How to Pick A Contact From Contact List In Android

Introduction

In this article I will tell you how to import a contact from the contact list in Android.

When we want to send a  message, we must import a contact from the contact list.

So using this article you can import a contact from your contact list.

You must use the following procedure.

Step 1

Create a new project  "New" --> "Android Application project" then set the name to "Contact_picker".

Step 2

Open the Contact_picker/Manifest.xml file and update it using the following code.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"

      package="com.novoda"

      android:versionCode="1"

      android:versionName="1.0">

       <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_CONTACTS" />

    <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="3" />

       <application android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher" android:label="@string/app_name">

        <activity android:name=".ContactSelector"

                  android:label="@string/app_name">

            <intent-filter>

                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />

            </intent-filter>

        </activity>

    </application>

</manifest>

Step 3

Open the Contact_picker/res/layout/activity_main.xml file and update it using the following code.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"

    android:layout_width="fill_parent"

    android:layout_height="fill_parent"

    android:orientation="vertical" >

    <Button

        android:id="@+id/btn_contacts"

        android:layout_width="match_parent"

        android:layout_height="wrap_content"

        android:layout_marginLeft="8px"

        android:text="@string/Set_cnct" />

    <TextView

        android:id="@+id/txt_contacts_name"

        android:layout_width="match_parent"

        android:layout_height="wrap_content"

        android:layout_margin="8px"

        android:textSize="24sp" />

    <TextView

        android:id="@+id/txt_contacts_number"

        android:layout_width="match_parent"

        android:layout_height="wrap_content"

        android:layout_weight="0.00"

        android:textSize="24sp"/>

</LinearLayout>

Step 4

Open the Contact_picker/res/values/string.xml file and update it using the following  code.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<resources>

    <string name="app_name">Contact_picker</string>

    <string name="hello_world">Hello world!</string>

    <string name="menu_settings">Settings</string>

    <string name="Set_cnct">Import Contact</string>

</resources>

Step 5

Open Contact_picker/src/com.contact.picker/MainActivity.java and update it file using you picking contact logic as in the following:

package com.contact.picker;

import android.app.Activity;

import android.content.Intent;

import android.database.Cursor;

import android.net.Uri;

import android.os.Bundle;

import android.provider.Contacts.People;

import android.view.View;

import android.view.View.OnClickListener;

import android.widget.Button;

import android.widget.TextView;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

        public static final int PICK_CONTACT    = 1;

        private Button                  btnContacts;

        private TextView                txtContacts1;

        private TextView                txtContacts2;

        @Override

        public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

                super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

                setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

                btnContacts = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btn_contacts);

                txtContacts1 = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.txt_contacts_name);

                txtContacts2 = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.txt_contacts_number);

                btnContacts.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {

                        @Override

                        public void onClick(View arg0) {

                                Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK, People.CONTENT_URI);

                                startActivityForResult(intent, PICK_CONTACT);

                        }

                });

        }

        @Override

        public void onActivityResult(int reqCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {

                super.onActivityResult(reqCode, resultCode, data);

                switch (reqCode) {

                        case (PICK_CONTACT):

                                if (resultCode == Activity.RESULT_OK) {

                                        Uri contactData = data.getData();

                                        Cursor c = managedQuery(contactData, null, null, null, null);

                                        if (c.moveToFirst()) {

                                                String name = c.getString(c.getColumnIndexOrThrow(People.NAME))+" : c.getInt(c.getColumnIndexOrThrow(People.NUMBER));

                                                //

                                                txtContacts1.setText(name);

                                        }

                                }

                                break;

                }

        }

}

 

Step 6

Run the application in an Android virtual device and see the output.

Import a Contact:

Choose a Contact from the list:

 

Imported Contact Name with Number: