How can I get recently used contacts in android?

Question

I need a list of recently used contacts in my application.

As with composing a new message, there is a list of recently used contacts, how can I access these contacts?

Answer 1

try this code:

/* * Copyright (C) 2006 The Android Open Source Project * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ package android.provider; import com.android.internal.telephony.CallerInfo; import com.android.internal.telephony.Connection; import android.content.ContentResolver; import android.content.ContentValues; import android.content.Context; import android.database.Cursor; import android.net.Uri; import android.text.TextUtils; /** * The CallLog provider contains information about placed and received calls. */ public class CallLog { public static final String AUTHORITY = "call_log"; /** * The content:// style URL for this provider */ public static final Uri CONTENT_URI = Uri.parse("content://" + AUTHORITY); /** * Contains the recent calls. */ public static class Calls implements BaseColumns { /** * The content:// style URL for this table */ public static final Uri CONTENT_URI = Uri.parse("content://call_log/calls"); /** * The content:// style URL for filtering this table on phone numbers */ public static final Uri CONTENT_FILTER_URI = Uri.parse("content://call_log/calls/filter"); /** * The default sort order for this table */ public static final String DEFAULT_SORT_ORDER = "date DESC"; /** * The MIME type of {@link #CONTENT_URI} and {@link #CONTENT_FILTER_URI} * providing a directory of calls. */ public static final String CONTENT_TYPE = "vnd.android.cursor.dir/calls"; /** * The MIME type of a {@link #CONTENT_URI} sub-directory of a single * call. */ public static final String CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE = "vnd.android.cursor.item/calls"; /** * The type of the call (incoming, outgoing or missed). * <P>Type: INTEGER (int) */ public static final String TYPE = "type"; public static final int INCOMING_TYPE = 1; public static final int OUTGOING_TYPE = 2; public static final int MISSED_TYPE = 3; /** * The phone number as the user entered it. * <P>Type: TEXT */ public static final String NUMBER = "number"; /** * The date the call occured, in milliseconds since the epoch * <P>Type: INTEGER (long) */ public static final String DATE = "date"; /** * The duration of the call in seconds * <P>Type: INTEGER (long) */ public static final String DURATION = "duration"; /** * Whether or not the call has been acknowledged * <P>Type: INTEGER (boolean) */ public static final String NEW = "new"; /** * The cached name associated with the phone number, if it exists. * This value is not guaranteed to be current, if the contact information * associated with this number has changed. * <P>Type: TEXT */ public static final String CACHED_NAME = "name"; /** * The cached number type (Home, Work, etc) associated with the * phone number, if it exists. * This value is not guaranteed to be current, if the contact information * associated with this number has changed. * <P>Type: INTEGER */ public static final String CACHED_NUMBER_TYPE = "numbertype"; /** * The cached number label, for a custom number type, associated with the * phone number, if it exists. * This value is not guaranteed to be current, if the contact information * associated with this number has changed. * <P>Type: TEXT */ public static final String CACHED_NUMBER_LABEL = "numberlabel"; /** * Adds a call to the call log. * * @param ci the CallerInfo object to get the target contact from. Can be null * if the contact is unknown. * @param context the context used to get the ContentResolver * @param number the phone number to be added to the calls db * @param presentation the number presenting rules set by the network for * "allowed", "payphone", "restricted" or "unknown" * @param callType enumerated values for "incoming", "outgoing", or "missed" * @param start time stamp for the call in milliseconds * @param duration call duration in seconds * * {@hide} */ public static Uri addCall(CallerInfo ci, Context context, String number, int presentation, int callType, long start, int duration) { final ContentResolver resolver = context.getContentResolver(); // If this is a private number then set the number to Private, otherwise check // if the number field is empty and set the number to Unavailable if (presentation == Connection.PRESENTATION_RESTRICTED) { number = CallerInfo.PRIVATE_NUMBER; if (ci != null) ci.name = ""; } else if (presentation == Connection.PRESENTATION_PAYPHONE) { number = CallerInfo.PAYPHONE_NUMBER; if (ci != null) ci.name = ""; } else if (TextUtils.isEmpty(number) || presentation == Connection.PRESENTATION_UNKNOWN) { number = CallerInfo.UNKNOWN_NUMBER; if (ci != null) ci.name = ""; } ContentValues values = new ContentValues(5); values.put(NUMBER, number); values.put(TYPE, Integer.valueOf(callType)); values.put(DATE, Long.valueOf(start)); values.put(DURATION, Long.valueOf(duration)); values.put(NEW, Integer.valueOf(1)); if (ci != null) { values.put(CACHED_NAME, ci.name); values.put(CACHED_NUMBER_TYPE, ci.numberType); values.put(CACHED_NUMBER_LABEL, ci.numberLabel); } if ((ci != null) && (ci.person_id > 0)) { ContactsContract.Contacts.markAsContacted(resolver, ci.person_id); } Uri result = resolver.insert(CONTENT_URI, values); removeExpiredEntries(context); return result; } /** * Query the call log database for the last dialed number. * @param context Used to get the content resolver. * @return The last phone number dialed (outgoing) or an empty * string if none exist yet. */ public static String getLastOutgoingCall(Context context) { final ContentResolver resolver = context.getContentResolver(); Cursor c = null; try { c = resolver.query( CONTENT_URI, new String[] {NUMBER}, TYPE + " = " + OUTGOING_TYPE, null, DEFAULT_SORT_ORDER + " LIMIT 1"); if (c == null || !c.moveToFirst()) { return ""; } return c.getString(0); } finally { if (c != null) c.close(); } } private static void removeExpiredEntries(Context context) { final ContentResolver resolver = context.getContentResolver(); resolver.delete(CONTENT_URI, "_id IN " + "(SELECT _id FROM calls ORDER BY " + DEFAULT_SORT_ORDER + " LIMIT -1 OFFSET 500)", null); } } }