In Android, how to pick a contact and display it on my app?

Question

Hi,

I am a beginner to android, i am building a application in which when the user presses a button, the contacts which is stored in the mobile are shown. When he selects a contact from that, i have to get the selected contact name and number. I tried using the code but only the name of the selected contact is shown and not the phone number.

public void readcontact(){
    try {
        Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK, Uri.parse("content://contacts/people"));
        startActivityForResult(intent, PICK_CONTACT);
    } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
      }
}

public void onActivityResult(int reqCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
      super.onActivityResult(reqCode, resultCode, data);

      switch (reqCode) {
        case (PICK_CONTACT) :
          if (resultCode == Activity.RESULT_OK) {
              Uri contactData = data.getData();
                Cursor c =  managedQuery(contactData, null, null, null, null);
                startManagingCursor(c);
                if (c.moveToFirst()) {
                  String name = c.getString(c.getColumnIndexOrThrow(People.NAME));  
                  String number = c.getString(c.getColumnIndexOrThrow(People.NUMBER));
                  perrsonname.setText(name);
                  Toast.makeText(this,  name + " has number " + number, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                 }
           }
         break;
      }

  }

I even need the additional number(home,office etc.,)of the selected contacts, Can anyone help me out with this. Suggestions on this is appreciable.

Answer 1

Refer Contacts Application which comes with Android Source