Sorry for being away...
I managed to get it to work, however I complain with the approach used
in developing the API! Apparently, searching for a contact based on
the phone number has changed in Android 2.0 and the "old good way" of
doing that isn't working anymore (Why????????). I agree that now it is
much more intuitive, however it is a mess for the compatibility
(unless I was doing it wrong in API level 3 and 4, any lines of code
to share?).
Here the code for API level >= 5:
Uri lookupUri = Uri.withAppendedPath(PhoneLookup.CONTENT_FILTER_URI,
Uri.encode(number));
Cursor c = context.getContentResolver().query(lookupUri, null, null,
null, null);
if (c.getCount() > 0) {
c.moveToFirst();
return c.getString(c.getColumnIndex( PhoneLookup.DISPLAY_NAME ));
} else {
// Not found, do something else...
}
In any case, to be compatible with API level <= 4 PhoneLookup cannot
be referenced in the code (as well as other things) and must be loaded
through reflection. Am I wrong? Other solution?
Looking forward to hear something from a more experienced Android
developer...
Best,
Andrea ;-)
On Dec 5, 5:36 pm, ghassett <greghass...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes Dmitri, this is exactly what I am doing -- I am not manually
> inserting records into thecontactsdb like the test case does, but
> there is definitely a contact with a mobile phone number
> "617939xxxx" (with real digits, not "x"s), and when I open a cursor on
> the query:
>
> Uri filterUri1 = Uri.withAppendedPath(Phones.CONTENT_FILTER_URL,
> "617939xxxx"); // with real digits, not "x"s
>
> I get back a valid cursor, but no rows (moveToFirst() returns false)
> -- on 2.0 emulator only. On 1.6 emulator, it works fine.
>
> // greg //
>
> On Dec 4, 7:21 pm, Dmitri Plotnikov <dplotni...@google.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi Greg,
>
> > Take a look at the testPhonesFilterQuery unit test we have for
> > verifying the behavior in question:
>
> >http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/packages/providers/Contacts...
>
> > Is what it's doing correct? Is it different from what you are doing?
>
> > Thank you,
> > - Dmitri
>
> > On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 4:00 PM, ghassett <greghass...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Hi Dmitri -- I am not sure that the old API is still functional. I am
> > > using what I think is the standard way of getting a display name from
> > > a phone number -- see the code below -- and it functions on a 1.6
> > > emulator but on on a 2.0 emulator. Am I doing something wrong? Is
> > > there an example somewhere of how to "get a contact name from a phone
> > > number" that will function in 1.5, 1.6, and 2.0?
>
> > > Here's the code -- it works when run in the 1.6 emulator, but not in
> > > the 2.0 emulator (Cursor comes back non-null, but there are no records
> > > so moveToFirst returns false):
>
> > > public String getDisplayName (ContentResolver contentResolver)
> > > {
> > > String retval = mPhoneNumber;
>
> > > Cursor cursor = contentResolver.query(
> > > Uri.withAppendedPath
> > > (Contacts.Phones.CONTENT_FILTER_URL,
> > > Uri.encode(mPhoneNumber)),
> > > new String[] {Contacts.Phones.DISPLAY_NAME
> > > },
> > > null, null, null);
>
> > > if (cursor != null && cursor.moveToFirst())
> > > {
> > > retval = cursor.getString(0);
> > > }
>
> > > return retval;
> > > }
>
> > > // thanks // greg //
>
> > > On Oct 30, 3:05 pm, Dmitri Plotnikov <dplotni...@google.com> wrote:
> > >> It's deprecated, not removed. The old API is still functional, but with
> > >> restrictions:
>
> > >> 1. If your app was using something non-public, that part is likely to
> > >> break.
> > >> We tested a bunch of apps on the market against the legacy API - most
> > >> worked, but some did not. Those were the cases when the app was using
> > >> some
> > >> knowledge of the undocumented underlying database structure.
> > >> 2. Legacy API will only give you access to the "primary" account, i.e.
> > >> the
> > >> first Google account you add to the phone.
>
> > >> - Dmitri
>
> > >> On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 11:40 AM, nEx.Software
> > >> <email.nex.softw...@gmail.com
>
> > >> > wrote:
>
> > >> > Hold up... I'm confused. Are you saying thatContactsportion of the
> > >> > SDK is deprecated? Whatever happened to "stick to the SDK because
> > >> > those are stable apis that won't break in future versions"? Very
> > >> > disappointing...
>
> > >> > On Oct 30, 11:12 am, Jeff Sharkey <jshar...@android.com> wrote:
> > >> > > Could you post the exact Uri you're passing to query()? As the
> > >> > > javadoc describes, you need to append a filter string to the
> > >> > > CONTENT_FILTER_URI so it knows what to filter on.
>
> > >> > > Uri lookupUri = Uri.withAppendedPath(PhoneLookup.CONTENT_URI,
> > >> > phoneNumber);
>
> > >> > > Also, you might be able to skip your second step, since you can
> > >> > > directly ask for the PhoneLookup.DISPLAY_NAME column in the
> > >> > > projection.
>
> > >> > > j
>
> > >> > > On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 8:05 AM, agirardello
>
> > >> > > <andrea.girarde...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > >> > > > Dear all,
>
> > >> > > > I'm trying to adapt my application (Personalytics) for the brand
> > >> > > > new
> > >> > > > Android 2.0, however I'm facing an issue while accessingcontacts'
> > >> > > > phone numbers...
>
> > >> > > > What I need to do is to retrieve the name associated to a stored
> > >> > > > contact based on his/her phone number. At present I'm doing this in
> > >> > > > two steps:
> > >> > > > 1) from a phone number I get the corresponding ID of the stored
> > >> > > > contact (if present)
> > >> > > > 2) I retrieve the contact's name based on that ID
>
> > >> > > > I managed to use the correct CONTENT_URI for readingcontactsby
> > >> > > > using
> > >> > > > reflection to be fully compatible with Android 2.0
> > >> > > > (ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI) and the previous versions
> > >> > > > (People.CONTENT_URI).
>
> > >> > > > Now I'm trying to do the same for Phones.CONTENT_URI (Android <=
> > >> > > > 1.6)
> > >> > > > and ContactsContract.PhoneLookup.CONTENT_FILTER_URI (Android = 2.0)
> > >> > > > which is needed by step 2) mentioned above. But as soon as I try to
> > >> > > > get a contentResolver by using
> > >> > > > ContactsContract.PhoneLookup.CONTENT_FILTER_URI I get the following
> > >> > > > exception:
>
> > >> > > > java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Unknown URL
> > >> > content://com.android.contacts/phone_lookup
>
> > >> > > > This looks really strange to me, since it should be correct (it is
> > >> > > > part of the official API)! Moreover, I tried to look at the "API
> > >> > > > Demos" project, in particular to the classes:
>
> > >> > > > com.example.android.apis.view.List2
> > >> > > > com.example.android.apis.view.List3
>
> > >> > > > which are still using the deprecated People.CONTENT_URI and
> > >> > > > Phones.CONTENT_URI and thus no data (i.e.contacts) is loaded (of
> > >> > > > course I have samplecontactsin the emulator).
>
> > >> > > > - Do you have any suggestion to solve this problem?
> > >> > > > - Or is there another approach I can use to get the name of a
> > >> > > > contact
> > >> > > > based on one of his/her numbers? (This must work on all versions of
> > >> > > > Android)
>
> > >> > > > Thank you!!!!!!!! ;-)
>
> > >> > > > Andrea
>
> > >> > > --
> > >> > > Jeff Sharkey
> > >> > > jshar...@android.com
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