How to open the phone book from the Android application?

Question

I am working on an Android application in which I want to open the phone book on a button click event. Should I use intention for this?

Thank you, Vishakha.

Answer 1

Try something like this:

Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK, ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI); startActivityForResult(intent, PICK_CONTACT); 

To learn more about this, see Android - Open Contacts. Activity and Return. Selected Contact.