Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Android Contacts: how to get contact list with first name, last name and a picture


Is there a way to get all device contacts (aggregated, not raw) with contact ID, fist/last name, and contact picture?



Currently I am using the code below but it does not return structured name: 





private static final String CONTACTS_SORT_ORDER = ContactsContract.Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME + " COLLATE LOCALIZED ASC";



// all contacts

public final String[] columns = {

                        ContactsContract.Contacts._ID, 

                        ContactsContract.Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME,                                  

                        ContactsContract.Contacts.PHOTO_THUMBNAIL_URI};



c = contentResolver.query(Contacts.CONTENT_URI, null, null, null, CONTACTS_SORT_ORDER);


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  1. UserJanuary 17, 2012 at 7:31 PM

    It is not possible to fetch the required data with one query. For each contact ID you'll have to query its Data directory:

    Uri contactUri = ContentUris.withAppendedId(Contacts.CONTENT_URI, contactId);
    Uri dataUri = Uri.withAppendedPath(contactUri, Contacts.Data.CONTENT_DIRECTORY);


    Then you should run queries against this URI, filtering MIMETYPE by StructuredName.CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE to obtain StructuredName for the given ID.

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