How to show phone contacts in a ListView

Question

Following is my code, actually on screen it's not showing me any contact. In emulator I have 5 contacts added. Please tell me what to do.

{
    //some code
    Cursor cur = getContacts();
    String[] fields = new String[] {ContactsContract.Data.DISPLAY_NAME};
    SimpleCursorAdapter adapter = 
        new SimpleCursorAdapter(this, 
                                R.layout.list_view_item_new,
                                cur,
                                fields,
                                new int[] {R.id.contactEntryText});
    lv.setAdapter(adapter);
}

private Cursor getContacts() {  
    // Run query     
    Uri uri = ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI;
    String[] projection = 
        new String[]{ ContactsContract.Contacts._ID,
                      ContactsContract.Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME }; 
    String selection = null;
    String[] selectionArgs = null;  
    String sortOrder = ContactsContract.Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME + 
        " COLLATE LOCALIZED ASC";  
    return managedQuery(uri, projection, selection, selectionArgs, sortOrder);  
}

thanks for pointing in that direction actually i was using linear layout inside that i have textview. now i have deleted linear layout . i am getting my list. — Neha, Mar 03 '11 at 09:07

score 5 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 08 '12 at 14:56

I have copied and executed almost the same code and it works:

    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

        Cursor cur = getContacts();

        ListView lv = getListView();

       String[] fields = new String[] {ContactsContract.Data.DISPLAY_NAME};

       SimpleCursorAdapter adapter = 
                new SimpleCursorAdapter(this, 
                                        R.layout.main,
                                        cur,
                                        fields,
                                        new int[] {R.id.txtbox});
          lv.setAdapter(adapter);         
    }    

    private Cursor getContacts() {  
        // Run query     
        Uri uri = ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI;

        String[] projection = 
                new String[]{ ContactsContract.Contacts._ID,
                              ContactsContract.Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME }; 
            String selection = null;
            String[] selectionArgs = null;  
            String sortOrder = ContactsContract.Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME + 
                " COLLATE LOCALIZED ASC";  
            return managedQuery(uri, projection, selection, selectionArgs, sortOrder);
    }

Please check if you have done anything wrong in the textview implementation?

For those who want also to have a projection on the phone number. I tried this example but it was giving me an error saying invalid column data1. Here's the solution: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21811780/android-contact-phone-number-using-loader-invalid-column-data1 — JPerk, May 15 '17 at 00:40

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 02 '11 at 09:47

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First I would just narrow the problem.

1) Check if you have permissions for reading contacts

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_CONTACTS"/>

2) Check if cursor have any results

cur.getCount()

answered Mar 02 '11 at 09:47

wonglik

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androidmanifest file have this permission and getcount() returns 5 but still i am not getting values in adapter. Is there any way to check row data in cursor?? if in debuging we can check, then please tell me which property to check?? thanks in advance.. – Neha Mar 02 '11 at 10:58
@neha you can always iterate through cursor like : 'while (c.moveToNext())...' but one things that bother me. Once you use 'ContactsContract.Data.DISPLAY_NAME' and once 'ContactsContract.Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME'. Are those same? – wonglik Mar 02 '11 at 11:35

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