Query contact name by phone number (Android)

   1: public static String queryNamebyNumber(ContentResolver cr,String number)

   2: {

   3:     String[] projection = new String[] {

   4:             ContactsContract.PhoneLookup.DISPLAY_NAME,  

   5:             ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.NUMBER

   6:          }; 

   7:  

   8:     // Make the query. 

   9:     Cursor cur = cr.query(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTENT_URI

  10:                              ,projection // Which columns to return

  11:                              ,ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.NUMBER + "=?"

  12:                              ,new String[]{number}

  13:                              ,null);

  14:     

  15:     String numberOwner = "";

  16:      if (cur.moveToFirst()) 

  17:      {

  18:         int nameColumn = cur.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.PhoneLookup.DISPLAY_NAME); 

  19:         do {

  20:             String name = cur.getString(nameColumn);               

  21:             if (name != null)

  22:                 numberOwner += (name + "|||");

  23:         } while (cur.moveToNext());            

  24:      }

  25:      Logger.d(TAG, "number owner:" + numberOwner);

  26:      

  27:     cur.close();

  28:     return numberOwner;

  29: }

Something we should care, the format symbol:

When a contact was synced from Google Contacts, the phone number within the contact was totally same as you typed in Google Contacts. No “-” would been added! number “4081234567” will not be formatted to “408-123-4567”!

While you add a contact on the phone(maybe some models), when you type “4081234567”. “408-123-4567” will saved as the number.

So, if you’re going to make a smart phone number query, you’d better process the “-” symbol.