Get phone number of the current phone

Question

I am trying to get the phone number of the current phone, and I've used this code (I already have permissions in the manifest):

TelephonyManager mTelephonyMgr;    
mTelephonyMgr = (TelephonyManager) getSystemService(Context.TELEPHONY_SERVICE);     

String phoneNumber = mTelephonyMgr.getLine1Number();

I tried this code in the android emulator and it works fine and gives me a number (I guess it's the emulator's phone number),

However when I tried this code on my phone(galaxy s2) it returned an empty string.

Thanks

try this answer : http://stackoverflow.com/a/6420783/794088 – petey Mar 18 '13 at 16:11 — petey, Mar 18 '13 at 16:11
-1 This question has been asked about a million times here. – David Wasser Mar 18 '13 at 16:16 — David Wasser, Mar 18 '13 at 16:16

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 18 '13 at 16:13

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getLine1Number() is not guaranteed to return a phone number. It only works if the SIM card in your device has the number stored on it.

You can check if it does by going to Settings -> About -> Status and seeing if the phone number is available there. If it isn't, then your carrier doesn't keep the number on the SIM card

answered Mar 18 '13 at 16:13

Raghav Sood

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is there another way to get the phone number when the number doesnt stored in the sim card? – Adir Rahamim Mar 18 '13 at 16:28
@AdirRahamim Short of asking the user to input it, no. – Raghav Sood Mar 18 '13 at 16:28
hi, so how whatsapp android get my phone number? – Adir Rahamim Mar 19 '13 at 15:14
@AdirRahamim They ask you to enter it the first time you setup. – Raghav Sood Mar 19 '13 at 15:20
thanks alot,i really appreciate it :) – Adir Rahamim Mar 19 '13 at 15:38

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:25

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Source : Reading device phone number throws NULLPointerException

In India some operator, this phone number returned is which is stored on the SIM card's MSISDN, which isn't filled by some operators. So it return empty try it with other SIM.

The documentation for getLine1Number() says this method will return null if the number is "unavailable", but it does not say when the number might be unavailable.

edited May 23 '17 at 10:25

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answered Mar 18 '13 at 16:13

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is there another way to get the phone number when the number doesnt stored in the sim card? – Adir Rahamim Mar 18 '13 at 16:28
@AdirRahamim You can get Number which is stored only. You can ask user to input the number – Ajay S Mar 18 '13 at 16:29

Get phone number of the current phone

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