How to obtain contact information from an Intent in Android?

Question

I am using intent to display contact list. From contacts I want to get contact information like firstname, secondname, emailid, phonenumber. I want all the information in onActivityForResult() for selected contact.

Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK, ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI);  
startActivityForResult(intent, 1);

Answer 1

This has been answered many times, please check these posts out:

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Google Android Developer Documentations:

@Override
public Loader<Cursor> onCreateLoader(int loaderId, Bundle args) {
    /*
     * Appends the search string to the base URI. Always
     * encode search strings to ensure they're in proper
     * format.
     */
    Uri contentUri = Uri.withAppendedPath(Contacts.CONTENT_FILTER_URI, Uri.encode(mSearchString));

    return new CursorLoader(
        getActivity(),
        contentUri,
        PROJECTION,
        null,
        null,
        null
    );
}

Source: http://developer.android.com/training/contacts-provider/retrieve-names.html