Android: Contact Picker Intent | Cannot instantiate the type Uri

Question

I am trying to pick contacts with phone number only.And I am following this code

static final int PICK_CONTACT_REQUEST = 1;  // The request code
...
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Answer 1

This works for me:

private void pickContact() {
    Intent pickContactIntent = new Intent( Intent.ACTION_PICK, ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI );
    pickContactIntent.setType(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTENT_TYPE);
    startActivityForResult(pickContactIntent, PICK_CONTACT_REQUEST);
}

Edit:

Your onActivityResult() should look like this:

@Override
public void onActivityResult( int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent intent ) {

    super.onActivityResult( requestCode, resultCode, intent );
    if ( requestCode == PICK_CONTACT_REQUEST ) {

        if ( resultCode == RESULT_OK ) {
                Uri pickedPhoneNumber = intent.getData();
                // handle the picked phone number in here.
            }
        }
    }
}

Answer 2

Use Uri.parse() instead. You can't instsntiate a Uri directly