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Retrieving contacts

I have tried to get phone number also but i didn't no how to get using this code . This the code i am using please tell how to get number by same code for same id
// method to get name, contact id, and birthday
private Cursor getContactsBirthdays() {
Uri uri = ContactsContract.Data.CONTENT_URI;
String[] projection = new String[] {
ContactsContract.Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME,
ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Event.CONTACT_ID,
ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Event.START_DATE
};
String where =
ContactsContract.Data.MIMETYPE + "= ? AND " +
ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Event.TYPE + "=" +
ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Event.TYPE_BIRTHDAY;
String[] selectionArgs = new String[] {
ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Event.CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE
};
String sortOrder = null;
return managedQuery(uri, projection, where, selectionArgs, sortOrder);
}
// iterate through all Contact's Birthdays and print in log
Cursor cursor = getContactsBirthdays();
int bDayColumn = cursor.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Event.START_DATE);
while (cursor.moveToNext()) {
String bDay = cursor.getString(bDayColumn);
Log.d(TAG, "Birthday: " + bDay);
}

You need to first get a list of all contact-ids that has birthdays, then query for the phones of all those contacts, and then print the combined results.
Cursor cursor = getContactsBirthdays();
// get contact-ids for phones query
List<String> ids = new ArrayList<>();
while (cursor.moveToNext()) {
ids.add(cursor.getString(1));
}
String[] projection = new String[] { Phone.NUMBER, Phone.CONTACT_ID };
StringBuilder where = new StringBuilder(Data.MIMETYPE + " = " Phone.CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE + " AND " + Contacts.CONTACT_ID + " IN (");
for (String id : ids) {
where.append(id).append(",");
}
where.deleteCharAt(where.length() - 1);
where.append(")");
Cursor cur2 = getContentResolver().query(Data.CONTENT_URI, projection, where.toString(), null, null);
Map<Long, String> contactIdToPhone = new HashMap<>();
while (cur2.moveToNext()) {
contactIdToPhone.put(cur2.get(1), cur2.get(0));
}
cur2.close();
cursor.moveToPosition(-1);
while (cursor.moveToNext()) {
Long id = cursor.getLong(1);
Log.i(TAG, "Birthday: id=" + id + ", name=" + cursor.getString(0) + ", date=" + cursor.getString(2) + ", phone=" + contactIdToPhone.get(id));
}
cursor.close();

Android search contacts by phone number and contact name (Both in same time)

I want to query on contacts by phone number and contact name in same time with "LIKE" operator, here is my code :
ContentResolver contentResolver = context.getContentResolver();
Cursor cursor = contentResolver.query(ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI, null, ContactsContract.Contacts.HAS_PHONE_NUMBER + "=1 AND (" + ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.DISPLAY_NAME + " LIKE '" + query + "%' OR " + ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.NUMBER + " LIKE '%" + query + "%' OR " + ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.NUMBER + " LIKE '%" + query + "%' ) ", null, ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.DISPLAY_NAME + " ASC");
return cursor;
But my code does not work, it's crashes and android says "data4" and "data1" column does not exist.

Use below code to find contact by name
public String findByName(Context context , String name) {
String result= null;
String selection = ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.DISPLAY_NAME+" like'%" + name +"%'";
String[] projection = new String[] { ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.NUMBER};
Cursor c = context.getContentResolver().query(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTENT_URI,
projection, selection, null, null);
if (c.moveToFirst()) {
result= c.getString(0);
}
c.close();
if(result==null)
result= "This contact is not saved into your device";
return result;
}

Use loader to get fastest results.
public Loader<Cursor> getContactCursor(Context context, Bundle args) {
Uri baseUri = ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTENT_URI;
String filter = args != null ? args.getString("filter") : null;
if (filter != null && filter.length() > 0) {
return new CursorLoader(context,baseUri, null, "(display_name LIKE ?) OR (data1 LIKE ?)", new String[]{"%" + filter + "%","%" + filter + "%"}, null);
}else{
return new CursorLoader(context,baseUri, projection,null, null, null);
}
}

Retrive all phone numbers of a contact

I already saw other similar questions and none worked.
With the code below I was able to get the default phone number of a contact but not all of them.
Cursor contact = getContentResolver().query(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTENT_URI, null, ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTACT_ID + " = " + contactId, null, null);
contact.moveToFirst();
phoneNumberList.add(contact.getString(contact.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.NUMBER)));
Then I tried to create multiple cursors with more details about the phone type and then add them to a list:
Cursor contact = getContentResolver().query(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTENT_URI, new String[]{ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.NUMBER}, ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTACT_ID + " = ? AND " + ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.TYPE + " = " + ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.TYPE_HOME, new String[]{contactID}, null);
But unfortunately, it didn't solve anything. Would be thankful if someone helps me with this problem.

I'm assuming you want to get all phone numbers with their type (home, mobile, main, etc.).
Here's how to do it (the list of phones will be printed to log=:
String projection = new String[] { Phone.NUMBER, Phone.TYPE, Phone.LABEL };
String selection = Phone.CONTACT_ID + "=" + contactId;
Cursor cur = getContentResolver().query(Phone.CONTENT_URI, projection, selection, null, null);
while (cur != null && cur.moveToNext()) {
String number = cur.getString(0);
int type = cur.getInt(1); // home / office / personal
String label = cur.getString(2); // a custom label in case type is "TYPE_CUSTOM"
String labelStr = Phone.getTypeLabel(getResources(), type, label);
Log.d(TAG, "got a phone: " + number + " (" + labelStr + ")");
}
if (cur != null) {
cur.close();
}
DEBUG VERSION
String projection = new String[] { Phone._ID, Phone.CONTACT_ID, Phone.NUMBER, Phone.TYPE, Phone.LABEL };
String selection = Phone.CONTACT_ID + "=" + contactId;
Cursor cur = getContentResolver().query(Phone.CONTENT_URI, projection, selection, null, null);
if (cur != null) {
DatabaseUtils.dumpCursor(cur);
cur.close();
}

context.getContentResolver().query(ContactsContract.Data.CONTENT_URI, null , null ,null, null);

Hi I am working in Android Contact search module.I am running below Query.
cur = context.getContentResolver().query(ContactsContract.Data.CONTENT_URI, null , null ,null, null);
from this query I am getting Result Multiple times.Is there any thing which I am doing wrong.I want DISTINCT Result Set.
please help me.

I think you mean you got duplicate record for some contacts. So you must add condition for your query
String selection = ContactsContract.Contacts.IN_VISIBLE_GROUP + " = '"
+ ("1") + "'";
String sortOrder = ContactsContract.Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME
+ " COLLATE LOCALIZED ASC";
cur = context.getContentResolver().query(
ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI, projection, selection
+ " AND " + ContactsContract.Contacts.HAS_PHONE_NUMBER
+ "=1", null, sortOrder);// this query only return contacts which had phone number and not duplicated

Try this code will help you
public void getContact() {
Cursor cur = getContentResolver().query(ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI, null, null, null, null);
ContentResolver contect_resolver = getContentResolver();
int size = cur.getCount();
if (size > 0 && cur != null) {
for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
cur.moveToPosition(i);
String id = cur.getString(cur.getColumnIndexOrThrow(ContactsContract.Contacts._ID));
String name = "";
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));
if (!name.equalsIgnoreCase("")) {
String id1 = phoneCur.getString(phoneCur
.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTACT_ID));
Cursor emails = getContentResolver()
.query(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Email.CONTENT_URI,
null,
ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Email.CONTACT_ID
+ " = " + Integer.parseInt(id1),
null, null);
emailAddress="";
if (emails!=null && emails.getCount() > 0) {
emails.moveToFirst();
emailAddress = emails
.getString(emails
.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.DATA));
}
emails.close();
contact.setEmail(emailAddress);
id1 = "";
mcontact_arraylist.add(contact);
}
phoneCur.close();
}
}
cur.close();
}
}

Each record should contain a portion of the data for a contact (eg each phone number or address is a separate row) each row has a mimetype associated with it that is used to determine the data stored in each column. So for an address, the "data1" column holds the street data and data4 might hold the state.

Android Applicaiton - How to get birthday of a contact

I am working on an android application for which I need to match the birthday of each contact against current date and if positive, process some business logic, which needs the complete contact details.
I have found ways to read birthdays of contacts or the contacts themselves separately, but am confused as to how to combine both. Can somebody please provide some direction.
Thanks

Found the answer after some looking out on the web. The way this has to be done is :
Get list of contacts
For each contact, get contactId
Get birthday using the contactid
Following is the code snippet :
ContentResolver cr = getContentResolver(); //getContnetResolver()
String[] projection = new String[] { ContactsContract.Contacts._ID, ContactsContract.Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME };
Cursor cur = cr.query(ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI, projection, null, null,
ContactsContract.Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME + " COLLATE LOCALIZED ASC");
while (cur.moveToNext()) {
Map<String, String> contactInfoMap = new HashMap<String, String>();
String contactId = cur.getString(cur.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.Data._ID));
String displayName = cur.getString(cur.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.Data.DISPLAY_NAME));
String columns[] = {
ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Event.START_DATE,
ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Event.TYPE,
ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Event.MIMETYPE,
};
String where = Event.TYPE + "=" + Event.TYPE_BIRTHDAY +
" and " + Event.MIMETYPE + " = '" + Event.CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE + "' and " + ContactsContract.Data.CONTACT_ID + " = " + contactId;
String[] selectionArgs = null;
String sortOrder = ContactsContract.Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME;
Cursor birthdayCur = cr.query(ContactsContract.Data.CONTENT_URI, columns, where, selectionArgs, sortOrder);
if (birthdayCur.getCount() > 0) {
while (birthdayCur.moveToNext()) {
String birthday = birthdayCur.getString(birthdayCur.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Event.START_DATE));
}
}
birthdayCur.close();
}
cur.close();