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Get contact by thread_id

I was on this topic Android get contact id from thread id where somebody had the exact same question as i'm asking. Unfortunately, lopez.mikhael answered completely not on the target.
How can I get the contact ID with a thread_id from URI content://sms/conversations ? Assuming that it returns :
- thread_id
- snippet
- msg_count
Getting all the contacts is not helping. I've searched in getColumnsNames() from there and I don't see any good column name that would contain a thread_id.
Why is this not documented ? Is it deprecated to use content://sms/ ? Is there any other solution ?
Thank you.

As mentioned here on this post
You can fetch sms-inbox:
Uri mSmsinboxQueryUri = Uri.parse("content://sms/inbox");
String where = "thread_id="+ <thread id you get it from content://sms/conversations>;
Cursor cursor1 = getContentResolver().query(mSmsinboxQueryUri,new String[] { "_id", "thread_id", "address", "person", "date","body", "type" }, where, null, null);
String[] columns = new String[] { "address", "person", "date", "body","type" };
if (cursor1.getCount() > 0) {
String count = Integer.toString(cursor1.getCount());
while (cursor1.moveToNext()){
String address = cursor1.getString(cursor1.getColumnIndex(columns[0]));
String name = cursor1.getString(cursor1.getColumnIndex(columns[1]));
String date = cursor1.getString(cursor1.getColumnIndex(columns[2]));
String msg = cursor1.getString(cursor1.getColumnIndex(columns[3]));
String type = cursor1.getString(cursor1.getColumnIndex(columns[4]));
}
}
You can fetch other sent items by changing the URI.
Uri mSmsinboxQueryUri = Uri.parse("content://sms/sent");
Ones you have phone number you can find contact id using below code
String contactid = null;
ContentResolver contentResolver = getContentResolver();
Uri uri = Uri.withAppendedPath(ContactsContract.PhoneLookup.CONTENT_FILTER_URI, Uri.encode(phonenumintolist));
Cursor cursor = contentResolver.query(
uri,
new String[] {PhoneLookup.DISPLAY_NAME, PhoneLookup._ID},
null,
null,
null);
if(cursor!=null) {
while(cursor.moveToNext()){
String contactName = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(PhoneLookup.DISPLAY_NAME));
contactid = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(PhoneLookup._ID));
}
cursor.close();
}
if (contactid == null) {
Toast.makeText(DetailedCallHistory.this, "No contact found associated with this number", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}else{
//You can contact id do what you want to do with it.
}

Get only numbers shown in the android contactbook

I want to filter what numbers I am getting from Android based on which contacts the user chose to display in his contact book. (For example only contacts saved on the device when all other contacts are excluded)
I read here that you can do this by using
Uri queryUri = ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI;
I use following code to read the contacts and I allways get every contact, phone, SIM, etc..
//https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16651609/how-to-display-phone-contacts-only-exclude-sim-contacts
// http://www.higherpass.com/Android/Tutorials/Working-With-Android-Contacts/1/
ContentResolver cr = currentActivity.getContentResolver();
Uri queryUri = ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI;
Cursor cur = cr.query(queryUri,
null, null, null, null);
if (cur.getCount() > 0) {
while (cur.moveToNext()) { //Are there still contacts?
//See if the contact has at least one number
if (Integer.parseInt(cur.getString(cur.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.Contacts.HAS_PHONE_NUMBER))) > 0) {
String id = cur.getString( cur.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.Contacts._ID) );
String name = cur.getString( cur.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME) );
ArrayList<String> numbers = new ArrayList<String>();
//Read numbers:
Cursor pCur = cr.query(
ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTENT_URI,
null,
ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTACT_ID +" = ?",
new String[]{id}, null);
while (pCur.moveToNext()) {
numbers.add( pCur.getString(
pCur.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.NUMBER)) );
Log.e("Contactbook", "The latest added number is: " + numbers.get(numbers.size()-1) );
}
pCur.close();
}
}
}
What am I missing? This code still gives me both SIM and phone contacts to the log.
Edit: To clarifify, in the contactbook you got the "Display options". In there ist the "select contacts to display"-option, and I want to read the contacts that are shown based on the users choice there. So if a user choses to show only SIM-contacts, read only SIM-contacts, if he choses to only show Phone-Contacts, show onyl phone contacts etc...

Try with following "selection".
String selection = ContactsContract.Contacts.IN_VISIBLE_GROUP + " = ?";
From Android docs:
public static final String IN_VISIBLE_GROUP: An indicator of whether this contact is supposed to be visible in the UI. "1" if the contact has at least one raw contact that belongs to a visible group; "0" otherwise.
This should be your "selection" argument in query API.
Update: I tried below code on Android-2.3(I know it is old device, but right now Don't have newer device with me).
final ContentResolver cr = getContentResolver();
String[] projection = new String[] { ContactsContract.Contacts._ID, ContactsContract.Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME };
String selection = ContactsContract.Contacts.IN_VISIBLE_GROUP + " = ?" ;
String[] Args = { "1" };
final Cursor contacts = cr.query(
ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI, projection,
selection,Args ,
null);
This could be a long operation (depending on no. of contacts), hence you should use CursorLoader class (A loader that queries the ContentResolver and returns a Cursor) for this.
cursorLoader.loadInBackground();
This will be called on a worker thread to perform the actual load and to return the result of the load operation.

You can easily create two Arrays for each kind of contacts
ArrayList<String> simContacts = new ArrayList<>();
//get all sim contacts
Uri simUri = Uri.parse("content://icc/adn");
Cursor cursorSim = getContext().getContentResolver().query(simUri, null, null, null, null);
while (cursorSim.moveToNext()) {
simContacts.add(cursorSim.getString(cursorSim.getColumnIndex("name")));
}
}
ArrayList<String> allContacts = new ArrayList<>();
//get all contacts
Cursor cur = cr.query(ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI,
null, null, null, null);
if (cursor != null && cursor.getCount() > 0) {
while (!cursor.isAfterLast()) {
String phoneNumber = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.NUMBER));
String displayNameColumn = Utils.hasHoneycomb() ? ContactsContract.Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME_PRIMARY : ContactsContract.Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME;
String displayName = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(displayNameColumn));
//check if simContacts Array contains this particular name
if (!simContacts.contains(displayNameColumn){
allContacts.add(displayNameColumn);
}
}
}
This is just a working example,of course you can modify to your needs.You can parse more contact fields and make more complication queries.

How to obtain the name of a caller from the phone number in Android

I am working in Android and I would like to know how to find out the contact name of a phone number.
In the BroadcastReceiver I have this:
String phonenr=intent.getStringExtra(Intent.EXTRA_PHONE_NUMBER);
I need the contact name ( full name - firstname + familyname , if there is) for this phone number.
Thx!

You can Try this link
Uri uri = Uri.withAppendedPath(PhoneLookup.CONTENT_FILTER_URI, Uri.encode(phoneNumber));
resolver.query(uri, new String[]{PhoneLookup.DISPLAY_NAME} .....)
Use the function Below like this:
Uri uri = Uri.withAppendedPath(PhoneLookup.CONTENT_FILTER_URI, Uri.encode("your receive phone number"));
Cursor phones = getContentResolver().query(uri, new String[]{PhoneLookup.DISPLAY_NAME},null,null,null);
while (phones.moveToNext())
{
//it returns contact name
String name=phones.getString(phones.getColumnIndex(PhoneLookup.DISPLAY_NAME));
}

Check this out Retrieving Contact Information
//query for the people in your address book
Cursor cursor = getContentResolver().query(People.CONTENT_URI, null, null, null,People.NAME + " ASC");
startManagingCursor(cursor);
//bind the name and the number fields
String[] columns = new String[] { People.NAME, People.NUMBER };
int[] to = new int[] { R.id.name_entry, R.id.number_entry };
SimpleContactAdapter mAdapter = new SimpleContactAdapter(this, R.layout.list_entry, cursor, columns, to);
this.setListAdapter(mAdapter);

Android - Find a contact by display name

I'm trying to find a contact by display name. The goal is to open this contact and add more data to it (specifically more phone numbers), but I'm struggling to even find the contact I want to update.
This is the code I'm using:
public static String findContact(Context context) {
ContentResolver contentResolver = context.getContentResolver();
Uri uri = ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTENT_FILTER_URI;
String[] projection = new String[] { PhoneLookup._ID };
String selection = ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.DISPLAY_NAME + " = ?";
String[] selectionArguments = { "John Johnson" };
Cursor cursor = contentResolver.query(uri, projection, selection, selectionArguments, null);
if (cursor != null) {
while (cursor.moveToNext()) {
return cursor.getString(0);
}
}
return "John Johnson not found";
}
I do have a contact called "John Johnson", but the method always returns "not found". I also tried searching for a contact with just one name, so that makes no difference.
I suspect that it's something wrong with the uri, selection or selection arguments, because I couldn't find any example online of searching for contacts with a given display name, and it seems display name is a special kind of information, different from for example a phone number.
Any ideas how I can achieve to find John Johnson?
UPDATE: I found out how to find a contact by display name:
ContentResolver contentResolver = context.getContentResolver();
Uri uri = Data.CONTENT_URI;
String[] projection = new String[] { PhoneLookup._ID };
String selection = StructuredName.DISPLAY_NAME + " = ?";
String[] selectionArguments = { "John Johnson" };
Cursor cursor = contentResolver.query(uri, projection, selection, selectionArguments, null);
if (cursor != null) {
while (cursor.moveToNext()) {
return cursor.getString(0);
}
}
return "John Johnson not found";
This code returns the contact id of the first contact with display name "John Johnson". In my original code I had the wrong uri and the wrong selection in my query.

I thinks the issue may caused by the projection you set. Projection is used to tell android which column of data you want to query then you only give the id column so the display name won't return. Try to remove the projection to see whether it works.
-- Cursor cursor = contentResolver.query(uri, projection, selection, selectionArguments, null);
++ Cursor cursor = contentResolver.query(uri, null, selection, selectionArguments, null);

Change Your Query URI.
You are using a URI that is meant to filter only phones numbers:
Uri uri = ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTENT_FILTER_URI;
You need to use a URI that has access to the display_name column, like this:
Uri uri = ContactsContract.Data.CONTENT_URI;
There's a decent breakdown of what URIs to use and when to use them on the Android SDK Documentation:
If you need to read an individual contact, consider using CONTENT_LOOKUP_URI instead of CONTENT_URI.
If you need to look up a contact by the phone number, use PhoneLookup.CONTENT_FILTER_URI, which is optimized for this purpose.
If you need to look up a contact by partial name, e.g. to produce filter-as-you-type suggestions, use the CONTENT_FILTER_URI URI.
If you need to look up a contact by some data element like email address, nickname, etc, use a query against the ContactsContract.Data table. The result will contain contact ID, name etc.

//method for gaining id
//this method get a name and make fetch it's id and then send the id to other method //named "showinformation" and that method print information of that contact
public void id_return(String name) {
String id_name=null;
Uri resultUri = ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI;
Cursor cont = getContentResolver().query(resultUri, null, null, null, null);
String whereName = ContactsContract.Data.MIMETYPE + " = ? AND " + ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.StructuredName.DISPLAY_NAME + " = ?" ;
String[] whereNameParams = new String[] { ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.StructuredName.CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE,name};
Cursor nameCur = getContentResolver().query(ContactsContract.Data.CONTENT_URI, null, whereName, whereNameParams, ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.StructuredName.GIVEN_NAME);
while (nameCur.moveToNext()) {
id_name = nameCur.getString(nameCur.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.StructuredName.CONTACT_ID));}
nameCur.close();
cont.close();
nameCur.close();
//for calling of following method
showinformation(id_name);
}
//method for showing information like name ,phone, email and other thing you want
public void showinformation(String id) {
String name=null;
String phone=null;
String email=null;
Uri resultUri = ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI;
Cursor cont = getContentResolver().query(resultUri, null, null, null, null);
String whereName = ContactsContract.Data.MIMETYPE + " = ? AND " + ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.StructuredName.CONTACT_ID+ " = ?" ;
String[] whereNameParams1 = new String[] { ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.StructuredName.CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE,id};
Cursor nameCur1 = getContentResolver().query(ContactsContract.Data.CONTENT_URI, null, whereName, whereNameParams1, ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.StructuredName.GIVEN_NAME);
while (nameCur1.moveToNext()) {
name = nameCur1.getString(nameCur1.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.StructuredName.DISPLAY_NAME));}
nameCur1.close();
cont.close();
nameCur1.close();
String[] whereNameParams2 = new String[] { ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE,id};
Cursor nameCur2 = getContentResolver().query(ContactsContract.Data.CONTENT_URI, null, whereName, whereNameParams2, ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.StructuredName.GIVEN_NAME);
while (nameCur2.moveToNext()) {
phone = nameCur2.getString(nameCur2.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.NUMBER));}
nameCur2.close();
cont.close();
nameCur2.close();
String[] whereNameParams3 = new String[] { ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Email.CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE,id};
Cursor nameCur3 = getContentResolver().query(ContactsContract.Data.CONTENT_URI, null, whereName, whereNameParams3, ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.StructuredName.GIVEN_NAME);
while (nameCur3.moveToNext()) {
email = nameCur3.getString(nameCur3.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Email.DATA));}
nameCur3.close();
cont.close();
nameCur3.close();
String[] whereNameParams4 = new String[] { ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.StructuredPostal.CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE,id};
Cursor nameCur4 = getContentResolver().query(ContactsContract.Data.CONTENT_URI, null, whereName, whereNameParams4, ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.StructuredPostal.DATA);
while (nameCur4.moveToNext()) {
phone = nameCur4.getString(nameCur4.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.StructuredPostal.DATA));}
nameCur4.close();
cont.close();
nameCur4.close();
//showing result
txadd.setText("Name= "+ name+"\nPhone= "+phone+"\nEmail= "+email);
}
//thank all persons in this site because of many help of me to learn and correction my warn and errors this is only a gift for all of you and ...

The below code should do the trick
if (displayName != null) {
Uri lookupUri = Uri.withAppendedPath(ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_FILTER_URI, Uri.encode(displayName));
String[] displayNameProjection = { ContactsContract.Contacts._ID, ContactsContract.Contacts.LOOKUP_KEY, Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.HONEYCOMB ? ContactsContract.Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME_PRIMARY : ContactsContract.Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME };
Cursor cur = context.getContentResolver().query(lookupUri, displayNameProjection, null, null, null);
try {
if (cur.moveToFirst()) {
return true;
}
} finally {
if (cur != null)
cur.close();
}
return false;
} else {
return false;
}
Reference: Retrieving a List of Contacts Article

android ContactsContract query to show in listview

i am querying contacts through
private Cursor cursor;
private static final String SORT_ORDER = ContactsContract.Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME + " ASC ";
String[] myProjection = new String[] { ContactsContract.Contacts._ID,
ContactsContract.Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME,
ContactsContract.Contacts.PHOTO_ID,
ContactsContract.Contacts.HAS_PHONE_NUMBER,
ContactsContract.Contacts.STARRED};
cursor = managedQuery(ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI, myProjection, null, null, SORT_ORDER);
and its giving me all contacts details.But my issue is its showing contacts with no entries as well.I want to query and show only those contacts which have at least an email or phone number .If contacts have no phone or email attached to it i dont want to show in my list view. What selection parameters should i need to give to filter them in my query.
Thanks

After query for your requirement use something like this:
if (Integer.parseInt(cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.Contacts.HAS_PHONE_NUMBER))) > 0)
{
//show in Listview
}
else
{
Cursor emailCur = cr.query(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Email.CONTENT_URI,null,ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Email.CONTACT_ID + " = ?",new String[]{id}, null);
if(emailCur.moveToNext())
{
//show in Listview
}
}