Android APIs
public final class

ContactsContract

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

Class Overview

The contract between the contacts provider and applications. Contains definitions for the supported URIs and columns. These APIs supersede ContactsContract.Contacts.

Overview

ContactsContract defines an extensible database of contact-related information. Contact information is stored in a three-tier data model:

  • A row in the ContactsContract.Data table can store any kind of personal data, such as a phone number or email addresses. The set of data kinds that can be stored in this table is open-ended. There is a predefined set of common kinds, but any application can add its own data kinds.
  • A row in the ContactsContract.RawContacts table represents a set of data describing a person and associated with a single account (for example, one of the user's Gmail accounts).
  • A row in the ContactsContract.Contacts table represents an aggregate of one or more RawContacts presumably describing the same person. When data in or associated with the RawContacts table is changed, the affected aggregate contacts are updated as necessary.

Other tables include:

Summary

Nested Classes
class ContactsContract.AggregationExceptions

Constants for the contact aggregation exceptions table, which contains aggregation rules overriding those used by automatic aggregation. 
interface ContactsContract.BaseSyncColumns Generic columns for use by sync adapters. 
class ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds Container for definitions of common data types stored in the ContactsContract.Data table. 
interface ContactsContract.ContactNameColumns Contact name and contact name metadata columns in the RawContacts table. 
interface ContactsContract.ContactOptionsColumns Columns of ContactsContract.Contacts that track the user's preferences for, or interactions with, the contact. 
interface ContactsContract.ContactStatusColumns  
class ContactsContract.Contacts Constants for the contacts table, which contains a record per aggregate of raw contacts representing the same person. 
interface ContactsContract.ContactsColumns Columns of ContactsContract.Contacts that refer to intrinsic properties of the contact, as opposed to the user-specified options found in ContactsContract.ContactOptionsColumns. 
class ContactsContract.Data

Constants for the data table, which contains data points tied to a raw contact. 
interface ContactsContract.DataColumns Columns in the Data table. 
interface ContactsContract.DataColumnsWithJoins Combines all columns returned by ContactsContract.Data table queries. 
class ContactsContract.DataUsageFeedback

API allowing applications to send usage information for each ContactsContract.Contacts.Data row to the Contacts Provider. 
interface ContactsContract.DataUsageStatColumns Columns in the Data_Usage_Stat table  
class ContactsContract.DeletedContacts Constants for the deleted contact table. 
interface ContactsContract.DeletedContactsColumns  
class ContactsContract.Directory A Directory represents a contacts corpus, e.g. 
interface ContactsContract.DisplayNameSources Types of data used to produce the display name for a contact. 
class ContactsContract.DisplayPhoto Helper class for accessing full-size photos by photo file ID. 
interface ContactsContract.FullNameStyle Constants for various styles of combining given name, family name etc into a full name. 
class ContactsContract.Groups Constants for the groups table. 
interface ContactsContract.GroupsColumns  
class ContactsContract.Intents Contains helper classes used to create or manage Intents that involve contacts. 
class ContactsContract.PhoneLookup A table that represents the result of looking up a phone number, for example for caller ID. 
interface ContactsContract.PhoneLookupColumns  
interface ContactsContract.PhoneticNameStyle Constants for various styles of capturing the pronunciation of a person's name. 
class ContactsContract.Preferences  
class ContactsContract.Presence This class was deprecated in API level 5. This old name was never meant to be made public. Do not use.  
interface ContactsContract.PresenceColumns Additional data mixed in with ContactsContract.StatusColumns to link back to specific _ID entries. 
class ContactsContract.Profile

Constants for the user's profile data, which is represented as a single contact on the device that represents the user. 
class ContactsContract.ProfileSyncState A table provided for sync adapters to use for storing private sync state data for the user's personal profile. 
class ContactsContract.QuickContact Helper methods to display QuickContact dialogs that allow users to pivot on a specific Contacts entry. 
class ContactsContract.RawContacts Constants for the raw contacts table, which contains one row of contact information for each person in each synced account. 
interface ContactsContract.RawContactsColumns  
class ContactsContract.RawContactsEntity

Constants for the raw contacts entities table, which can be thought of as an outer join of the raw_contacts table with the data table. 
class ContactsContract.Settings

Contacts-specific settings for various Account's. 
interface ContactsContract.SettingsColumns  
interface ContactsContract.StatusColumns Social status update columns. 
class ContactsContract.StatusUpdates

A status update is linked to a ContactsContract.Data row and captures the user's latest status update via the corresponding source, e.g. 
class ContactsContract.StreamItemPhotos

Constants for the stream_item_photos table, which contains photos associated with social stream updates. 
interface ContactsContract.StreamItemPhotosColumns Columns in the StreamItemPhotos table. 
class ContactsContract.StreamItems

Constants for the stream_items table, which contains social stream updates from the user's contact list. 
interface ContactsContract.StreamItemsColumns Columns in the StreamItems table. 
interface ContactsContract.SyncColumns Columns that appear when each row of a table belongs to a specific account, including sync information that an account may need. 
class ContactsContract.SyncState A table provided for sync adapters to use for storing private sync state data for contacts. 
Constants
String AUTHORITY The authority for the contacts provider
String CALLER_IS_SYNCADAPTER An optional URI parameter for insert, update, or delete queries that allows the caller to specify that it is a sync adapter.
String DIRECTORY_PARAM_KEY Query parameter that should be used by the client to access a specific ContactsContract.Directory.
String LIMIT_PARAM_KEY A query parameter that limits the number of results returned.
String PRIMARY_ACCOUNT_NAME A query parameter specifing a primary account.
String PRIMARY_ACCOUNT_TYPE A query parameter specifing a primary account.
String REMOVE_DUPLICATE_ENTRIES A boolean parameter for Phone.CONTENT_URI, Email.CONTENT_URI, and StructuredPostal.CONTENT_URI.
String STREQUENT_PHONE_ONLY A boolean parameter for CONTENT_STREQUENT_URI and CONTENT_STREQUENT_FILTER_URI, which requires the ContactsProvider to return only phone-related results.
Fields
public static final Uri AUTHORITY_URI A content:// style uri to the authority for the contacts provider
Public Constructors
ContactsContract()
Public Methods
static boolean isProfileId(long id)
This method can be used to identify whether the given ID is associated with profile data.
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Inherited Methods
From class java.lang.Object

Constants

public static final String AUTHORITY

Added in API level 5

The authority for the contacts provider

Constant Value: "com.android.contacts"

public static final String CALLER_IS_SYNCADAPTER

Added in API level 5

An optional URI parameter for insert, update, or delete queries that allows the caller to specify that it is a sync adapter. The default value is false. If true DIRTY is not automatically set and the "syncToNetwork" parameter is set to false when calling notifyChange(android.net.Uri, android.database.ContentObserver, boolean). This prevents an unnecessary extra synchronization, see the discussion of the delete operation in ContactsContract.RawContacts.

Constant Value: "caller_is_syncadapter"

public static final String DIRECTORY_PARAM_KEY

Added in API level 11

Query parameter that should be used by the client to access a specific ContactsContract.Directory. The parameter value should be the _ID of the corresponding directory, e.g. content://com.android.contacts/data/emails/filter/acme?directory=3

Constant Value: "directory"

public static final String LIMIT_PARAM_KEY

Added in API level 11

A query parameter that limits the number of results returned. The parameter value should be an integer.

Constant Value: "limit"

public static final String PRIMARY_ACCOUNT_NAME

Added in API level 14

A query parameter specifing a primary account. This parameter should be used with PRIMARY_ACCOUNT_TYPE. The contacts provider handling a query may rely on this information to optimize its query results. For example, in an email composition screen, its implementation can specify an account when obtaining possible recipients, letting the provider know which account is selected during the composition. The provider may use the "primary account" information to optimize the search result.

Constant Value: "name_for_primary_account"

public static final String PRIMARY_ACCOUNT_TYPE

Added in API level 14

A query parameter specifing a primary account. This parameter should be used with PRIMARY_ACCOUNT_NAME. See the doc in PRIMARY_ACCOUNT_NAME.

Constant Value: "type_for_primary_account"

public static final String REMOVE_DUPLICATE_ENTRIES

A boolean parameter for Phone.CONTENT_URI, Email.CONTENT_URI, and StructuredPostal.CONTENT_URI. This enables a content provider to remove duplicate entries in results.

Constant Value: "remove_duplicate_entries"

public static final String STREQUENT_PHONE_ONLY

A boolean parameter for CONTENT_STREQUENT_URI and CONTENT_STREQUENT_FILTER_URI, which requires the ContactsProvider to return only phone-related results. For example, frequently contacted person list should include persons contacted via phone (not email, sms, etc.)

Constant Value: "strequent_phone_only"

Fields

public static final Uri AUTHORITY_URI

Added in API level 5

A content:// style uri to the authority for the contacts provider

Public Constructors

public ContactsContract ()

Added in API level 5

Public Methods

public static boolean isProfileId (long id)

Added in API level 14

This method can be used to identify whether the given ID is associated with profile data. It does not necessarily indicate that the ID is tied to valid data, merely that accessing data using this ID will result in profile access checks and will only return data from the profile.

Parameters
id The ID to check.
Returns
  • Whether the ID is associated with profile data.