contacts picker, retrieving last name, first name, phone number

Question

Right now, I'm able to retrieve the phone number and set the text of my editText to that number. But when I try to get the last name or first name it doesn't work. Note the stuff I commented out.

Heres my code:

import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.database.Cursor;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.provider.ContactsContract;
import android.provider.ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.EditText;

public class main extends Activity {

    private static final int CONTACT_PICKER_RESULT = 1001; 
    /** Called when the activity is first created. */
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);
        Button getContacts = (Button)findViewById(R.id.getContacts);
        getContacts.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {

            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK,
                        ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTENT_URI);
                startActivityForResult(i, CONTACT_PICKER_RESULT);

            }
        });
    }
    protected void onActivityResult(int reqCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
        super.onActivityResult(reqCode, resultCode, data);
        if(resultCode == RESULT_OK) {
            switch (reqCode) {
            case CONTACT_PICKER_RESULT:
                Cursor cursor = null;
                String number = "";
                String lastName ="";
                try {

                    Uri result = data.getData();

                    //get the id from the uri
                    String id = result.getLastPathSegment();  

                    //query
                    cursor = getContentResolver().query(
                            ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTENT_URI,
                            null,
                            ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone._ID + " = ? " , new String[] {id}, null);

//                  cursor = getContentResolver().query(Phone.CONTENT_URI,
//                          null, Phone.CONTACT_ID + "=?", new String[] { id },
//                          null);

                    int numberIdx = cursor.getColumnIndex(Phone.DATA);  

                    if(cursor.moveToFirst()) {
                        number = cursor.getString(numberIdx);
                        //lastName = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.StructuredName.FAMILY_NAME));
                    } else {
                        //WE FAILED
                    }
                } catch (Exception e) {
                    //failed
                } finally {
                    if (cursor!=null) {
                        cursor.close();
                    }
                    EditText numberEditText = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.number);
                    numberEditText.setText(number);
                    //EditText lastNameEditText = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.last_name);
                    //lastNameEditText.setText(lastName);

                }

            }
        }

For anyone who wants first and last name separately, see: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4301064/how-to-get-the-firstname-and-lastname-from-android-contacts Krzysztof's answer was particularly useful to me. — Ionoclast Brigham, Oct 27 '11 at 18:45

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 22 '11 at 10:34

6

This is how i got the display name...

@Override
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
    if (resultCode == RESULT_OK) {
        switch (requestCode) {
        case CONTACT_PICKER_RESULT:
            Cursor cursor = null;

            try {
                Uri result = data.getData();
                String id = result.getLastPathSegment();

                //Get Name
                cursor = getContentResolver().query(result, null, null, null, null);
                if (cursor.moveToFirst()) {
                    name = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME));
                } catch (Exception e) { }
        }
    }
}

Hope it helps :)

answered Apr 22 '11 at 10:34

Tom O

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Thanks! and how can I get the last name? or first name? – LuxuryMode Apr 22 '11 at 13:20
This gets both first and last name – Tom O Apr 22 '11 at 13:27
But I need the first name and last name separately. ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.StructuredName.FAMILY_NAME and ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.StructuredName.GIVEN_NAME should work, but that's what I'm having trouble with. – LuxuryMode Apr 22 '11 at 14:04
Split it by a space ' ' then get splitString[0] as first name and splitString[1] as last name? – Tom O Apr 22 '11 at 16:49
This helped me: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1721279/how-to-read-contacts-on-android-2-0/1780818#1780818 – Sileria Oct 18 '12 at 04:26

artkoenig · Answer 2 · 2014-06-07T06:57:03.817

If you have your contact id, you can use this method for retrieving all the other contact data:

Map<String, String> result = new HashMap<>();
Cursor cursor = context.getContentResolver().query(ContactsContract.Data.CONTENT_URI, null, ContactsContract.Data.CONTACT_ID + "='" + YOUR_CONTACT_ID + "'", null, null);
if (cursor != null) {
    while (cursor.moveToNext()) {
        String mime = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.Data.MIMETYPE));
        switch (mime) {
            case ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.StructuredName.CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE:
                result.put(FIRST_NAME, cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.StructuredName.GIVEN_NAME)));
                result.put(LAST_NAME, cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.StructuredName.FAMILY_NAME)));
                break;
            case ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.StructuredPostal.CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE:
                result.put(CITY, cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.StructuredPostal.CITY)));
                result.put(STREET, cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.StructuredPostal.STREET)));
                result.put(ZIP, cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.StructuredPostal.POSTCODE)));
                break;
            case ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE:
                if (ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.TYPE_MOBILE == cursor.getInt(cursor.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.TYPE))) {
                    result.put(MOBILE, cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.NUMBER)));
                }
                break;
        }
    }
    cursor.close();
}
return result;

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