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Retrieving Contact Information (Name,

Number, and ProlePicture)
JANUARY 19, 2010
tags: address book, android, contact, contact name, contact number, contact photo, examples
Hey everyone,

This post is for API levels 4 or lower and is a post to honor someones request
(https://thinkandroid.wordpress.com/requests/). The example will show you how to grab a
persons name, number, and prole picture, and set them in a view.

The code in the Activity is:

1 //QUERYFORTHEPEOPLEINYOURADDRESSBOOK
2 Cursorcursor=getContentResolver().query(People.CONTENT_URI,null,null
3 startManagingCursor(cursor);
4
5 //BINDTHENAMEANDTHENUMBERFIELDS
6 String[]columns=newString[]{People.NAME,People.NUMBER};
7 int[]to=newint[]{R.id.name_entry,R.id.number_entry};
8 SimpleContactAdaptermAdapter=newSimpleContactAdapter(this,R.layout.lis
9 this.setListAdapter(mAdapter);

The code for the list_entry.xml is:

1 <?xmlversion="1.0"encoding="utf8"?>
2 <LinearLayoutxmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android
3 android:orientation="horizontal"
4 android:layout_width="fill_parent"
5 android:layout_height="fill_parent"
6 android:id="@+id/list_entry_base">
7 <ImageView
8 android:id="@+id/profile_pic"
9 android:layout_width="wrap_content"
10 android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
11 <LinearLayout
12 android:orientation="vertical"
13 android:layout_width="wrap_content"
14 android:layout_height="wrap_content"
15 android:paddingLeft="12dip">
16 <TextView

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17 android:id="@+id/name_entry"
18 android:layout_width="wrap_content"
19 android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
20 <TextView
21 android:id="@+id/number_entry"
22 android:layout_width="wrap_content"
23 android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
24 </LinearLayout>
25 </LinearLayout>

And nally the code for the SimpleContactAdapter (which is our custom cursor adapter for
more info see https://thinkandroid.wordpress.com/2010/01/11/custom-cursoradapters/
(https://thinkandroid.wordpress.com/2010/01/11/custom-cursoradapters/)) should look like:

1 @Override
2 publicViewnewView(Contextcontext,Cursorcursor,ViewGroupparent)
3
4 Cursorc=getCursor();
5
6 finalLayoutInflaterinflater=LayoutInflater.from(context);
7 Viewv=inflater.inflate(layout,parent,false);
8
9 intidCol=c.getColumnIndex(People._ID);
10 intnameCol=c.getColumnIndex(People.NAME);
11 intnumCol=c.getColumnIndex(People.NUMBER);
12
13 Stringname=c.getString(nameCol);
14 Stringnumber=c.getString(numCol);
15 longid=c.getLong(idCol);
16
17 //SETTHENAMEHERE
18 TextViewname_text=(TextView)v.findViewById(R.id.name_entry);
19 if(name_text!=null){
20 name_text.setText(name);
21 }
22
23 //SETTHEPROFILEPICTURE
24 ImageViewprofile=(ImageView)v.findViewById(R.id.profile_pic);
25 if(profile!=null){
26 //RETRIEVETHECONTACTPHOTOASABITMAP
27 Uriuri=ContentUris.withAppendedId(People.CONTENT_URI,id);
28 Bitmapbitmap=People.loadContactPhoto(context,uri,R.drawab
29
30 //SETITHEREINTHEIMAGEVIEW
31 profile.setImageBitmap(bitmap);
32 }
33
34 //SETTHECONTACTPHONENUMBER
35 TextViewnumber_text=(TextView)v.findViewById(R.id.number_entry
36 if(number_text!=null){
37 number_text.setText(number);
38 }
39
40 returnv;
41 }

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And putting all those together should do it! Now you should be able to recreate your phones
address book and put the name, number, and also the contacts local photo.

Let me know if you have questions! Happy coding.

jwei

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15 Comments leave one
1. Carl PERMALINK
January 22, 2010 12:46 pm
Hey man, really like the stuff you have on your blog, pretty much all of it matches my
course projects atm, so it will come in rather helpful ^^ hehe, especially with Android, that
stuff is hard >.<

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2. Android Phones PERMALINK
January 24, 2010 10:18 pm
Nice inspiring blog, dude. I enjoy your posting. I am about to create blog about mobile
phones, too.

Thanks!

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3. ezyclie PERMALINK
January 31, 2010 7:06 pm
Hi,

Can i get the fully source code for this example ? if yes, please send it to
e_zy_clie@yahoo.com

Thanks

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4. Pendroid PERMALINK
February 14, 2010 10:09 pm

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hi, this is really a helpful blog.

but i would like to request to post snapshots of codes here
so that viewers can easily understand the code,,
and that will help you also..

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jwei512 PERMALINK*
February 14, 2010 10:12 pm
hey pendroid

do u mean to put up snap shots of the emulator? and do u mean for this particular post,
or in general?

thanks for the feedback!

jwei

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5. Mike PERMALINK
April 21, 2010 7:31 pm
hi jwei512,

this is cool. this helps me a lot. but have a small issue, if user has a mobile number as well
as a HOME or a WORK number too how to retrieve them and how to display them??

regards,
mike

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6. Sulabh PERMALINK
October 7, 2010 12:01 am
Hey,
nice example. this is working ne but fetching contact image only for rst contact.

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7. Beachsnow PERMALINK
November 9, 2010 12:15 pm
Hi,
I have the same problem as Sulabh.
There must be a bug in the code (which I have not jet found) because I the image is only
correct for the rst two contacts and just repates this picture for the next contacts that have
a image. Please help to x it!

Regards Stefan

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Beachsnow PERMALINK
November 9, 2010 12:39 pm
If I turn the device, which causes a onCreate(), the correct images are shown for the
current view.

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8. web design tipperary, ireland PERMALINK
March 21, 2011 6:09 am
cheers man, just what i was looking for, most info is for later API versions

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9. satya PERMALINK
March 22, 2011 7:08 am
Your example works very ne in emulator but it is displaying empty screen in real device

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10. Baradwaj PERMALINK
December 20, 2012 10:31 am
Only images of the rst two contacts were displayed what to do

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