android-contacts

How to remove a contact programmatically in android

To delete all contacts use the following code: ContentResolver cr = getContentResolver(); Cursor cur = cr.query(ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI, null, null, null, null); while (cur.moveToNext()) { try{ String lookupKey = cur.getString(cur.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.Contacts.LOOKUP_KEY)); Uri uri = Uri.withAppendedPath(ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_LOOKUP_URI, lookupKey); System.out.println(“The uri is ” + uri.toString()); cr.delete(uri, null, null); } catch(Exception e) { System.out.println(e.getStackTrace()); } } To delete any specific contact modify … Read more

Inserting contacts in Android 2.2

I thought this Q was long forgotten but Since someone upvoted it, I am assuming someone else also faces the same problem as me. After a little struggle I was able to figure out the problem and insert contacts, Hope this helps, here is the sample code: ArrayList<ContentProviderOperation> ops = new ArrayList<ContentProviderOperation>(); int rawContactInsertIndex = … Read more

Search contact by phone number

If you want the complete code: public String getContactDisplayNameByNumber(String number) { Uri uri = Uri.withAppendedPath(ContactsContract.PhoneLookup.CONTENT_FILTER_URI, Uri.encode(number)); String name = “?”; ContentResolver contentResolver = getContentResolver(); Cursor contactLookup = contentResolver.query(uri, new String[] {BaseColumns._ID, ContactsContract.PhoneLookup.DISPLAY_NAME }, null, null, null); try { if (contactLookup != null && contactLookup.getCount() > 0) { contactLookup.moveToNext(); name = contactLookup.getString(contactLookup.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.Data.DISPLAY_NAME)); //String contactId = contactLookup.getString(contactLookup.getColumnIndex(BaseColumns._ID)); … Read more

How to get the first name and last name from Android contacts?

Look at ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.StructuredName class. You can find there all columns you are looking for. Try sth like this: String whereName = ContactsContract.Data.MIMETYPE + ” = ?”; String[] whereNameParams = new String[] { ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.StructuredName.CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE }; Cursor nameCur = contentResolver.query(ContactsContract.Data.CONTENT_URI, null, whereName, whereNameParams, ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.StructuredName.GIVEN_NAME); while (nameCur.moveToNext()) { String given = nameCur.getString(nameCur.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.StructuredName.GIVEN_NAME)); String family = nameCur.getString(nameCur.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.StructuredName.FAMILY_NAME)); String display … Read more

Read all contacts’ phone numbers in android

Following code shows an easy way to read all phone numbers and names: 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)); } phones.close(); NOTE: getContentResolver is a method from the Activity context.