I’m working on my first Android app, and wondering what call I can make to show this “contact pane”:

I am of course, referring to the little pane with the contact’s photo, name, and the action icons underneath.
As a related question… what is the official name for this little popup window?
The name is QuickContact and there are some helper methods in android.provider.ContactsContract.QuickContact you can use including:
Documentation: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/provider/ContactsContract.QuickContact.html