How to check data present in array in Android?

Question

I my Android app, i have a List of Phone Contacts. I want to add these contacts in private list by selection through checkBoxes and onButtonClick. What i want here is that if contacts are already present then they should not be added. How can i do so ??? Please help Here is the code :

private MyListAdapter adapter;
ArrayList<String> item_id = new ArrayList<String>();
ArrayList<String> item_contact_name = new ArrayList<String>();
ArrayList<String> filteredList = new ArrayList<String>();
ArrayList<String> item_contact_number = new ArrayList<String>();
Uri queryUri;
boolean flag = false;
boolean[] selection;
static ArrayList<String> selection_val;
private Button btn_select;
DbManager manager;
String[] contactArray;
Cursor Cursor, cursor1;
public static String[] selectedData;
String phoneNumber;

@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_add_contacts);
    manager = new DbManager(this);   
    try{
        queryUri = ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI;

        //String selected_data = ContactsContract.Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME + " IS NOT NULL";
        Cursor Cursor = getContentResolver().query
                (ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTENT_URI, null,null,null, null);
        showEvents(Cursor);


        cursor1 = manager.Return_All_Contacts();
        contactArray = showEvents2(cursor1);
        //final ViewHolder holder = new ViewHolder();
        selection = new boolean[item_id.size()];
        selection_val = new ArrayList<String>();
        selectedData=new String[selection.length];

        adapter = new MyListAdapter(this);
        setListAdapter(adapter);

        btn_select = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button1);
        btn_select.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
            public void onClick(View v) {

                int len = selection.length;
                int cnt = 0;
                String selectIds = "";
                for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
                    if (selection[i]) {

                        cnt++;
                    }
                }

                for (int i = 0; i < selection_val.size(); i++) {
                    //                  selectedData[i]=item_msg_body.get(i);
                    selectedData[i]=selection_val.get(i);
                    selectIds = selectIds + " | " + selection_val.get(i);
                }
                try{
                    addContacts(selectedData);
                }
                catch(Exception ex)
                {
                    Log.e("ERROR", ex.toString());
                }
                if (cnt == 0) {
                    Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "NO Selection",Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                } else {
                    Toast.makeText(
                            getApplicationContext(),
                            "Your have  Selected   " + cnt + " ids. " + " "+ selectIds, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                }
            }


        });
    }
    catch(Exception ex)
    {Log.e("Error in retrieving phone", ex.toString());
    }}


public class MyListAdapter extends BaseAdapter{
    Context con;
    private LayoutInflater layoutinf;
    ArrayList<Boolean> itemChecked = new ArrayList<Boolean>();
    ArrayList<String> items_ = new ArrayList<String>();

    public MyListAdapter(
            privateContacts sample_MultipleSelectionActivity) {
        con = sample_MultipleSelectionActivity;
    }

    public int getCount() {
        return item_id.size();
    }

    public Object getItem(int position) {
        return item_id.size();
    }

    public long getItemId(int position) {
        return item_id.get(position).hashCode();
    }

    public View getView(final int position, View convertView, ViewGroup arg2) {

        View v = convertView;
        ViewHolder holder = null;
        if (v == null) {
            layoutinf = (LayoutInflater) getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
            v = layoutinf.inflate(R.layout.row_add_contacts, null);
            holder = new ViewHolder();
            holder.chk = (CheckBox) v.findViewById(R.id.checkBox);
            holder.tv_contact_name = (TextView) v.findViewById(R.id.tvname);
            holder.tv_number = (TextView) v.findViewById(R.id.tvphone);
            holder.iv_contact = (ImageView) v.findViewById(R.id.iv_contacts);
            v.setTag(holder);
        } else {
            holder = (ViewHolder) v.getTag();
        }

        holder.chk.setId(position);
        holder.tv_contact_name.setId(position);

        holder.chk.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
            public void onClick(View v) {

                try {
                    CheckBox cb = (CheckBox) v;
                    int id = cb.getId();
                    String val = cb.getText().toString();
                    if (selection[id]) {
                        cb.setChecked(false);
                        selection[id] = false;
                        selection_val.remove("" + item_contact_name.get(id));
                    } else {
                        cb.setChecked(true);
                        selection[id] = true;
                        selection_val.add("" + item_contact_name.get(id));
                    }
                    adapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
                } catch (Exception e) {
                    Log.e("error", "" + e.toString());
                }
            }
        });
        holder.chk.setChecked(selection[position]);

        if(selection[position] == true)
        {
            //holder.tv_contact_name.setBackgroundColor(Color.GRAY);

        }
        else
        {
            holder.tv_contact_name.setBackgroundColor(Color.TRANSPARENT);

        }

        //            for(int i=0;i<contactArray.length;i++){
        //            
        //              holder.tv_contact_name.setBackgroundColor(Color.GREEN);
        //            }

        //holder.chk.setText(item_id.get(position));
        holder.tv_contact_name.setText("" + item_contact_name.get(position));
        holder.tv_number.setText("" + item_contact_number.get(position));

        return v;
    }
}

public class ViewHolder {
    private CheckBox chk;
    private TextView tv_contact_name;
    private TextView tv_number;
    private ImageView iv_contact;

}

private void addContacts(final String[] selectedItems) {
    try{

                        manager.open();
                        manager.Insert_phone_contact(selectedItems);
                        manager.close();
                        moveToLogActivity();            

    }
    catch(Exception ex)
    {
        Log.e("ERROR", ex.toString());
    }
}

private void showEvents(Cursor cursor) {

    item_id = new ArrayList<String>(cursor.getCount());
    item_contact_name = new ArrayList<String>(cursor.getCount());
    item_contact_number = new ArrayList<String>(cursor.getCount());

    String id[]=new String[cursor.getCount()];
    int i=0;
    while (cursor.moveToNext()) {
    item_contact_name.add(cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.DISPLAY_NAME)));
        item_contact_number.add(cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.NUMBER)));
        i++;
    }


}

private String[] showEvents2(Cursor cursor) {

    String addedContacts[]=new String[cursor.getCount()];

    int i=0;
    while (cursor.moveToNext()) {
        addedContacts[i] = cursor.getString(1);
        i++;
    }

    return addedContacts;

}
@Override
public void onBackPressed() {
    Intent i = new Intent(getApplicationContext(),MainActivity.class);
    startActivity(i);
    finish();
}
private void moveToLogActivity() {
    Intent i = new Intent(this, LogActivity.class); 
       startActivity(i);

}

Answer 1

You have defined your contacts array as...

String[] contactArray = {.....};

Now, you can check a contact is already contains in the contactArray as follows...

Arrays.asList(contactArray).contains(your_contacts)

Answer 2

Use this method

selection_val.contains("your_contact")

refer this Document