How to get contact id by phone number

Question

I query the phone's calllog into a ListView. So when the user long clicks an item, a dialog comes up with options, including "View contact". To be able to view the contact the intent needs the contact id. My problem is that I not always get to see the right contact. I click on Peter, and Peter's contact sheet comes up. I click on Sarah, and Jason's contact sheet comes up. I must have been using this code the wrong way. Please help. ``` ContentResolver contentResolver = getContentResolver(); Uri uri = Uri.withAppendedPath(ContactsContract.PhoneLookup.CONTENT_FILTER_URI, Uri.encode(phone)); Cursor cursor = contentResolver.query(uri, new String[] {PhoneLookup.DISPLAY_NAME, PhoneLookup._ID}, null, null, null); if(cursor!=null) { while(cursor.moveToNext()) { String contactName = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(PhoneLookup.DISPLAY_NAME)); contactid2 = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(PhoneLookup._ID)); } cursor.close(); } Intent intent_contacts = new Intent(Intent…

Accepted Answer

After digging myself into theme, I found sven's help on googlegroups. The problem was that I was using a depracated intent. I read through many pages on the developer site, I must have missed it somehow.

I also post the full code.

```
contactid26 = null;

ContentResolver contentResolver = getContentResolver();

Uri uri = Uri.withAppendedPath(ContactsContract.PhoneLookup.CONTENT_FILTER_URI, Uri.encode(phonenumintolist));

Cursor cursor =  
contentResolver.query(
    uri, 
    new String[] {PhoneLookup.DISPLAY_NAME, PhoneLookup._ID}, 
    null, 
    null, 
    null);

if(cursor!=null) {
        while(cursor.moveToNext()){
            String contactName = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(PhoneLookup.DISPLAY_NAME));
            contactid26 = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(PhoneLookup._ID));

}
        cursor.close();
    }
    if (contactid26 == null) {
        Toast.makeText(DetailedCallHistory.this, "No contact found associated with this number", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
    }
    else {
        Intent intent_contacts = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.withAppendedPath(ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI, String.valueOf(contactid26)));
        //Intent intent_contacts = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("content://contacts/people/" + contactid26));
        startActivity(intent_contacts);
    }
```

How to get contact id by phone number

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