Get All Details from Contacts in ANDROID.

Hi all..

In today’s post I will show you how to get all information from the ANDROID Contacts programatically.
Just copy and paste this code to your mail java file and check the Logcat for output.

package pack.coderzheaven;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.ContentResolver;
import android.database.Cursor;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.provider.ContactsContract;

public class GetContactsDemo extends Activity {
    /** Called when the activity is first created. */
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);
        readContacts();
    }

    public void readContacts(){
    	 ContentResolver cr = getContentResolver();
    	 Cursor cur = cr.query(ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI,
                null, null, null, null);

         if (cur.getCount() > 0) {
        	while (cur.moveToNext()) {
		        String id = cur.getString(cur.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.Contacts._ID));
		        String name = cur.getString(cur.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME));
		        if (Integer.parseInt(cur.getString(cur.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.Contacts.HAS_PHONE_NUMBER))) > 0) {
		        	System.out.println("name : " + name + ", ID : " + id);

		        	// get the phone number
		        	Cursor pCur = cr.query(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTENT_URI,null,
		         		    			   ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTACT_ID +" = ?",
		         		    			   new String[]{id}, null);
         	        while (pCur.moveToNext()) {
         	        	  String phone = pCur.getString(
         	        			 pCur.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.NUMBER));
         	        	  System.out.println("phone" + phone);
         	        }
         	        pCur.close();


         	        // get email and type

         	       Cursor emailCur = cr.query(
         	    			ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Email.CONTENT_URI,
         	    			null,
         	    			ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Email.CONTACT_ID + " = ?",
         	    			new String[]{id}, null);
     	    		while (emailCur.moveToNext()) {
     	    		    // This would allow you get several email addresses
     	    	            // if the email addresses were stored in an array
     	    		    String email = emailCur.getString(
     	    	                      emailCur.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Email.DATA));
     	    	 	    String emailType = emailCur.getString(
     	    	                      emailCur.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Email.TYPE));

     	    		  System.out.println("Email " + email + " Email Type : " + emailType);
         	    	}
         	    	emailCur.close();

         	    	// Get note.......
         	    	String noteWhere = ContactsContract.Data.CONTACT_ID + " = ? AND " + ContactsContract.Data.MIMETYPE + " = ?";
         	        String[] noteWhereParams = new String[]{id,
         	 		ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Note.CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE};
         	                Cursor noteCur = cr.query(ContactsContract.Data.CONTENT_URI, null, noteWhere, noteWhereParams, null);
	         	 	if (noteCur.moveToFirst()) {
	         	 	    String note = noteCur.getString(noteCur.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Note.NOTE));
	         	 	  System.out.println("Note " + note);
	         	 	}
	         	 	noteCur.close();

	         	 	//Get Postal Address....

	         	 	String addrWhere = ContactsContract.Data.CONTACT_ID + " = ? AND " + ContactsContract.Data.MIMETYPE + " = ?";
	         		String[] addrWhereParams = new String[]{id,
	         			ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.StructuredPostal.CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE};
	         		Cursor addrCur = cr.query(ContactsContract.Data.CONTENT_URI,
	         	                null, null, null, null);
	         		while(addrCur.moveToNext()) {
	         			String poBox = addrCur.getString(
	         	                     addrCur.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.StructuredPostal.POBOX));
	         	 		String street = addrCur.getString(
	         	                     addrCur.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.StructuredPostal.STREET));
	         	 		String city = addrCur.getString(
	         	                     addrCur.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.StructuredPostal.CITY));
	         	 		String state = addrCur.getString(
	         	                     addrCur.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.StructuredPostal.REGION));
	         	 		String postalCode = addrCur.getString(
	         	                     addrCur.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.StructuredPostal.POSTCODE));
	         	 		String country = addrCur.getString(
	         	                     addrCur.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.StructuredPostal.COUNTRY));
	         	 		String type = addrCur.getString(
	         	                     addrCur.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.StructuredPostal.TYPE));

	         	 		// Do something with these....

	         	 	}
	         	 	addrCur.close();

	         	 	// Get Instant Messenger.........
	         	 	String imWhere = ContactsContract.Data.CONTACT_ID + " = ? AND " + ContactsContract.Data.MIMETYPE + " = ?";
	         	 	String[] imWhereParams = new String[]{id,
	         	 	    ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Im.CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE};
	         	 	Cursor imCur = cr.query(ContactsContract.Data.CONTENT_URI,
	         	            null, imWhere, imWhereParams, null);
	         	 	if (imCur.moveToFirst()) {
	         	 	    String imName = imCur.getString(
	         	                 imCur.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Im.DATA));
	         	 	    String imType;
	         	 	    imType = imCur.getString(
	         	                 imCur.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Im.TYPE));
	         	 	}
	         	 	imCur.close();

	         	 	// Get Organizations.........

	         	 	String orgWhere = ContactsContract.Data.CONTACT_ID + " = ? AND " + ContactsContract.Data.MIMETYPE + " = ?";
	         	 	String[] orgWhereParams = new String[]{id,
	         	 		ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Organization.CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE};
	         	 	Cursor orgCur = cr.query(ContactsContract.Data.CONTENT_URI,
	         	                null, orgWhere, orgWhereParams, null);
	         	 	if (orgCur.moveToFirst()) {
	         	 		String orgName = orgCur.getString(orgCur.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Organization.DATA));
	         	 		String title = orgCur.getString(orgCur.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Organization.TITLE));
	         	 	}
	         	 	orgCur.close();
	 	        }
	        }
 	   }
    }

}

Note : Make sure you add this permission to the AndroidManifest File.

Download the complete android java source code from the link below.

coderzheaven.com/uploads/GetContactsTwo.rar

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