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

Question

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 cont

Answer 1

  public void readcontact(){ 
    try { 
        Intent contactPickerIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK,
                PhoneLookup.CONTENT_FILTER_URI); // creates the contact list intent
        contactPickerIntent.setType(Contacts.Phones.CONTENT_TYPE); // selects contacts with phone only
        startActivityForResult(contactPickerIntent, 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(); // has the uri for picked contact
                Cursor c = getContentResolver().query(contactData, null, null, null, null); // creates the contact cursor with the returned uri
                if (c.moveToFirst()) { 
                   String name = c..getString(c.getColumnIndex(PhoneLookup.DISPLAY_NAME));
                   String number = c.getString(c.getColumnIndex(PhoneLookup.NUMBER));
                   Toast.makeText(this,  name + " has number " + number, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show(); 
                 } 
           } 
         break; 
      } 

  }