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Android: Retrieve contact name from phone number

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For that you need to use the optimized PhoneLookup provider as described here

Uri uri = Uri.withAppendedPath(PhoneLookup.CONTENT_FILTER_URI, Uri.encode(phoneNumber));
 resolver.query(uri, new String[]{PhoneLookup.DISPLAY_NAME} .....)

Pentium10 2010-06-20 13:47:26

Right off the dev page, thank you for the quick response. The toString() method in Uri should convert this query to the contacts name?

Noah Seidman 2010-06-20 13:54:09

No, it won't you will have to resolve the Cursor yourself. For some help check this questions: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/903343/cursor-get-the-field-value-android

Pentium10 2010-06-20 15:02:31

I would initialize a cursor with a managedQuery using the URI, then move the cursor to the fist position and get the data? Once I get the cursor at the first position I use getString? I assume that the first position would be right because the query is for a number therefore the query will pull up names only for that number?

Noah Seidman 2010-06-20 15:22:39

That's exactly how you have to do. Don't forget to wrap in a try/catch.

Pentium10 2010-06-20 15:30:11

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Pentium10 2010-06-20 15:30:35

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