caller is a contact in Android?

Question

When an Android phone receives a call it automatically checks if the call exists in its own contact database. I was wondering if there is a simple way to access that information

Answer 1

Here is the code for 2.0 and later

    Uri uri = Uri.withAppendedPath(PhoneLookup.CONTENT_FILTER_URI, Uri.encode(phoneNumber));
    Cursor cursor = resolver.query(uri, new String[]{PhoneLookup.DISPLAY_NAME}, null, null, null);        

    if (cursor != null && cursor.moveToFirst()) {
        String name = cursor.getString(0);
        cursor.close();
    }