Retrieving Contact Information (Name, Number, and Profile Picture)

Hey everyone,

This post is for API levels 4 or lower and is a post to honor someone’s request. The example will show you how to grab a person’s name, number, and profile picture, and set them in a view.

The code in the Activity is:

//query for the people in your address book
Cursor cursor = getContentResolver().query(People.CONTENT_URI, null, null, null,People.NAME + " ASC");
startManagingCursor(cursor);

//bind the name and the number fields
String[] columns = new String[] { People.NAME, People.NUMBER };
int[] to = new int[] { R.id.name_entry, R.id.number_entry };
SimpleContactAdapter mAdapter = new SimpleContactAdapter(this, R.layout.list_entry, cursor, columns, to);
this.setListAdapter(mAdapter);

The code for the list_entry.xml is:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
	android:orientation="horizontal"
	android:layout_width="fill_parent"
	android:layout_height="fill_parent"
	android:id="@+id/list_entry_base">
	<ImageView
		android:id="@+id/profile_pic"
		android:layout_width="wrap_content"
		android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
	<LinearLayout
		android:orientation="vertical"
		android:layout_width="wrap_content"
		android:layout_height="wrap_content"
		android:paddingLeft="12dip" >
	<TextView
		android:id="@+id/name_entry"
		android:layout_width="wrap_content"
		android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
	<TextView
		android:id="@+id/number_entry"
		android:layout_width="wrap_content"
		android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
	</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>

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

@Override
    public View newView(Context context, Cursor cursor, ViewGroup parent) {

        Cursor c = getCursor();

        final LayoutInflater inflater = LayoutInflater.from(context);
        View v = inflater.inflate(layout, parent, false);

        int idCol = c.getColumnIndex(People._ID);
        int nameCol = c.getColumnIndex(People.NAME);
        int numCol = c.getColumnIndex(People.NUMBER);

        String name = c.getString(nameCol);
        String number = c.getString(numCol);
        long id = c.getLong(idCol);

        // set the name here
        TextView name_text = (TextView) v.findViewById(R.id.name_entry);
        if (name_text != null) {
            name_text.setText(name);
        }

        // set the profile picture
        ImageView profile = (ImageView) v.findViewById(R.id.profile_pic);
        if (profile != null) {
            // retrieve the contact photo as a Bitmap
            Uri uri = ContentUris.withAppendedId(People.CONTENT_URI, id);
            Bitmap bitmap = People.loadContactPhoto(context, uri, R.drawable.icon, null);

            // set it here in the ImageView
            profile.setImageBitmap(bitmap);
        }

        // set the contact phone number
        TextView number_text = (TextView) v.findViewById(R.id.number_entry);
        if (number_text != null) {
            number_text.setText(number);
        }

        return v;
    }

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

Let me know if you have questions! Happy coding.

- jwei

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