Adding rows into Cursor manually

Question

I have an array of phone numbers and I want to get the corresponding contact names from the contacts database.

In the array of phone numbers, I also have some number

Answer 1

Easiest way to add rows in a cursor is to use a MatrixCursor and a MergeCursor. Those two classes are from the SDK and here to solve that kind of problems.

Basically what you do is :

1. Put the rows you want to add in a MatrixCusror
2. Merge your cursor and your matrixCursor using a MergeCursor

Something like:

// Create a MatrixCursor filled with the rows you want to add.
MatrixCursor matrixCursor = new MatrixCursor(new String[] { colName1, colName2 });
matrixCursor.addRow(new Object[] { value1, value2 });

// Merge your existing cursor with the matrixCursor you created.
MergeCursor mergeCursor = new MergeCursor(new Cursor[] { matrixCursor, cursor });

// Use your the mergeCursor as you would use your cursor.