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How to search for contacts in android with partial phone number

I am trying to do fuzzy search of contacts in my android application with partial phone number, with below code. But my search function always ends in no result.
For example,
I have contact with phone number 1234567890 with name as "example".
fuzzySearch("4567"); should have return with contact named "example".
Can some please point me where am I wrong? I have checked here. But ended in run-time sql query error.
public ArrayList<Contact> fuzzySearch(String match) {
private static final String SELECTION = Phone.NUMBER + " LIKE ? COLLATE NOCASE";
Uri uri = Uri.withAppendedPath(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTENT_FILTER_URI, Uri.encode(match));
String[] projectionFields = new String[]{ContactsContract.Contacts._ID, Phone.NUMBER};
CursorLoader cursorLoader = null;
ArrayList<Contact> listContacts = new ArrayList<>();
if(match.trim().length() == 0){
return listContacts;
}else {
cursorLoader = new CursorLoader(context, uri, projectionFields, SELECTION, new String[]{"%"+match+"%"}, Phone.NUMBER);
}
Cursor c = cursorLoader.loadInBackground();
final Map<String, Contact> contactsMap = new HashMap<>(c.getCount());
if (c.moveToFirst()) {
int idIndex = c.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.Contacts._ID);
int nameIndex = c.getColumnIndex(Phone.NUMBER);
do {
String contactId = c.getString(idIndex);
String contactDisplayName = c.getString(nameIndex);
Contact contact = new Contact(contactId, contactDisplayName);
contactsMap.put(contactId, contact);
listContacts.add(contact);
} while (c.moveToNext());
}
c.close();
return listContacts;
}

use PhoneLookup instead of phone.
because you already encode the search key into the URL, you don't need SELECTION, remove it.
Uri uri = Uri.withAppendedPath(PhoneLookup.CONTENT_FILTER_URI, Uri.encode(match));
Cursor cur = resolver.query(uri, new String[]{PhoneLookup.DISPLAY_NAME,PhoneLookup.NUMBER, PhoneLookup.CONTACT_ID}, null, null, null);

How do I get a phone number from a ContentResolver with a single query?

I am using the code below to get a contact name and ID but I am not getting the phone number. How can I get the phone number from the code below?
ContentResolver contentResolver = getBaseContext().getContentResolver();
Uri uri = ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI;
String[] projection = {
ContactsContract.Contacts._ID,
ContactsContract.Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME,
ContactsContract.Contacts.HAS_PHONE_NUMBER,
ContactsContract.Contacts.STARRED,
ContactsContract.Contacts.TIMES_CONTACTED,
ContactsContract.Contacts.LAST_TIME_CONTACTED
};
String selection = String.format("%s > 0", ContactsContract.Contacts.HAS_PHONE_NUMBER);
String[] selectionArgs = null;
String sortOrder = String.format(
"%s DESC, %s DESC, %S DESC, UPPER(%s) ASC",
ContactsContract.Contacts.STARRED,
ContactsContract.Contacts.TIMES_CONTACTED,
ContactsContract.Contacts.LAST_TIME_CONTACTED,
ContactsContract.Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME
);
Cursor cursor = contentResolver.query(uri, projection, selection, selectionArgs, sortOrder);
if (cursor.getCount() > 0) {
while (cursor.moveToNext()) {
String contactId = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.Contacts._ID));
String name = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME));
if (Integer.parseInt(cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.Contacts.HAS_PHONE_NUMBER))) > 0) {
System.out.println("name : " + name + ", ID : ");
}
}
}
cursor.close();
}

CModel.java
public class CModel {
String firstname;
String lastname;
String contactno;
String Imagepath;
int ID;
String contactid;
public String getCheck() {
return Check;
}
String Check;
public String getContactid() {
return contactid;
}
public CModel(String fnm, String lastname, String userprofile, int ID, String contactno, String Check) {
this.firstname = fnm;
this.lastname = lastname;
this.Imagepath = userprofile;
this.ID = ID;
this.contactno = contactno;
this.Check = Check;
}
public String getFirstname() {
return firstname;
}
public String getLastname() {
return lastname;
}
public String getContactno() {
return contactno;
}
public String getImagepath() {
return Imagepath;
}
public int getID() {
return ID;
}
in your activity file call this method
private ArrayList<CModel> getcontact() {
ArrayList<CModel> contactlist = new ArrayList<CModel>;
try {
Bitmap my_btmp = null;
String profilepic;
String phone = null;
contactlist = new ArrayList<CModel>();
ContentResolver cr = getContentResolver();
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()) {
String contactId = cur.getString(cur.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.Data._ID));
String displayName = cur.getString(cur.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.Data.DISPLAY_NAME));
Uri my_contact_Uri = Uri.withAppendedPath(ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI, String.valueOf(contactId));
InputStream photo_stream = ContactsContract.Contacts.openContactPhotoInputStream(getContentResolver(), my_contact_Uri);
Cursor pCur = cr.query(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTENT_URI, null,
ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTACT_ID + " = ?",
new String[]{contactId}, null);
while (pCur.moveToNext()) {
phone = pCur.getString(
pCur.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.NUMBER));
}
pCur.close();
if (photo_stream != null) {
BufferedInputStream buf = new BufferedInputStream(photo_stream);
my_btmp = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(buf);
profilepic = BitMapToString(my_btmp);
} else {
Bitmap bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(HomePage.this.getResources(), R.drawable.profilepic);
my_btmp = bitmap;
profilepic = BitMapToString(my_btmp);
}
String columns[] = {
ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Event.START_DATE,
ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Event.TYPE,
ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Event.MIMETYPE,
};
String where =ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Event.MIMETYPE + " = '" + ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.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) {
if (birthdayCur.moveToFirst()) {
do {
contactlist.add(new CModel(displayName, "", profilepic, 0, phone,"phone"));
boolean flag = con.comparedata(phone);
} while (birthdayCur.moveToNext());
}
}
birthdayCur.close();
}
cur.close();
} catch (Exception e) {
}
return contactlist;
}

There is no phone Number in 'ContactsContract.Contacts' but 'ContactsContract.Contacts._ID' and 'ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTACT_ID' are same for each contact. Hence you can get phone number from 'ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTENT_URI' . Put this code inside your cursor's loop. Overall these are two queries but at least you know where to search. This should not take much time in execution.
Cursor phoneCursor = managedQuery(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTENT_URI, null,
ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTACT_ID + " = " + contactId , null, null);
while (phoneCursor.moveToNext()) {
String phone = phoneCursor.getString(phoneCursor
.getColumnIndexOrThrow(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.NUMBER));
}

EDIT: This is my attempt at retrieving every phone number in 1 query but I'm unsure of the behavior if any contacts without phone numbers exist; in general it is best practice to always query the list of contacts that have phone numbers, and then query only those contacts numbers.
Cursor phones = getContentResolver().query(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTENT_URI, null,null,null, null);
while (phones.moveToNext())
{
String name=phones.getString(phones.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.DISPLAY_NAME));
String phoneNumber = phones.getString(phones.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.NUMBER));
//Do something with each name and phone somewhere each time you loop through; in your provided code you seemed to be printing them out
}
phones.close();
For reference: Read all contact's phone numbers in android
This older post seemed helpful, based on some previous work I've done with writing to contacts: How to get contacts' phone number in Android
In general, the phone number is stored as a:
ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.NUMBER
So taking a snippet of the code you provided, I would edit roughly as so:
if (cursor.getCount() > 0) {
while (cursor.moveToNext()) {
String contactId = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.Contacts._ID));
String name = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME));
String number = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.NUMBER));
...
...
cursor.close();
}
Of course you'll need to make sure in your query that you're grabbing the right segment of data from the contact (i.e. updating your projection), but that should hopefully point you in the right direction!

Android Phone Dialer App

I'm making a Dialer and I want to search the contacts by name.
But since the Dialer accepts only numbers, how should I search for JOHN by entering the number 5-6-4-6? Are there any existing methods to do so in android?

If this number 5-6-4-6 exists in your contacst than you can use Content uri and hpone uri to lookup for this number and you can compare it with the fetched results...
You can fetch all the contacts and you get the name by comparing this number an d with the fetched numbers from the andorid conatcts api.
public void fetchContacts() {
String phoneNumber = null;
String email = null;
Uri CONTENT_URI = ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI;
String _ID = ContactsContract.Contacts._ID;
String DISPLAY_NAME = ContactsContract.Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME;
String HAS_PHONE_NUMBER = ContactsContract.Contacts.HAS_PHONE_NUMBER;
Uri PhoneCONTENT_URI = ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTENT_URI;
String Phone_CONTACT_ID = ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTACT_ID;
String NUMBER = ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.NUMBER;
Uri EmailCONTENT_URI = ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Email.CONTENT_URI;
String EmailCONTACT_ID = ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Email.CONTACT_ID;
String DATA = ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Email.DATA;
StringBuffer output = new StringBuffer();
ContentResolver contentResolver = getContentResolver();
Cursor cursor = contentResolver.query(CONTENT_URI, null,null, null, null);
// Loop for every contact in the phone
if (cursor.getCount() > 0) {
while (cursor.moveToNext()) {
String contact_id = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex( _ID ));
String name = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex( DISPLAY_NAME ));
int hasPhoneNumber = Integer.parseInt(cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex( HAS_PHONE_NUMBER )));
if (hasPhoneNumber > 0) {
output.append("\n First Name:" + name);
// Query and loop for every phone number of the contact
Cursor phoneCursor = contentResolver.query(PhoneCONTENT_URI, null, Phone_CONTACT_ID + " = ?", new String[] { contact_id }, null);
while (phoneCursor.moveToNext()) {
phoneNumber = phoneCursor.getString(phoneCursor.getColumnIndex(NUMBER));
output.append("\n Phone number:" + phoneNumber);
}
phoneCursor.close();
// Query and loop for every email of the contact
Cursor emailCursor = contentResolver.query(EmailCONTENT_URI, null, EmailCONTACT_ID+ " = ?", new String[] { contact_id }, null);
while (emailCursor.moveToNext()) {
email = emailCursor.getString(emailCursor.getColumnIndex(DATA));
output.append("\nEmail:" + email);
}
emailCursor.close();
}
output.append("\n");
}
outputText.setText(output);
}
}
}
this link may help you..
there are various ways to do this.

Assign each letter a numeric code as per numeric keypad with letters.
e.g.
assign 2 to a b & c
assign 3 to d e & f and so on.
Then modify your search accordingly.

Cannot get contacts from phone book android

I'm create an application to get all contacts from phone book of Android device. I synch my contacts list from Gmail to android device and I see all contacts in phone book. But when running application, cannot get any contacts from phone book.
Here is my code
MainActivity.java
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
private TextView outputText;
TextView txtViewContactsInfor;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
outputText =(TextView)findViewById(R.id.textView2);
txtViewContactsInfor = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.txtViewContactsInfor);
Import_contacts_from_address_book();
}
private void Import_contacts_from_address_book() {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
String phoneNumber = null;
String email = null;
Uri CONTENT_URI = ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI;
String _ID = ContactsContract.Contacts._ID;
String DISPLAY_NAME = ContactsContract.Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME;
String HAS_PHONE_NUMBER = ContactsContract.Contacts.HAS_PHONE_NUMBER;
Uri PHONECONTENT_URI = ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTENT_URI;
String PHONECONTACT_ID = ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTACT_ID;
String NUMBER = ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.NUMBER;
Uri EMAILCONTENT_URI = ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Email.CONTENT_URI;
String EMAILCONTACT_ID = ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Email.CONTACT_ID;
String EMAIL = ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Email.DATA;
StringBuffer output = new StringBuffer();
ContentResolver contentResolver = getContentResolver();
Cursor cursor = contentResolver.query(CONTENT_URI, null, null, null, null);
System.out.println("---------------------->"+cursor.getCount());
if(cursor.getCount() >0){
int aa = cursor.getCount();
while(cursor.moveToNext()){
String contact_id = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(_ID));
String name = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(DISPLAY_NAME));
int hasPhoneNumber = Integer.parseInt(cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(HAS_PHONE_NUMBER)));
if(hasPhoneNumber > 0 ){
output.append("\nFirst Name: "+name);
// Query and loop for every phone number of the contact
Cursor phoneCursor = contentResolver.query(PHONECONTENT_URI, null, PHONECONTACT_ID + "=?", new String[]{contact_id}, null);
while(phoneCursor.moveToNext()){
phoneNumber = phoneCursor.getString(phoneCursor.getColumnIndex(NUMBER));
output.append("\n Phone number: "+phoneNumber);
}
phoneCursor.close();
// Query and loop for every email of the contact
Cursor emailCurosr = contentResolver.query(EMAILCONTENT_URI, null, EMAILCONTACT_ID+"=?",new String[]{contact_id},null);
while(emailCurosr.moveToNext()){
email = emailCurosr.getString(emailCurosr.getColumnIndex(EMAIL));
output.append("\nEmail: "+email);
}
emailCurosr.close();
}
output.append("\n");
}
cursor.close();
}
outputText.setText(output.toString());
}
I debug in cursor.getCount and see "544 contact" was found. But
int hasPhoneNumber = Integer.parseInt(cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(HAS_PHONE_NUMBER))); always zero.
I dont know why.

You might have a lot contacts without number, because contacts are stored in multiple columns.
I simplified and modified your code to count rows with and with out numbers and let it run on my phone:
private void readContacts() {
Cursor c = getContentResolver()
.query(ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI, null, null, null, null);
int foundWithNumber = 0;
int foundWithOutNumber = 0;
if (c.moveToFirst()) {
int idHasNumber = c.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.Contacts.HAS_PHONE_NUMBER);
do {
boolean hasNumber = c.getInt(idHasNumber) > 0;
if (hasNumber) {
++foundWithNumber;
} else {
++foundWithOutNumber;
}
} while (c.moveToNext());
}
Log.d(TAG, "foundWithNumber: " + foundWithNumber);
Log.d(TAG, "foundWithOutNumber: " + foundWithOutNumber);
c.close();
}
The ouput on my phone is:
MainActivity D foundWithNumber: 184
D foundWithOutNumber: 303
So, I guess, you just looked at the wrong rows. ;)

You nead add Read contact permission in Android manifest
android.permission.READ_CONTACTS

How to get contacts from native phonebook in android

I want to display all native contacts in a list and make user to add contacts from the list (Multiple contacts)to my application database.How to dothis can any one give me idea or share some code..
thanks in advance..

I used this code on Android 2.1. It pulls down anyone who has a phone number (as defined by the String SELECTION variable) and returns a List of type Person. Person is an object that held the name and phone number of the user. You will have to implement a Person object in order to use this code, but it works perfectly:
public List<Person> getContactList(){
ArrayList<Person> contactList = new ArrayList<Person>();
Uri contactUri = ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI;
String[] PROJECTION = new String[] {
ContactsContract.Contacts._ID,
ContactsContract.Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME,
ContactsContract.Contacts.HAS_PHONE_NUMBER,
};
String SELECTION = ContactsContract.Contacts.HAS_PHONE_NUMBER + "='1'";
Cursor contacts = getContentResolver().query(ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI, PROJECTION, SELECTION, null, null);
if (contacts.getCount() > 0)
{
while(contacts.moveToNext()) {
Person aContact = new Person();
int idFieldColumnIndex = 0;
int nameFieldColumnIndex = 0;
int numberFieldColumnIndex = 0;
String contactId = contacts.getString(contacts.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.Contacts._ID));
nameFieldColumnIndex = contacts.getColumnIndex(PhoneLookup.DISPLAY_NAME);
if (nameFieldColumnIndex > -1)
{
aContact.setName(contacts.getString(nameFieldColumnIndex));
}
PROJECTION = new String[] {Phone.NUMBER};
final Cursor phone = managedQuery(Phone.CONTENT_URI, PROJECTION, Data.CONTACT_ID + "=?", new String[]{String.valueOf(contactId)}, null);
if(phone.moveToFirst()) {
while(!phone.isAfterLast())
{
numberFieldColumnIndex = phone.getColumnIndex(Phone.NUMBER);
if (numberFieldColumnIndex > -1)
{
aContact.setPhoneNum(phone.getString(numberFieldColumnIndex));
phone.moveToNext();
TelephonyManager mTelephonyMgr;
mTelephonyMgr = (TelephonyManager) getSystemService(Context.TELEPHONY_SERVICE);
if (!mTelephonyMgr.getLine1Number().contains(aContact.getPhoneNum()))
{
contactList.add(aContact);
}
}
}
}
phone.close();
}
contacts.close();
}
return contactList;
}
EDIT: A rudimentary Person class:
public class Person {
String myName = "";
String myNumber = "";
public String getName() {
return myName;
}
public void setName(String name) {
myName = name;
}
public String getPhoneNum() {
return myNumber;
}
public void setPhoneNum(String number) {
myNumber = number;
}
}

This code works perfectly in android 4.2. And it works much faster, because you don't make additional query for each contact
private static final String CONTACT_ID = ContactsContract.Contacts._ID;
private static final String DISPLAY_NAME = ContactsContract.Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME;
private static final String HAS_PHONE_NUMBER = ContactsContract.Contacts.HAS_PHONE_NUMBER;
private static final String PHONE_NUMBER = ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.NUMBER;
private static final String PHONE_CONTACT_ID = ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTACT_ID;
public static ArrayList<Contact> getAll(Context context) {
ContentResolver cr = context.getContentResolver();
Cursor pCur = cr.query(
ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTENT_URI,
new String[]{PHONE_NUMBER, PHONE_CONTACT_ID},
null,
null,
null
);
if(pCur != null){
if(pCur.getCount() > 0) {
HashMap<Integer, ArrayList<String>> phones = new HashMap<>();
while (pCur.moveToNext()) {
Integer contactId = pCur.getInt(pCur.getColumnIndex(PHONE_CONTACT_ID));
ArrayList<String> curPhones = new ArrayList<>();
if (phones.containsKey(contactId)) {
curPhones = phones.get(contactId);
}
curPhones.add(pCur.getString(pCur.getColumnIndex(PHONE_CONTACT_ID)));
phones.put(contactId, curPhones);
}
Cursor cur = cr.query(
ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI,
new String[]{CONTACT_ID, DISPLAY_NAME, HAS_PHONE_NUMBER},
HAS_PHONE_NUMBER + " > 0",
null,
DISPLAY_NAME + " ASC");
if (cur != null) {
if (cur.getCount() > 0) {
ArrayList<Contact> contacts = new ArrayList<>();
while (cur.moveToNext()) {
int id = cur.getInt(cur.getColumnIndex(CONTACT_ID));
if(phones.containsKey(id)) {
Contact con = new Contact();
con.setMyId(id);
con.setName(cur.getString(cur.getColumnIndex(DISPLAY_NAME)));
con.setPhone(TextUtils.join(",", phones.get(id).toArray()));
contacts.add(con);
}
}
return contacts;
}
cur.close();
}
}
pCur.close();
}
return null;
}
Class Contact is similar to class Person from the answer.