I have an app that allows the user to enter a phone number or select one from their contacts. To do this I use :
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK, ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI);
//intent.setType(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTENT_TYPE);
startActivityForResult(intent, PICK_CONTACT); //PICK_CONTACT is defined earlier as 1
This works fine, but it includes contacts from various apps such as Facebook emails and such. If I uncomment
//intent.setType(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTENT_TYPE);
It only shows contacts that you would see in the Contacts app, but it doesn't return phone numbers. Any way to fix that?
I do have the READ_CONTACTS permission.
Code to read the Uri of the contact
#Override
public void onActivityResult(int reqCode, int resultCode, Intent data)
{
super.onActivityResult(reqCode, resultCode, data);
if(reqCode != PICK_CONTACT) return;
Cursor cur = getContentResolver().query(data.getData(), null,
null, null, null);
if (cur.getCount() <= 0) return;
while (cur.moveToNext())
{
String id = cur.getString(cur.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.Contacts._ID));
if (Integer.parseInt(cur.getString(cur.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.Contacts.HAS_PHONE_NUMBER))) > 0)
{
// Query phone here. Covered next
Cursor phones = getContentResolver().query(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTENT_URI,null,ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTACT_ID +" = "+ id,null, null);
while (phones.moveToNext())
//phone is the EditText view where the user enters a phone number
phone.setText(phones.getString(phones.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.NUMBER)));
phones.close();
}
}
}
but it doesn't return phone numbers
If you add the READ_CONTACTS permission, you can query ContactsContract, either to present the entire list yourself, or to query to get the phone number of a contact the user selected via ACTION_PICK.
Without READ_CONTACTS, you have no right to access contact phone numbers by any means, other than the user typing one into your app directly.
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my goal is to retrieve a contact's phone number after it gets picked in the contact list. This is the code I am using
private void onClick(){
Intent pickContact = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK);
pickContact.setType(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTENT_TYPE);
startActivityForResult(pickContact, CONTACT_PICK_CODE);
}
protected void onActivityResult (int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
if (resultCode == Activity.RESULT_OK && requestCode == CONTACT_PICK_CODE) {
Uri contactData = data.getData();
Cursor cursor = getContentResolver().query(contactData, null, null, null, null);
if (cursor.moveToFirst()) {
int phoneIndex = cursor.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.NUMBER);
String number = cursor.getString(phoneIndex);
}
c.close();
}
}
which works fine if the standard Android contacts app is being used, but crashes when the app "Simple Contacts" is being used.
In particular, the error happens because phoneIndex is -1.
How to make it work even if the user chooses to use another contact list app?
For reference, this is the cursor when the contact gets selected from Simple Contacts.
As you can see it contains only 36 columns, while using the standard contact list app it has 84 columns, one of which is ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.NUMBER
I want to access different contact information like a number, an email etc.
I use code from official Android documentation:
static final int PICK_CONTACT_REQUEST = 1; // The request code
private void pickContact() {
Intent pickContactIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK, Uri.parse("content://contacts"));
pickContactIntent.setType(Phone.CONTENT_TYPE); // Show user only contacts w/ phone numbers
startActivityForResult(pickContactIntent, PICK_CONTACT_REQUEST);
}
#Override
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
// Check which request it is that we're responding to
if (requestCode == PICK_CONTACT_REQUEST) {
// Make sure the request was successful
if (resultCode == RESULT_OK) {
// Get the URI that points to the selected contact
Uri contactUri = data.getData();
String[] projection = {Phone.NUMBER};
Cursor cursor = getContentResolver()
.query(contactUri, projection, null, null, null);
cursor.moveToFirst();
// Retrieve the phone number from the NUMBER column
int column = cursor.getColumnIndex(Phone.NUMBER);
String number = cursor.getString(column);
// Do something with the phone number...
}
}
}
The problem is, I can only access phone number and name, other data not. I can change pickContactIntent.setType to Email content type, but that I can access only Email... How can I access different kind of data in this case ?
I am following this example retrieve list of contacts to retrieve contacts from android device.
It gives all the contacts which includes email contacts and some empty contacts.
I tried modifying ContactsContract like ContactsContract.Contacts.HAS_PHONE_NUMBERin the projection and selection to get mobile contacts but nothing worked out.
String[] PROJECTION = {ContactsContract.Contacts._ID,ContactsContract.Contacts.LOOKUP_KEY,
ContactsContract.Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME,ContactsContract.Contacts._ID,
SORT_ORDER,ContactsContract.Contacts.HAS_PHONE_NUMBER};
String SELECTION =
ContactsContract.Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME +
"<>''" + " AND "ContactsContract.Contacts.IN_VISIBLE_GROUP + "=1";
Any idea to get only contacts which has mobile numbers?
I have created this library to solve all your queries. It will only save contacts with at least one email or phone number. Also it will remove duplicates from emails and phone numbers from same contacts (created by 3rd party apps like whatsapp).
Suggestions are welcome.
Link : https://github.com/raghavsatyadev/ContactFetcher/
You can use this code to get all contact names and numbers
Cursor phones = getContentResolver().query(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTENT_URI, null,null,null, null);
while (phones.moveToNext())
{
String contactName=phones.getString(phones.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.DISPLAY_NAME));
String contactNumber = phones.getString(phones.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.NUMBER));
}
phones.close();
Show only contacts with phone number and open contact list intent:
Intent pickContactIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK, ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI); // Uri.parse("content://contacts")
// Show only user contacts with phone numbers
pickContactIntent.setType(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTENT_TYPE); // Show only user contacts with phone numbers
startActivityForResult(pickContactIntent, PICK_CONTACT_REQUEST);
Get the phone number from response/contact:
#Override
public void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
if (requestCode == PICK_CONTACT_REQUEST) {
if (resultCode == RESULT_OK) {
Uri contactUri = data.getData();
String[] projection = {ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.NUMBER};
Cursor cursor = getActivity().getContentResolver().query(contactUri, projection, null, null, null);
if (cursor == null) {
// show error msg
return;
}
cursor.moveToFirst();
int column = cursor.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.NUMBER);
if (column >= 0) {
String phoneNo = cursor.getString(column);
sendSmsMessage(phoneNo);
} else {
// show error msg
}
cursor.close();
}
}
}
Make sure, you also handle runtime permissions in API 23+
android.permission.READ_CONTACTS
I know the intent for getting phone number
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK, Contacts.CONTENT_URI);
intent.setType(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTENT_TYPE);
startActivityForResult(intent, GET_CONTACT_NUMBER);
But I don't know how to get the phone number without requesting the contact read permission in onActivityResult().
Thanks.
Try Replacing your code with
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK, Contacts.CONTENT_URI);
intent.setType(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTENT_TYPE);
startActivityForResult(intent, 1);
#Override
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
// Check which request it is that we're responding to
if (requestCode == GET_CONTACT_NUMBER) {
// Make sure the request was successful
if (resultCode == RESULT_OK) {
// Get the URI that points to the selected contact
Uri contactUri = data.getData();
// We only need the NUMBER column, because there will be only one row in the result
String[] projection = {Phone.NUMBER};
// Perform the query on the contact to get the NUMBER column
// We don't need a selection or sort order (there's only one result for the given URI)
// CAUTION: The query() method should be called from a separate thread to avoid blocking
// your app's UI thread. (For simplicity of the sample, this code doesn't do that.)
// Consider using CursorLoader to perform the query.
Cursor cursor = getContentResolver()
.query(contactUri, projection, null, null, null);
cursor.moveToFirst();
// Retrieve the phone number from the NUMBER column
int column = cursor.getColumnIndex(Phone.NUMBER);
String number = cursor.getString(column);
// Do something with the phone number...
}
}
}
Note: Before Android 2.3 (API level 9), performing a query on the
Contacts Provider (like the one shown above) requires that your app
declare the READ_CONTACTS permission (see Security and Permissions).
However, beginning with Android 2.3, the Contacts/People app grants
your app a temporary permission to read from the Contacts Provider
when it returns you a result. The temporary permission applies only to
the specific contact requested, so you cannot query a contact other
than the one specified by the intent's Uri, unless you do declare the
READ_CONTACTS permission.
Source: http://developer.android.com/training/basics/intents/result.html
I'm trying to call the contact picker, get the persons name, phone and e-mail into strings and send them to another activity using an intent. So far this works:
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK, ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI);
startActivityForResult(intent, 1);
// ...
#Override
public void onActivityResult(int reqCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
super.onActivityResult(reqCode, resultCode, data);
if (resultCode == Activity.RESULT_OK) {
Uri contactData = data.getData();
Cursor c = managedQuery(contactData, null, null, null, null);
if (c.moveToFirst()) {
String name = c.getString(c.getColumnIndexOrThrow(ContactsContract.Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME));
Intent intent = new Intent(CurrentActivity.this, NewActivity.class);
intent.putExtra("name", name);
startActivityForResult(intent, 0);
}
}
}
But if i add in:
String number = c.getString(c.getColumnIndexOrThrow(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.NUMBER));
it force closes
Maybe theres another way to get their number?
Phone Numbers
Phone numbers are stored in their own table and need to be queried separately. To query the phone number table use the URI stored in the SDK variable ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTENT_URI. Use a WHERE conditional to get the phone numbers for the specified contact.
if (Integer.parseInt(cur.getString(
cur.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.Contacts.HAS_PHONE_NUMBER))) > 0) {
Cursor pCur = cr.query(
ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTENT_URI,
null,
ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTACT_ID +" = ?",
new String[]{id}, null);
while (pCur.moveToNext()) {
// Do something with phones
}
pCur.close();
}
Perform a second query against the Android contacts SQLite database. The phone numbers are queried against the URI stored in ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTENT_URI. The contact ID is stored in the phone table as ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTACT_ID and the WHERE clause is used to limit the data returned.
Email Addresses
Querying email addresses is similar to phone numbers. A query must be performed to get email addresses from the database. Query the URI stored in ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Email.CONTENT_URI to query the email address table.
Cursor emailCur = cr.query(
ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Email.CONTENT_URI,
null,
ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Email.CONTACT_ID + " = ?",
new String[]{id}, null);
while (emailCur.moveToNext()) {
// This would allow you get several email addresses
// if the email addresses were stored in an array
String email = emailCur.getString(
emailCur.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Email.DATA));
String emailType = emailCur.getString(
emailCur.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Email.TYPE));
}
emailCur.close();
As with the phone query the field names for the email table are also stored under ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds. The email query is performed on the URI in ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Email.CONTENT_URI and the WHERE clause has to match the ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Email.CONTACT_ID field. Since multiple email addresses can be stored loop through the records returned in the Cursor.
More tutorials here
This method requires Android API version 5 or higher.
Building on the accepted answer, if you want to jump straight to the desired email address and not require the contacts permission use something like this:
private static final int REQUEST_CODE_EMAIL = 1;
void startSelectingEmail() {
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK, ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Email.CONTENT_URI);
startActivityForResult(intent, REQUEST_CODE_EMAIL);
}
#Override
public void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
if (resultCode == Activity.RESULT_OK && requestCode == REQUEST_CODE_EMAIL) {
Uri emailUri = data.getData();
Cursor emailCursor = getContext().getContentResolver().query(emailUri, null, null, null, null);
if (emailCursor != null) {
if (emailCursor.moveToFirst()) {
String email = emailCursor.getString(
emailCursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Email.DATA));
String emailType = emailCursor.getString(
emailCursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Email.TYPE));
Log.d(TAG, "Email: " + emailType + " " + email);
}
emailCursor.close();
}
}
}
This doesn't require the contacts permission to read the email address like the double query methods above. It also makes it so that you do not need to write UI for the user to select the appropriate email address for contacts with multiple emails, the user selects a specific email in the Contacts app so you only get one result.
The cursor comes back with quite a few columns in addition to just email address like display name, though that has only been verified on a Nexus 5 running Android M.