Get the email address from a contact using ContactsContract api on android

Question

I use the ContactsContract api to display all contacts from activity. This intent returns the contact identifier. I need to get the mailing address of this contact.

Here is the code that I use to display contacts:

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

I get the result in a function onActivityResult.

Please help how do I do this.

Answer 1

in your onActivityResult, first get the contact id and request ContactContract.Data for the relevant data:

// get the contact ID

Cursor cursor = getContentResolver().query(data.getData(), null, null, null, null);
cursor.moveToFirst();
long id = cursor.getLong(cursor.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.Contacts._ID));
cursor.close();

// get the data package containg the postal information for the contact
cursor = getContentResolver().query(ContactsContract.Data.CONTENT_URI, 
    new String[]{ StructuredPostal.STREET,
        StructuredPostal.CITY,
// add more coluns from StructuredPostal if you need them
        StructuredPostal.POSTCODE},
        ContactsContract.Data.CONTACT_ID + "=? AND " +
            StructuredPostal.MIMETYPE + "=?",
        new String[]{String.valueOf(id), StructuredPostal.CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE},
        null);


Street = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(StructuredPostal.STREET));
Postcode = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(StructuredPostal.POSTCODE));
City = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(StructuredPostal.CITY)));
// etc. 

Answer 2

You can also do this (slightly smaller code)

:

Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK);

intent.setType(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.StructuredPostal.CONTENT_TYPE); startActivityForResult(intent, PICK_CONTACT);

onActivityResult

Uri contactData = data.getData();
Cursor c =  managedQuery(contactData, null, null, null, null);
if (c.moveToFirst()) {
    String address = c.getString(c.getColumnIndexOrThrow(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.StructuredPostal.FORMATTED_ADDRESS));
}

Answer 3

Kiran, , Android 2.0 , , Android 1.6 , :

Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK);
intent.setType(Contacts.ContactMethods.CONTENT_POSTAL_TYPE);
startActivityForResult(intent, PICK_CONTACT);

onActivtyResult:

Uri contactData = data.getData();
Cursor c =  managedQuery(contactData, null, null, null, null);
if (c.moveToFirst()) {
   String address = c.getString(c.getColumnIndexOrThrow(Contacts.ContactMethodsColumns.DATA));
}

PICK_CONTACT int . (?)

Answer 4

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     Uri uri = ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.StructuredPostal.CONTENT_URI;
     String sortOrder = StructuredPostal.DISPLAY_NAME + " COLLATE LOCALIZED ASC";
      Cursor cr = getContentResolver().query(uri,null, null, null, sortOrder);
      while(cr.moveToNext())
{
    String  Street = cr.getString(cr.getColumnIndex(StructuredPostal.STREET));
    String  Postcode = cr.getString(cr.getColumnIndex(StructuredPostal.POSTCODE));
    String  City = cr.getString(cr.getColumnIndex(StructuredPostal.CITY));
    Toast.makeText(this,"Address is : " +City+","+Street ,Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
      }
      cr.close();