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Android Contacts: how to get contact list with first name, last name and a picture

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Is there a way to get all device contacts (aggregated, not raw) with contact ID, fist/last name, and contact picture?





Currently I am using the code below but it does not return structured name:







private static final String CONTACTS_SORT_ORDER = ContactsContract.Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME + " COLLATE LOCALIZED ASC";



// all contacts

public final String[] columns = {

                        ContactsContract.Contacts._ID, 

                        ContactsContract.Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME,                                  

                        ContactsContract.Contacts.PHOTO_THUMBNAIL_URI};



c = contentResolver.query(Contacts.CONTENT_URI, null, null, null, CONTACTS_SORT_ORDER);







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  1. Tips For AllJanuary 18, 2012 at 2:31 AM

    It is not possible to fetch the required data with one query. For each contact ID you'll have to query its Data directory:

    Uri contactUri = ContentUris.withAppendedId(Contacts.CONTENT_URI, contactId);
    Uri dataUri = Uri.withAppendedPath(contactUri, Contacts.Data.CONTENT_DIRECTORY);


    Then you should run queries against this URI, filtering MIMETYPE by StructuredName.CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE to obtain StructuredName for the given ID.

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