limiting number of rows in a ContentResolver.query() function

Question

Is there a way to limit the number of returned rows to a cursor? I have a phone with about 4000 contacts, I just need some of them.

this is the code i\'m using

Answer 1

The accepted answer is not valid anymore for android 11. In android 11 a constraint was added to not allow using LIMIT in sort value. You need to use the query with bundle parameters. For instance:

        val bundle = Bundle().apply {
            putInt(ContentResolver.QUERY_ARG_LIMIT, 100)
        }
        resolver.query(
                ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI,
                projection,
                bundle,
                null
        )