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Example of choosing a contact with phone number in Android
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout
android:id="@+id/coordinator_layout"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
>
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<Button
android:id="@+id/contacts_button"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
android:text="Open contacts"
tools:ignore="HardcodedText"/>
</RelativeLayout>
</android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout>
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.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout;
import android.support.design.widget.Snackbar;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.view.View;
import butterknife.BindView;
import butterknife.ButterKnife;
import butterknife.OnClick;
/**
* Minimal example of choosing a contact (with phone number), and doing something with the basic
* data: contact id, display name, selected phone number (in this case just show it in Snackbar)
*
* Targetting Android 6, supporting 4.1 (minSdkVersion 16).
*
* @author Joni Karppinen
*/
public class ContactsTestActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
@BindView(android.R.id.content)
View contentView;
@OnClick(R.id.contacts_button)
public void onContactsClicked() {
pickContact();
}
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_contacts_test);
ButterKnife.bind(this);
}
private final static int PICK_CONTACT = 0;
private void pickContact() {
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK, ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI);
// Show only contacts with phone number. (This also forces user to choose ONE phone number
// for a contact that has several. In addition it simplifies our code in
// handleSelectedContact() as various checks become unnecessary.)
intent.setType(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTENT_TYPE);
startActivityForResult(intent, PICK_CONTACT);
}
@Override
public void onActivityResult(int reqCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
super.onActivityResult(reqCode, resultCode, data);
switch (reqCode) {
case (PICK_CONTACT):
if (resultCode == Activity.RESULT_OK) {
handleSelectedContact(data);
}
break;
}
}
private void handleSelectedContact(Intent intent) {
Uri contactUri = intent.getData(); // uri for the picked contact
Cursor c = getContentResolver().query(contactUri, null, null, null, null);
if (c.moveToFirst()) {
String id = c.getString(c.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.Contacts._ID));
String name = c.getString(c.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME));
String selectedPhone = c.getString(c.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.Contacts.Entity.DATA1));
String message = String.format("%s has id %s, selected phone %s", name, id, selectedPhone);
Snackbar.make(contentView, message, Snackbar.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}
c.close();
}
}
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