Please use below code
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK, ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI);
intent.setType(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTENT_TYPE);
startActivityForResult(intent, 1);
Question
My goal is to only display contacts with phone number to user and let user select few contacts which I want to store locally.
I have used various options in place of ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI in below method. But I am getting lot many of the contacts (many are junk with only email ids) displayed.
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.contact_selector);
((Button)findViewById(R.id.btnphonecontactlist)).setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
Intent contactIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK, ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI);
startActivityForResult(contactIntent, 1);
}
});
}
If I pass ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI as parameter for above method and in case of below handler method, the String[] for the query method as projection parameters (which are shown commented), the method fails with java.lang.IllegalArgumentException. If I pass null in below method, then whatever contact I select, I don't find any column related to phone number or email.
@Override
public void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
if(data != null)
{
Uri uri = data.getData();
if(uri != null)
{
Cursor c = null;
try
{
c = getContentResolver().query(uri, null
// new String[] {
//ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.NUMBER,
//ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.TYPE},
, null, null, null);
if(c != null && c.moveToFirst())
{
String number = c.getString(0);
String type = c.getString(1);
}
}
finally
{
if(c != null && !c.isClosed())
c.close();
}
}
}
}
Is there any way to display only contacts visible to user usually when user goes to phone book and which has phone numbers available?
I tried going through all the threads in stackoverflow and other sites, but could not find any solution which resolve issue around this though many people have posted the issue. I haven't worked much with the Android platform and I might have missed out certain minor details and I believe there must be an easy way to achieve this.
Kindly suggest. Appreciate your help.
Thanks.
Solution
Please use below code
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK, ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI);
intent.setType(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTENT_TYPE);
startActivityForResult(intent, 1);
OTHER TIPS
*-> Add a permission to read contacts data to your application manifest.
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_CONTACTS"/>
-> Use Intent.ACTION_PICK in your Activity
Intent contactPickerIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK,
ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTENT_URI);
startActivityForResult(contactPickerIntent, RESULT_PICK_CONTACT);
-> Then Override the onActivityResult() and retrieve the ID,Phone number and Name in the data.
@Override
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
// check whether the result is ok
if (resultCode == RESULT_OK) {
// Check for the request code, we might be usign multiple startActivityForReslut
switch (requestCode) {
case RESULT_PICK_CONTACT:
Cursor cursor = null;
try {
String phoneNo = null ;
String name = null;
Uri uri = data.getData();
cursor = getContentResolver().query(uri, null, null, null, null);
cursor.moveToFirst();
int phoneIndex =cursor.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.NUMBER);
phoneNo = cursor.getString(phoneIndex);
textView2.setText(phoneNo);
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
break;
}
} else {
Log.e("MainActivity", "Failed to pick contact");
}
}
This will work check it out*
Following code will do what you want.
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK,ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTENT_URI);
startActivityForResult(Intent.createChooser(intent, "Contact"), PICK_CONTACT);
Uri uri = Uri.parse("content://contacts");
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK, uri);
intent.setType(Phone.CONTENT_TYPE);
startActivityForResult(intent, REQUEST_CODE);
Use this:
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK, Uri.parse("content://contacts/people"));
intent.setType(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTENT_TYPE);
startActivityForResult(intent, 1);