ContactsContract.Contacts

public static class ContactsContract.Contacts
extends Object implements BaseColumns, ContactsContract.ContactsColumns, ContactsContract.ContactOptionsColumns, ContactsContract.ContactNameColumns, ContactsContract.ContactStatusColumns

java.lang.Object
   ↳ android.provider.ContactsContract.Contacts


Constants for the contacts table, which contains a record per aggregate of raw contacts representing the same person.

Operations

Insert
A Contact cannot be created explicitly. When a raw contact is inserted, the provider will first try to find a Contact representing the same person. If one is found, the raw contact's RawContacts#CONTACT_ID column gets the _ID of the aggregate Contact. If no match is found, the provider automatically inserts a new Contact and puts its _ID into the RawContacts#CONTACT_ID column of the newly inserted raw contact.
Update
Only certain columns of Contact are modifiable: ContactsContract.ContactOptionsColumns.STARRED, ContactsContract.ContactOptionsColumns.CUSTOM_RINGTONE, ContactsContract.ContactOptionsColumns.SEND_TO_VOICEMAIL. Changing any of these columns on the Contact also changes them on all constituent raw contacts.
Delete
Be careful with deleting Contacts! Deleting an aggregate contact deletes all constituent raw contacts. The corresponding sync adapters will notice the deletions of their respective raw contacts and remove them from their back end storage.
Query
  • If you need to read an individual contact, consider using CONTENT_LOOKUP_URI instead of CONTENT_URI.
  • If you need to look up a contact by the phone number, use PhoneLookup.CONTENT_FILTER_URI, which is optimized for this purpose.
  • If you need to look up a contact by partial name, e.g. to produce filter-as-you-type suggestions, use the CONTENT_FILTER_URI URI.
  • If you need to look up a contact by some data element like email address, nickname, etc, use a query against the ContactsContract.Data table. The result will contain contact ID, name etc.

Columns

Contacts
long BaseColumns._ID read-only Row ID. Consider using ContactsContract.ContactsColumns.LOOKUP_KEY instead.
String ContactsContract.ContactsColumns.LOOKUP_KEY read-only An opaque value that contains hints on how to find the contact if its row id changed as a result of a sync or aggregation.
long NAME_RAW_CONTACT_ID read-only The ID of the raw contact that contributes the display name to the aggregate contact. During aggregation one of the constituent raw contacts is chosen using a heuristic: a longer name or a name with more diacritic marks or more upper case characters is chosen.
String DISPLAY_NAME_PRIMARY read-only The display name for the contact. It is the display name contributed by the raw contact referred to by the NAME_RAW_CONTACT_ID column.
long ContactsContract.ContactsColumns.PHOTO_ID read-only Reference to the row in the ContactsContract.Data table holding the photo. That row has the mime type ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Photo.CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE. The value of this field is computed automatically based on the ContactsContract.DataColumns.IS_SUPER_PRIMARY field of the data rows of that mime type.
long ContactsContract.ContactsColumns.PHOTO_URI read-only A URI that can be used to retrieve the contact's full-size photo. This column is the preferred method of retrieving the contact photo.
long ContactsContract.ContactsColumns.PHOTO_THUMBNAIL_URI read-only A URI that can be used to retrieve the thumbnail of contact's photo. This column is the preferred method of retrieving the contact photo.
int ContactsContract.ContactsColumns.IN_VISIBLE_GROUP read-only An indicator of whether this contact is supposed to be visible in the UI. "1" if the contact has at least one raw contact that belongs to a visible group; "0" otherwise.
int ContactsContract.ContactsColumns.HAS_PHONE_NUMBER read-only An indicator of whether this contact has at least one phone number. "1" if there is at least one phone number, "0" otherwise.
int ContactsContract.ContactOptionsColumns.STARRED read/write An indicator for favorite contacts: '1' if favorite, '0' otherwise. When raw contacts are aggregated, this field is automatically computed: if any constituent raw contacts are starred, then this field is set to '1'. Setting this field automatically changes the corresponding field on all constituent raw contacts.
String ContactsContract.ContactOptionsColumns.CUSTOM_RINGTONE read/write A custom ringtone associated with a contact. Typically this is the URI returned by an activity launched with the RingtoneManager.ACTION_RINGTONE_PICKER intent.
int ContactsContract.ContactOptionsColumns.SEND_TO_VOICEMAIL read/write An indicator of whether calls from this contact should be forwarded directly to voice mail ('1') or not ('0'). When raw contacts are aggregated, this field is automatically computed: if all constituent raw contacts have SEND_TO_VOICEMAIL=1, then this field is set to '1'. Setting this field automatically changes the corresponding field on all constituent raw contacts.
int ContactsContract.ContactStatusColumns.CONTACT_PRESENCE read-only Contact IM presence status. See StatusUpdates for individual status definitions. Automatically computed as the highest presence of all constituent raw contacts. The provider may choose not to store this value in persistent storage. The expectation is that presence status will be updated on a regular basis.
String ContactsContract.ContactStatusColumns.CONTACT_STATUS read-only Contact's latest status update. Automatically computed as the latest of all constituent raw contacts' status updates.
long ContactsContract.ContactStatusColumns.CONTACT_STATUS_TIMESTAMP read-only The absolute time in milliseconds when the latest status was inserted/updated.
String ContactsContract.ContactStatusColumns.CONTACT_STATUS_RES_PACKAGE read-only The package containing resources for this status: label and icon.
long ContactsContract.ContactStatusColumns.CONTACT_STATUS_LABEL read-only The resource ID of the label describing the source of contact status, e.g. "Google Talk". This resource is scoped by the ContactsContract.ContactStatusColumns.CONTACT_STATUS_RES_PACKAGE.
long ContactsContract.ContactStatusColumns.CONTACT_STATUS_ICON read-only The resource ID of the icon for the source of contact status. This resource is scoped by the ContactsContract.ContactStatusColumns.CONTACT_STATUS_RES_PACKAGE.

Summary

Nested classes

class ContactsContract.Contacts.AggregationSuggestions

A read-only sub-directory of a single contact aggregate that contains all aggregation suggestions (other contacts). 

class ContactsContract.Contacts.Data

A sub-directory of a single contact that contains all of the constituent raw contact ContactsContract.Data rows. 

class ContactsContract.Contacts.Entity

A sub-directory of a contact that contains all of its ContactsContract.RawContacts as well as ContactsContract.Data rows. 

class ContactsContract.Contacts.Photo

A read-only sub-directory of a single contact that contains the contact's primary photo. 

Constants

String CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE

The MIME type of a CONTENT_URI subdirectory of a single person.

String CONTENT_TYPE

The MIME type of CONTENT_URI providing a directory of people.

String CONTENT_VCARD_TYPE

The MIME type of a CONTENT_URI subdirectory of a single person.

String EXTRA_ADDRESS_BOOK_INDEX

Add this query parameter to a URI to get back row counts grouped by the address book index as cursor extras.

String EXTRA_ADDRESS_BOOK_INDEX_COUNTS

The array of group counts for the corresponding group.

String EXTRA_ADDRESS_BOOK_INDEX_TITLES

The array of address book index titles, which are returned in the same order as the data in the cursor.

String QUERY_PARAMETER_VCARD_NO_PHOTO

Boolean parameter that may be used with CONTENT_VCARD_URI and CONTENT_MULTI_VCARD_URI to indicate that the returned vcard should not contain a photo.

Inherited constants

Fields

public static final Uri CONTENT_FILTER_URI

The content:// style URI used for "type-to-filter" functionality on the CONTENT_URI URI.

public static final Uri CONTENT_FREQUENT_URI

This field was deprecated in API level 29. Frequent contacts are no longer supported as of Android version Build.VERSION_CODES.Q. This URI always returns an empty cursor.

Caution: If you publish your app to the Google Play Store, this field doesn't sort results based on contacts frequency. For more information, see the Contacts Provider page.

public static final Uri CONTENT_GROUP_URI

public static final Uri CONTENT_LOOKUP_URI

A content:// style URI for this table that should be used to create shortcuts or otherwise create long-term links to contacts.

public static final Uri CONTENT_MULTI_VCARD_URI

Base Uri for referencing multiple Contacts entry, created by appending ContactsContract.ContactsColumns.LOOKUP_KEY using Uri#withAppendedPath(Uri, String).

public static final Uri CONTENT_STREQUENT_FILTER_URI

The content:// style URI used for "type-to-filter" functionality on the CONTENT_STREQUENT_URI URI.

public static final Uri CONTENT_STREQUENT_URI

The content:// style URI for this table joined with useful data from ContactsContract.Data, filtered to include only starred contacts.

public static final Uri CONTENT_URI

The content:// style URI for this table

public static final Uri CONTENT_VCARD_URI

Base Uri for referencing a single Contacts entry, created by appending ContactsContract.ContactsColumns.LOOKUP_KEY using Uri#withAppendedPath(Uri, String).

public static final Uri ENTERPRISE_CONTENT_FILTER_URI

It supports the similar semantics as CONTENT_FILTER_URI and returns the same columns.

public static final Uri ENTERPRISE_CONTENT_URI

URI used for getting all contacts from both the calling user and the managed profile that is linked to it.

Public methods

static Uri getLookupUri(ContentResolver resolver, Uri contactUri)

Builds a CONTENT_LOOKUP_URI style Uri describing the requested Contacts entry.

static Uri getLookupUri(long contactId, String lookupKey)

Build a CONTENT_LOOKUP_URI lookup Uri using the given ContactsContract.Contacts#_ID and ContactsContract.ContactsColumns.LOOKUP_KEY.

static boolean isEnterpriseContactId(long contactId)

Return true if a contact ID is from the contacts provider on the managed profile.

static Uri lookupContact(ContentResolver resolver, Uri lookupUri)

Computes a content URI (see CONTENT_URI) given a lookup URI.

static void markAsContacted(ContentResolver resolver, long contactId)

This method was deprecated in API level 16. Contacts affinity information is no longer supported as of Android version Build.VERSION_CODES.Q. This method is no-op.

static InputStream openContactPhotoInputStream(ContentResolver cr, Uri contactUri)

Opens an InputStream for the contacts's thumbnail photo and returns the photo as a byte stream.

static InputStream openContactPhotoInputStream(ContentResolver cr, Uri contactUri, boolean preferHighres)

Opens an InputStream for the contacts's photo and returns the photo as a byte stream.

Inherited methods

Constants

CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE

Added in API level 5
public static final String CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE

The MIME type of a CONTENT_URI subdirectory of a single person.

Constant Value: "vnd.android.cursor.item/contact"

CONTENT_TYPE

Added in API level 5
public static final String CONTENT_TYPE

The MIME type of CONTENT_URI providing a directory of people.

Constant Value: "vnd.android.cursor.dir/contact"

CONTENT_VCARD_TYPE

Added in API level 5
public static final String CONTENT_VCARD_TYPE

The MIME type of a CONTENT_URI subdirectory of a single person.

Constant Value: "text/x-vcard"

EXTRA_ADDRESS_BOOK_INDEX

public static final String EXTRA_ADDRESS_BOOK_INDEX

Add this query parameter to a URI to get back row counts grouped by the address book index as cursor extras. For most languages it is the first letter of the sort key. This parameter does not affect the main content of the cursor.

 Example:

 import android.provider.ContactsContract.Contacts;

 Uri uri = Contacts.CONTENT_URI.buildUpon()
          .appendQueryParameter(Contacts.EXTRA_ADDRESS_BOOK_INDEX, "true")
          .build();
 Cursor cursor = getContentResolver().query(uri,
          new String[] {Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME},
          null, null, null);
 Bundle bundle = cursor.getExtras();
 if (bundle.containsKey(Contacts.EXTRA_ADDRESS_BOOK_INDEX_TITLES) &&
         bundle.containsKey(Contacts.EXTRA_ADDRESS_BOOK_INDEX_COUNTS)) {
     String sections[] =
             bundle.getStringArray(Contacts.EXTRA_ADDRESS_BOOK_INDEX_TITLES);
     int counts[] = bundle.getIntArray(Contacts.EXTRA_ADDRESS_BOOK_INDEX_COUNTS);
 }
 

Constant Value: "android.provider.extra.ADDRESS_BOOK_INDEX"

EXTRA_ADDRESS_BOOK_INDEX_COUNTS

public static final String EXTRA_ADDRESS_BOOK_INDEX_COUNTS

The array of group counts for the corresponding group. Contains the same number of elements as the EXTRA_ADDRESS_BOOK_INDEX_TITLES array.

TYPE: int[]

Constant Value: "android.provider.extra.ADDRESS_BOOK_INDEX_COUNTS"

EXTRA_ADDRESS_BOOK_INDEX_TITLES

public static final String EXTRA_ADDRESS_BOOK_INDEX_TITLES

The array of address book index titles, which are returned in the same order as the data in the cursor.

TYPE: String[]

Constant Value: "android.provider.extra.ADDRESS_BOOK_INDEX_TITLES"

QUERY_PARAMETER_VCARD_NO_PHOTO

Added in API level 23
public static final String QUERY_PARAMETER_VCARD_NO_PHOTO

Boolean parameter that may be used with CONTENT_VCARD_URI and CONTENT_MULTI_VCARD_URI to indicate that the returned vcard should not contain a photo. This is useful for obtaining a space efficient vcard.

Constant Value: "no_photo"

Fields

CONTENT_FILTER_URI

Added in API level 5
public static final Uri CONTENT_FILTER_URI

The content:// style URI used for "type-to-filter" functionality on the CONTENT_URI URI. The filter string will be used to match various parts of the contact name. The filter argument should be passed as an additional path segment after this URI.

CONTENT_FREQUENT_URI

Added in API level 21
Deprecated in API level 29
public static final Uri CONTENT_FREQUENT_URI

This field was deprecated in API level 29.
Frequent contacts are no longer supported as of Android version Build.VERSION_CODES.Q. This URI always returns an empty cursor.

Caution: If you publish your app to the Google Play Store, this field doesn't sort results based on contacts frequency. For more information, see the Contacts Provider page.

The content:// style URI for showing a list of frequently contacted people.

CONTENT_GROUP_URI

Added in API level 5
public static final Uri CONTENT_GROUP_URI

CONTENT_LOOKUP_URI

Added in API level 5
public static final Uri CONTENT_LOOKUP_URI

A content:// style URI for this table that should be used to create shortcuts or otherwise create long-term links to contacts. This URI should always be followed by a "/" and the contact's ContactsContract.ContactsColumns.LOOKUP_KEY. It can optionally also have a "/" and last known contact ID appended after that. This "complete" format is an important optimization and is highly recommended.

As long as the contact's row ID remains the same, this URI is equivalent to CONTENT_URI. If the contact's row ID changes as a result of a sync or aggregation, this URI will look up the contact using indirect information (sync IDs or constituent raw contacts).

Lookup key should be appended unencoded - it is stored in the encoded form, ready for use in a URI.

CONTENT_MULTI_VCARD_URI

Added in API level 21
public static final Uri CONTENT_MULTI_VCARD_URI

Base Uri for referencing multiple Contacts entry, created by appending ContactsContract.ContactsColumns.LOOKUP_KEY using Uri#withAppendedPath(Uri, String). The lookup keys have to be joined with the colon (":") separator, and the resulting string encoded. Provides OpenableColumns columns when queried, or returns the referenced contact formatted as a vCard when opened through ContentResolver#openAssetFileDescriptor(Uri, String).

Usage example:

The following code snippet creates a multi-vcard URI that references all the contacts in a user's database.
 public Uri getAllContactsVcardUri() {
     Cursor cursor = getActivity().getContentResolver().query(Contacts.CONTENT_URI,
         new String[] {Contacts.LOOKUP_KEY}, null, null, null);
     if (cursor == null) {
         return null;
     }
     try {
         StringBuilder uriListBuilder = new StringBuilder();
         int index = 0;
         while (cursor.moveToNext()) {
             if (index != 0) uriListBuilder.append(':');
             uriListBuilder.append(cursor.getString(0));
             index++;
         }
         return Uri.withAppendedPath(Contacts.CONTENT_MULTI_VCARD_URI,
                 Uri.encode(uriListBuilder.toString()));
     } finally {
         cursor.close();
     }
 }
 

CONTENT_STREQUENT_FILTER_URI

Added in API level 5
public static final Uri CONTENT_STREQUENT_FILTER_URI

The content:// style URI used for "type-to-filter" functionality on the CONTENT_STREQUENT_URI URI. The filter string will be used to match various parts of the contact name. The filter argument should be passed as an additional path segment after this URI.

Caution: If you publish your app to the Google Play Store, this field doesn't sort results based on contacts frequency. For more information, see the Contacts Provider page.

CONTENT_STREQUENT_URI

Added in API level 5
public static final Uri CONTENT_STREQUENT_URI

The content:// style URI for this table joined with useful data from ContactsContract.Data, filtered to include only starred contacts. Frequent contacts are no longer included in the result as of Android version Build.VERSION_CODES.Q.

Caution: If you publish your app to the Google Play Store, this field doesn't sort results based on contacts frequency. For more information, see the Contacts Provider page.

CONTENT_URI

Added in API level 5
public static final Uri CONTENT_URI

The content:// style URI for this table

CONTENT_VCARD_URI

Added in API level 5
public static final Uri CONTENT_VCARD_URI

Base Uri for referencing a single Contacts entry, created by appending ContactsContract.ContactsColumns.LOOKUP_KEY using Uri#withAppendedPath(Uri, String). Provides OpenableColumns columns when queried, or returns the referenced contact formatted as a vCard when opened through ContentResolver#openAssetFileDescriptor(Uri, String).

ENTERPRISE_CONTENT_FILTER_URI

Added in API level 24
public static final Uri ENTERPRISE_CONTENT_FILTER_URI

It supports the similar semantics as CONTENT_FILTER_URI and returns the same columns. This URI requires ContactsContract#DIRECTORY_PARAM_KEY in parameters, otherwise it will throw IllegalArgumentException. The passed directory can belong either to the calling user or to a managed profile that is linked to it.

ENTERPRISE_CONTENT_URI

Added in API level 34
public static final Uri ENTERPRISE_CONTENT_URI

URI used for getting all contacts from both the calling user and the managed profile that is linked to it.

It supports the same semantics as CONTENT_URI and returns the same columns.
If the calling user has no managed profile, it behaves in the exact same way as CONTENT_URI.
If there is a managed profile linked to the calling user, it will return merged results from both.

Note: this query returns the calling user results before the managed profile results, and this order is not affected by the sorting parameter.

If a result is from the managed profile, the following changes are made to the data:

Public methods

getLookupUri

Added in API level 5
public static Uri getLookupUri (ContentResolver resolver, 
                Uri contactUri)

Builds a CONTENT_LOOKUP_URI style Uri describing the requested Contacts entry.

Parameters
resolver ContentResolver

contactUri Uri: A CONTENT_URI row, or an existing CONTENT_LOOKUP_URI to attempt refreshing.

Returns
Uri

getLookupUri

Added in API level 5
public static Uri getLookupUri (long contactId, 
                String lookupKey)

Build a CONTENT_LOOKUP_URI lookup Uri using the given ContactsContract.Contacts#_ID and ContactsContract.ContactsColumns.LOOKUP_KEY.

Returns null if unable to construct a valid lookup URI from the provided parameters.

Parameters
contactId long

lookupKey String

Returns
Uri

isEnterpriseContactId

Added in API level 21
public static boolean isEnterpriseContactId (long contactId)

Return true if a contact ID is from the contacts provider on the managed profile. PhoneLookup#ENTERPRISE_CONTENT_FILTER_URI and similar APIs may return such IDs.

Parameters
contactId long

Returns
boolean

lookupContact

Added in API level 5
public static Uri lookupContact (ContentResolver resolver, 
                Uri lookupUri)

Computes a content URI (see CONTENT_URI) given a lookup URI.

Returns null if the contact cannot be found.

Parameters
resolver ContentResolver

lookupUri Uri

Returns
Uri

markAsContacted

Added in API level 5
Deprecated in API level 16
public static void markAsContacted (ContentResolver resolver, 
                long contactId)

This method was deprecated in API level 16.
Contacts affinity information is no longer supported as of Android version Build.VERSION_CODES.Q. This method is no-op.

Mark a contact as having been contacted. Updates two fields: ContactsContract.ContactOptionsColumns.TIMES_CONTACTED and ContactsContract.ContactOptionsColumns.LAST_TIME_CONTACTED. The TIMES_CONTACTED field is incremented by 1 and the LAST_TIME_CONTACTED field is populated with the current system time.

Caution: If you publish your app to the Google Play Store, this field is obsolete, regardless of Android version. For more information, see the Contacts Provider page.

Parameters
resolver ContentResolver: the ContentResolver to use

contactId long: the person who was contacted

openContactPhotoInputStream

Added in API level 5
public static InputStream openContactPhotoInputStream (ContentResolver cr, 
                Uri contactUri)

Opens an InputStream for the contacts's thumbnail photo and returns the photo as a byte stream.

Parameters
cr ContentResolver: The content resolver to use for querying

contactUri Uri: the contact whose photo should be used. This can be used with either a CONTENT_URI or a CONTENT_LOOKUP_URI URI.

Returns
InputStream an InputStream of the photo, or null if no photo is present

openContactPhotoInputStream

Added in API level 14
public static InputStream openContactPhotoInputStream (ContentResolver cr, 
                Uri contactUri, 
                boolean preferHighres)

Opens an InputStream for the contacts's photo and returns the photo as a byte stream.

Parameters
cr ContentResolver: The content resolver to use for querying

contactUri Uri: the contact whose photo should be used. This can be used with either a CONTENT_URI or a CONTENT_LOOKUP_URI URI.

preferHighres boolean: If this is true and the contact has a higher resolution photo available, it is returned. If false, this function always tries to get the thumbnail

Returns
InputStream an InputStream of the photo, or null if no photo is present