How to call Android contacts list?

Question

I\'m making an Android app, and need to call the phone\'s contact list. I need to call the contacts list function, pick a contact, then return to my app with the contact\'s

Answer 1

Here is the code snippet for get contact:

package com.contact;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.ContentResolver;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.database.Cursor;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.provider.ContactsContract;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.TextView;

public class GetContactDemoActivity extends Activity implements OnClickListener {

private Button btn = null;
private TextView txt = null;

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

    btn = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button1);
    txt = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.textView1);

    btn.setOnClickListener(this);
}

@Override
public void onClick(View arg0) {
    if (arg0 == btn) {
        try {
            Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK, ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI);
            startActivityForResult(intent, 1);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
            Log.e("Error in intent : ", e.toString());
        }
    }
}

@Override
public void onActivityResult(int reqCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
    super.onActivityResult(reqCode, resultCode, data);

    try {
        if (resultCode == Activity.RESULT_OK) {
            Uri contactData = data.getData();
            Cursor cur = managedQuery(contactData, null, null, null, null);
            ContentResolver contect_resolver = getContentResolver();

            if (cur.moveToFirst()) {
                String id = cur.getString(cur.getColumnIndexOrThrow(ContactsContract.Contacts._ID));
                String name = "";
                String no = "";

                Cursor phoneCur = contect_resolver.query(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTENT_URI, null,
                        ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTACT_ID + " = ?", new String[] { id }, null);

                if (phoneCur.moveToFirst()) {
                    name = phoneCur.getString(phoneCur.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.DISPLAY_NAME));
                    no = phoneCur.getString(phoneCur.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.NUMBER));
                }

                Log.e("Phone no & name :***: ", name + " : " + no);
                txt.append(name + " : " + no + "\n");

                id = null;
                name = null;
                no = null;
                phoneCur = null;
            }
            contect_resolver = null;
            cur = null;
            //                      populateContacts();
        }
    } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
        Log.e("IllegalArgumentException :: ", e.toString());
    } catch (Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
        Log.e("Error :: ", e.toString());
    }
}

}

Answer 2

I am using this method to read Contacts

public static List<ContactItem> readPhoneContacts(Context context) {
        List<ContactItem> contactItems = new ArrayList<ContactItem>();
        try {
            Cursor cursor = context.getContentResolver().query(ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI, null,
                    null, null, "upper("+ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.DISPLAY_NAME + ") ASC");

            /*context.getContentResolver().query(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTENT_URI,
                    null,
                    ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTACT_ID+ " = ?",
                    new String[] { id },
                    ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.DISPLAY_NAME+" ASC");*/

            Integer contactsCount = cursor.getCount(); // get how many contacts you have in your contacts list
            if (contactsCount > 0) {
                while (cursor.moveToNext()) {

                    String id = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.Contacts._ID));
                    String contactName = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME));
                    if (Integer.parseInt(cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.Contacts.HAS_PHONE_NUMBER))) > 0) {
                        ContactItem contactItem = new ContactItem();
                        contactItem.setContactName(contactName);
                        //the below cursor will give you details for multiple contacts
                        Cursor pCursor = context.getContentResolver().query(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTENT_URI, null,
                                ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTACT_ID + " = ?",
                                new String[]{id}, null);
                        // continue till this cursor reaches to all phone numbers which are associated with a contact in the contact list
                        while (pCursor.moveToNext()) {
                            int phoneType = pCursor.getInt(pCursor.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.TYPE));
                            //String isStarred      = pCur.getString(pCur.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.STARRED));
                            String phoneNo = pCursor.getString(pCursor.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.NUMBER));
                            //you will get all phone numbers according to it's type as below switch case.
                            //Logs.e will print the phone number along with the name in DDMS. you can use these details where ever you want.
                            switch (phoneType) {
                                case Phone.TYPE_MOBILE:
                                    contactItem.setContactNumberMobile(phoneNo);
                                    Log.e(contactName + ": TYPE_MOBILE", " " + phoneNo);
                                    break;
                                case ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.TYPE_HOME:
                                    contactItem.setContactNumberMobile(phoneNo);
                                    Log.e(contactName + ": TYPE_HOME", " " + phoneNo);
                                    break;
                                case ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.TYPE_WORK:
                                    contactItem.setContactNumberMobile(phoneNo);
                                    Log.e(contactName + ": TYPE_WORK", " " + phoneNo);
                                    break;
                                case ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.TYPE_WORK_MOBILE:
                                    contactItem.setContactNumberMobile(phoneNo);
                                    Log.e(contactName + ": TYPE_WORK_MOBILE", " " + phoneNo);
                                    break;
                                case Phone.TYPE_OTHER:
                                    contactItem.setContactNumberMobile(phoneNo);
                                    Log.e(contactName + ": TYPE_OTHER", " " + phoneNo);
                                    break;
                                default:
                                    break;
                            }
                        }
                        contactItem.setSelectedAddress(getContactPostalAddress(pCursor));
                        pCursor.close();
                        contactItems.add(contactItem);
                    }

                }
                cursor.close();
            }
        } catch (Exception ex) {
            ex.printStackTrace();
        }


        return contactItems;
    }//loadContacts

Answer 3

I do it this way for Android 2.2 Froyo release: basically use eclipse to create a class like: public class SomePickContactName extends Activity

then insert this code. Remember to add the private class variables and CONSTANTS referenced in my version of the code:

protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) 
{
  super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);       
  Intent intentContact = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK, ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI); 
  startActivityForResult(intentContact, PICK_CONTACT);
}//onCreate

public void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent intent) 
{

  if (requestCode == PICK_CONTACT)
  {         
    getContactInfo(intent);         
    // Your class variables now have the data, so do something with it. 
  }
}//onActivityResult

protected void getContactInfo(Intent intent)
{

   Cursor cursor =  managedQuery(intent.getData(), null, null, null, null);      
   while (cursor.moveToNext()) 
   {           
       String contactId = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.Contacts._ID));
       name = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(ContactsContract.Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME)); 

       String hasPhone = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.Contacts.HAS_PHONE_NUMBER));

       if ( hasPhone.equalsIgnoreCase("1"))
           hasPhone = "true";
       else
           hasPhone = "false" ;

       if (Boolean.parseBoolean(hasPhone)) 
       {
        Cursor phones = getContentResolver().query(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTENT_URI, null,ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTACT_ID +" = "+ contactId,null, null);
        while (phones.moveToNext()) 
        {
          phoneNumber = phones.getString(phones.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.NUMBER));
        }
        phones.close();
       }

       // Find Email Addresses
       Cursor emails = getContentResolver().query(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Email.CONTENT_URI,null,ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Email.CONTACT_ID + " = " + contactId,null, null);
       while (emails.moveToNext()) 
       {
        emailAddress = emails.getString(emails.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Email.DATA));
       }
       emails.close();

    Cursor address = getContentResolver().query(
                ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.StructuredPostal.CONTENT_URI,
                null,
                ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.StructuredPostal.CONTACT_ID + " = " + contactId,
                null, null);
    while (address.moveToNext()) 
    { 
      // These are all private class variables, don't forget to create them.
      poBox      = address.getString(address.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.StructuredPostal.POBOX));
      street     = address.getString(address.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.StructuredPostal.STREET));
      city       = address.getString(address.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.StructuredPostal.CITY));
      state      = address.getString(address.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.StructuredPostal.REGION));
      postalCode = address.getString(address.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.StructuredPostal.POSTCODE));
      country    = address.getString(address.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.StructuredPostal.COUNTRY));
      type       = address.getString(address.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.StructuredPostal.TYPE));
    }  //address.moveToNext()   
  }  //while (cursor.moveToNext())        
   cursor.close();
}//getContactInfo

Answer 4

Be careful while working with android contact list.

Reading contact list in above methods work on most android devices except HTC One and Sony Xperia. It wasted my six weeks trying to figure out what is wrong!

Most tutorials available online are almost similar - first read "ALL" contacts, then show in Listview with ArrayAdapter. This is not memory efficient solution. Instead of looking for solutions on other websites first, have a look at developer.android.com. If any solution is not available on developer.android.com you should look somewhere else.

The solution is to use CursorAdapter instead of ArrayAdapter for retrieving contact list. Using ArrayAdapter would work on most devices, but it's not efficient. The CursorAdapter retrieves only a portion of contact list at run time while the ListView is being scrolled.

public void onActivityCreated(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onActivityCreated(savedInstanceState);
    ...
    // Gets the ListView from the View list of the parent activity
    mContactsList =
        (ListView) getActivity().findViewById(R.layout.contact_list_view);
    // Gets a CursorAdapter
    mCursorAdapter = new SimpleCursorAdapter(
            getActivity(),
            R.layout.contact_list_item,
            null,
            FROM_COLUMNS, TO_IDS,
            0);
    // Sets the adapter for the ListView
    mContactsList.setAdapter(mCursorAdapter);
}

Retrieving a List of Contacts: Retrieving a List of Contacts

Answer 5

I'm not 100% sure what your sample code is supposed to do, but the following snippet should help you 'call the contacts list function, pick a contact, then return to [your] app with the contact's name'.

There are three steps to this process.

1. Permissions

Add a permission to read contacts data to your application manifest.

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_CONTACTS"/>

2. Calling the Contact Picker

Within your Activity, create an Intent that asks the system to find an Activity that can perform a PICK action from the items in the Contacts URI.

Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK, ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI);

Call startActivityForResult, passing in this Intent (and a request code integer, PICK_CONTACT in this example). This will cause Android to launch an Activity that's registered to support ACTION_PICK on the People.CONTENT_URI, then return to this Activity when the selection is made (or canceled).

startActivityForResult(intent, PICK_CONTACT);

3. Listening for the Result

Also in your Activity, override the onActivityResult method to listen for the return from the 'select a contact' Activity you launched in step 2. You should check that the returned request code matches the value you're expecting, and that the result code is RESULT_OK.

You can get the URI of the selected contact by calling getData() on the data Intent parameter. To get the name of the selected contact you need to use that URI to create a new query and extract the name from the returned cursor.

@Override
public void onActivityResult(int reqCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
  super.onActivityResult(reqCode, resultCode, data);

  switch (reqCode) {
    case (PICK_CONTACT) :
      if (resultCode == Activity.RESULT_OK) {
        Uri contactData = data.getData();
        Cursor c =  getContentResolver().query(contactData, null, null, null, null);
        if (c.moveToFirst()) {
          String name = c.getString(c.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME));
          // TODO Whatever you want to do with the selected contact name.
        }
      }
      break;
  }
}

^{Full source code: tutorials-android.blogspot.com (how to call android contacts list).}

Answer 6

public void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent intent) 
{
  if (requestCode == PICK_CONTACT && intent != null) //here check whether intent is null R not
  {  
  }
}

because without selecting any contact it will give an exception. so better to check this condition.