Question

Say i have an edit text and a button. In the edit text you would type a number and then when you hit the button it will either show the contact information or return with the name of that contact.

I have tried all sorts of methods provided with no luck. The one i have successfully gotten the furthest with was the following… But i had no luck returning the name.

Cursor phoneCursor = null;
    contactList = new HashMap<String,String>();

  try{
       Uri uContactsUri = ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTENT_URI;

      String strProjection = ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.DISPLAY_NAME;

      phoneCursor = getContentResolver().query(uContactsUri, null, null, null, strProjection);
      phoneCursor.moveToFirst();

      String name = "";
      String phoneNumber = "";

       int nameColumn = phoneCursor.getColumnIndex(Phone.DISPLAY_NAME);
       int phoneColumn = phoneCursor.getColumnIndex(Phone.NUMBER);



           phoneCursor.moveToNext();

        }
    }
    catch(Exception e){
        Log.e("[SmsMain] getContactData", e.toString());
    }
    finally{
       if(phoneCursor != null){
          phoneCursor.close();
          phoneCursor = null;
       }
    }
}

Answer 1

Use the below method to get contact name and if number doesnot exist the instead of name the same number is returned.

private String getContactNameFromNumber(String number) {
        // define the columns I want the query to return
        String[] projection = new String[] {
                Contacts.Phones.DISPLAY_NAME,
                Contacts.Phones.NUMBER };

        // encode the phone number and build the filter URI
        Uri contactUri = Uri.withAppendedPath(Contacts.Phones.CONTENT_FILTER_URL, Uri.encode(number));

        // query time
        Cursor c = getContentResolver().query(contactUri, projection, null,
                null, null);

        // if the query returns 1 or more results
        // return the first result
        if (c.moveToFirst()) {
            String name = c.getString(c
                    .getColumnIndex(Contacts.Phones.DISPLAY_NAME));
            return name;
        }

        // return the original number if no match was found
        return number;
    }