AutoComplete with name and number as in native sms app Android

Question

I want to add an AutoCompleteTextView in my app and search contacts by name and number as done in the native SMS app with android. I have looked on the internet

Answer 1

I have already done something similar in the past that's what I've done:

note: you will get Autocompletion after taping two character

The layout file uses an AutoCompleteView, its basically an EditText with a dropdown list that appears as you type in it. The .xml file in youe example looks like this:

To create the custom view used in the AutoCompleteView you have to declare another .xml file called custcontview.xml and it will looks like this:

now In your Activity:

public class ContactActivity extends Activity {

    private ArrayList> mPeopleList;

    private SimpleAdapter mAdapter;
    private AutoCompleteTextView mTxtPhoneNo;

/** Called when the activity is first created. */

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);

        mPeopleList = new ArrayList>();
        PopulatePeopleList();
        mTxtPhoneNo = (AutoCompleteTextView) findViewById(R.id.mmWhoNo);

        mAdapter = new SimpleAdapter(this, mPeopleList, R.layout.custcontview ,new String[] { "Name", "Phone" , "Type" }, new int[] { R.id.ccontName, R.id.ccontNo, R.id.ccontType });

        mTxtPhoneNo.setAdapter(mAdapter);

        }

    public void PopulatePeopleList()
    {

    mPeopleList.clear();

    Cursor people = getContentResolver().query(ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI, null, null, null, null);

    while (people.moveToNext())
    {
    String contactName = people.getString(people.getColumnIndex(
    ContactsContract.Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME));

    String contactId = people.getString(people.getColumnIndex(
    ContactsContract.Contacts._ID));
    String hasPhone = people.getString(people.getColumnIndex(
    ContactsContract.Contacts.HAS_PHONE_NUMBER));

    if ((Integer.parseInt(hasPhone) > 0))
    {

    // You know have the number so now query it like this
    Cursor phones = getContentResolver().query(
    ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTENT_URI,
    null,
    ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTACT_ID +" = "+ contactId,
    null, null);
    while (phones.moveToNext()) {

    //store numbers and display a dialog letting the user select which.
    String phoneNumber = phones.getString(
    phones.getColumnIndex(
    ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.NUMBER));

    String numberType = phones.getString(phones.getColumnIndex(
    ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.TYPE));

    Map NamePhoneType = new HashMap();

    NamePhoneType.put("Name", contactName);
    NamePhoneType.put("Phone", phoneNumber);

    if(numberType.equals("0"))
    NamePhoneType.put("Type", "Work");
    else
    if(numberType.equals("1"))
    NamePhoneType.put("Type", "Home");
    else if(numberType.equals("2"))
    NamePhoneType.put("Type",  "Mobile");
    else
    NamePhoneType.put("Type", "Other");

    //Then add this map to the list.
    mPeopleList.add(NamePhoneType);
    }
    phones.close();
    }
    }
    people.close();

    startManagingCursor(people);
    }
    }

Don't forget to add

in your manifest