Get specific contact information from URI returned from Intent.ACTION_PICK

Question

I am writing an Android app that has a data type that represents a person (specifically, the parent or guardian of a child). I\'d like to be able to \"import\" the relevant

Answer 1

As it turns out, there is a better way to do this.

As I mentioned, the ContactsContract.Contacts.Entity class was not available until API 11. However, the ContactsContract.Data class was available way back in API 5, and you can use that class in largely the same way that you use the Entity class.

I've updated my code. It is very similar to the code for the Entity class, and works largely the same way. However, I've tested it with my phone running Gingerbread, and it works just fine.

One change I had to make is this: There doesn't seem to be a way to get the ContactsContract.Data.RAW_CONTACT_ID from the initial query, and that ID is not the same as the ID you get from e.g. ContactsContract.Contacts._ID. Instead, I queried on the ContactsContract.Contacts.DISPLAY_NAMEconstant, which is consistent across pretty much every ContactsContract class.

Here's the working code:

        Cursor cursor;  // Cursor object
        String mime;    // MIME type
        int dataIdx;    // Index of DATA1 column
        int mimeIdx;    // Index of MIMETYPE column
        int nameIdx;    // Index of DISPLAY_NAME column

        // Get the name
        cursor = getContentResolver().query(params[0],
                new String[] { ContactsContract.Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME },
                null, null, null);
        if (cursor.moveToFirst()) {
            nameIdx = cursor.getColumnIndex(
                    ContactsContract.Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME);
            name = cursor.getString(nameIdx);

            // Set up the projection
            String[] projection = {
                    ContactsContract.Data.DISPLAY_NAME,
                    ContactsContract.Contacts.Data.DATA1,
                    ContactsContract.Contacts.Data.MIMETYPE };

            // Query ContactsContract.Data
            cursor = getContentResolver().query(
                    ContactsContract.Data.CONTENT_URI, projection,
                    ContactsContract.Data.DISPLAY_NAME + " = ?",
                    new String[] { name },
                    null);

            if (cursor.moveToFirst()) {
                // Get the indexes of the MIME type and data
                mimeIdx = cursor.getColumnIndex(
                        ContactsContract.Contacts.Data.MIMETYPE);
                dataIdx = cursor.getColumnIndex(
                        ContactsContract.Contacts.Data.DATA1);

                // Match the data to the MIME type, store in variables
                do {
                    mime = cursor.getString(mimeIdx);
                    if (ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Email
                            .CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE.equalsIgnoreCase(mime)) {
                        email = cursor.getString(dataIdx);
                    }
                    if (ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone
                            .CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE.equalsIgnoreCase(mime)) {
                        phone = cursor.getString(dataIdx);
                        phone = PhoneNumberUtils.formatNumber(phone);
                    }
                } while (cursor.moveToNext());
            }
        }