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

To limit the number of results in your cursor try:

cursor = cr.query(ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI,null, null, null, ContactName + " LIMIT 100");
while(cursor.moveToNext()) {
    // something clever
}

Answer 2

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
        )

Answer 3

From Android 11, that above solution will not work, you can try this one to fetch the data.

    /**
 * Call to fetch all media on device, it but be called synchronously since function is called on a background thread
 */
private fun fetchGalleryImages(
    context: Context,
    offset: Int,
    limit: Int
): List<MediaItem> {
    val galleryImageUrls = mutableListOf<MediaItem>()
    try {
        if (EasyPermissions.hasPermissions(
                context,
                Manifest.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
            )
        ) {
            // Define the columns that will be fetched
            val projection = arrayOf(
                MediaStore.Files.FileColumns._ID,
                MediaStore.Files.FileColumns.DATA,
                MediaStore.Files.FileColumns.DATE_ADDED,
                MediaStore.Files.FileColumns.MEDIA_TYPE,
                MediaStore.Files.FileColumns.MIME_TYPE,
                MediaStore.Files.FileColumns.TITLE,
                MediaStore.Video.Media.DURATION
            )
            val selection =
                "${MediaStore.Files.FileColumns.MEDIA_TYPE} = ? OR ${MediaStore.Files.FileColumns.MEDIA_TYPE} = ?"
            val selectionArgs = arrayOf(
                MediaStore.Files.FileColumns.MEDIA_TYPE_IMAGE.toString(),
                MediaStore.Files.FileColumns.MEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO.toString()
            )
            /**
             * Change the way to fetch Media Store
             */
            if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.Q) {
                // Get All data in Cursor by sorting in DESC order
                context.contentResolver.query(
                    contentUri(),
                    projection,
                    Bundle().apply {
                        // Limit & Offset
                        putInt(ContentResolver.QUERY_ARG_LIMIT, limit)
                        putInt(ContentResolver.QUERY_ARG_OFFSET, offset)
                        // Sort function
                        putString(
                            ContentResolver.QUERY_ARG_SORT_COLUMNS,
                            MediaStore.Files.FileColumns.DATE_MODIFIED
                        )
                        putInt(
                            ContentResolver.QUERY_ARG_SORT_DIRECTION,
                            ContentResolver.QUERY_SORT_DIRECTION_DESCENDING
                        )
                        // Selection
                        putString(ContentResolver.QUERY_ARG_SQL_SELECTION, selection)
                        putStringArray(
                            ContentResolver.QUERY_ARG_SQL_SELECTION_ARGS,
                            selectionArgs
                        )
                    }, null
                )
            } else {
                val sortOrder =
                    "${MediaStore.Files.FileColumns.DATE_MODIFIED} DESC LIMIT $limit OFFSET $offset"
                // Get All data in Cursor by sorting in DESC order
                context.contentResolver.query(
                    contentUri(),
                    projection,
                    selection,
                    selectionArgs,
                    sortOrder
                )
            }?.use { cursor ->
                while (cursor.moveToNext()) {
                    galleryImageUrls.add(
                        MediaItem(
                            cursor.getLong(cursor.getColumnIndex(MediaStore.Files.FileColumns._ID)),
                            ContentUris.withAppendedId(
                                contentUri(),
                                cursor.getLong(cursor.getColumnIndex(MediaStore.Files.FileColumns._ID))
                            ),
                            cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(MediaStore.Files.FileColumns.DATA)),
                            cursor.getStringOrNull(cursor.getColumnIndex(MediaStore.Files.FileColumns.MIME_TYPE)),
                            cursor.getLongOrNull(cursor.getColumnIndex(MediaStore.Video.Media.DURATION))
                        )
                    )
                }
            }
        }
    } catch (ex: Exception) {
        ex.printStackTrace()
    }
    return galleryImageUrls
}