Custom activity to choose a contact with a phone number. But normally you just want new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK, ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI).

gistfile1.java

package com.example;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.ContentUris;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.database.Cursor;
import android.graphics.Bitmap;
import android.graphics.BitmapFactory;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.provider.ContactsContract;
import android.support.v4.widget.SimpleCursorAdapter;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.ImageView;
import android.widget.ListAdapter;
import android.widget.ListView;

import com.actionbarsherlock.app.SherlockListActivity;
import com.actionbarsherlock.view.MenuItem;

public class ChooseContactActivity extends SherlockListActivity {
  static final String CHOSEN_NUMBER_RESULT = "com.example.ChooseContact.ChosenNumber";
	
	private ListAdapter adapter;
	
	private static final String[] FIELDS = new String[] {
		ContactsContract.Data.DISPLAY_NAME,
		ContactsContract.Data.PHOTO_ID,
	};
	private static final int[] LAYOUT_IDS = new int[] {
		R.id.contact_name,
		R.id.contact_photo,
	};
	
	private class ContactsCursorAdapter extends SimpleCursorAdapter {
		@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
		private ContactsCursorAdapter(Cursor cursor) {
			super(ChooseContactActivity.this, R.layout.choose_contact_item, cursor, FIELDS, LAYOUT_IDS);
		}
		
		@Override
		public void setViewImage(ImageView imageView, String value) {
			long id = getCursor().getLong(0);
			Bitmap contactPhoto = loadContactPhoto(id);
			imageView.setImageBitmap(contactPhoto);
		}

		// From http://stackoverflow.com/a/4240238/400717.
		public Bitmap loadContactPhoto(long id) throws BurnerException {
			Uri uri = ContentUris.withAppendedId(ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI, id);
			InputStream inputStream = ContactsContract.Contacts.openContactPhotoInputStream(
					getContentResolver(), uri);
			if (inputStream == null) {
				return null;
			}
			Bitmap bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(inputStream);
			try {
				inputStream.close();
			} catch (IOException e) {
				throw new BurnerException(e);
			}
			return bitmap;
		}
	}
	
	@Override
	protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
		super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
		setContentView(R.layout.choose_contact_activity);
	
		Util.setHomeAsButtonAsUp(getSupportActionBar());

		setTitle(getString(R.string.choose_contact_title));
		populateContactList();
	}
	
	private void populateContactList() {
		// Build adapter with contact entries.
		Cursor cursor = getContactsCursor();
		adapter = new ContactsCursorAdapter(cursor);
		setListAdapter(adapter);
	}
	
	@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
	private Cursor getContactsCursor() {
		Uri uri = ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI;
		String[] projection = new String[] {
				ContactsContract.Contacts._ID,
				ContactsContract.Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME,
				ContactsContract.Contacts.PHOTO_ID,
		};
		String selection = new StringBuilder()
				.append(ContactsContract.Contacts.IN_VISIBLE_GROUP).append("=?")
				.append(" AND ")
				.append(ContactsContract.Contacts.HAS_PHONE_NUMBER).append("=?")
				.toString();
		String[] selectionArgs = new String[] {
				"1",
				"1",
		};
		String sortOrder = ContactsContract.Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME + " COLLATE LOCALIZED ASC";
		return managedQuery(uri, projection, selection, selectionArgs, sortOrder);
	}

	@Override
	public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
		switch (item.getItemId()) {
		case android.R.id.home:
			onBackPressed();
			return true;
		default:
			return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
		}
	}

	private String getNumber(long id) {
		Uri uri = ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTENT_URI;
		String[] projection = new String[] {
				ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.NUMBER,
				ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.TYPE,
				ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.LABEL,
		};
		String selection = ContactsContract.Data.CONTACT_ID + "=?";
		String[] selectionArgs = new String[] {
				String.valueOf(id),
		};
		
		String number = null;
		Cursor cursor = getContentResolver().query(uri, projection, selection, selectionArgs, null);
		cursor.moveToFirst();
		if (!cursor.isAfterLast()) {
			number = cursor.getString(0);
		}
		cursor.close();
		return number;
	}
	
	@Override
	protected void onListItemClick(ListView l, View v, int position, long id) {
		String number = getNumber(id);
		
		Intent returnIntent = new Intent();
		returnIntent.putExtra(CHOSEN_NUMBER_RESULT, number);
		setResult(Activity.RESULT_OK, returnIntent);
		finish();
	}
}