Get Contacts Mobile Number Only

There have been several questions on SO regarding getting Contacts numbers using the Contacts API but I'd like to know if there is a way to identify that the number retrieved is a

Solution 1:

I stumbled upon a blog article which gives a pretty good explanation of using the ContactsContract api here.

So, in my example above, I changed part of my code above to this:

while (phones.moveToNext()) 
{                   
     int phoneType = phones.getInt(phones.getColumnIndex(Phone.TYPE));
     if (phoneType == Phone.TYPE_MOBILE)
     {
          phoneNumber = phones.getString(phones.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.DATA));
          phoneNumber = phoneNumber.replaceAll("\\s", "");
          break;
     }
}

This loops around all the phones for an individual contact and if the type is Phone.TYPE_MOBILE then it takes this one.

Hope this helps someone with the same issue I had.

Solution 2:

The original query cursor = managedQuery(intent.getData(), projection, selection, null, null); should be able to handle filter for you. I am trying to do the same thing. I will post my findings when complete. If anyone knows how to do this using the selection clause in the third parameter. I would love to know the answer.