How to call Android contacts list?

Question

I\'m making an Android app, and need to call the phone\'s contact list. I need to call the contacts list function, pick a contact, then return to my app with the contact\'s

Answer 1

Looking around for an API Level 5 solution using ContactsContract API you could slightly modify the code above with the following:

  Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK);
  intent.setType(ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_TYPE);
  startActivityForResult(intent, PICK_CONTACT);

And then in onActivityResult use the column name:

  ContactsContract.Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME