Question

I am using the following to get the SMS from inbox

ContentResolver cr = getContentResolver();
    Cursor cur = cr.query(Uri.parse("content://sms"), null,null,null, null);        
    DateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");

     cursor_count=cur.getCount();

    if(cur.moveToFirst())
    {           
        do {

            sender.add(cur.getString(2));

            msg.add(cur.getString(11));
            date.add(formatter.format(Long.parseLong(cur.getString(4))));
        } while (cur.moveToNext());

I get the address of the person from the address field, but I also want to get the contact name of the sender, if stored in my contacts.
The person field always returns null, why?

Answer 1

try this code

 String contact=address;
                           Uri uri = Uri.withAppendedPath(PhoneLookup.CONTENT_FILTER_URI, Uri.encode(address));  
                           Cursor cs= context.getContentResolver().query(uri, new String[]{PhoneLookup.DISPLAY_NAME},PhoneLookup.NUMBER+"='"+address+"'",null,null);

                           if(cs.getCount()>0)
                           {
                            cs.moveToFirst();
                            contact=cs.getString(cs.getColumnIndex(PhoneLookup.DISPLAY_NAME));
                           }