Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import android.content.ContentResolver; import android.content.Context; import android.database.Cursor; import android.database.DatabaseUtils; import android.net.Uri; import android.provider.ContactsContract; import java.util.LinkedHashMap; public class Main { public static LinkedHashMap<String, Uri> GetMatchedContactsList(Context context, String searchTerm) { LinkedHashMap<String, Uri> contactList = new LinkedHashMap<String, Uri>(); ContentResolver cr = context.getContentResolver(); String columns[] = { ContactsContract.Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME, ContactsContract.Contacts.PHOTO_THUMBNAIL_URI }; Cursor cur; if (searchTerm == null) { cur = cr.query(ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI, columns, null, null, null); } else { cur = cr.query(ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI, columns, ContactsContract.Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME + " LIKE " + DatabaseUtils.sqlEscapeString("%" + searchTerm + "%"), null, ContactsContract.Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME + " ASC"); } if (cur != null) { if (cur.getCount() > 0) { while (cur.moveToNext()) { String name = cur.getString(cur.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME)); String photoURI = cur .getString(cur.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.Contacts.PHOTO_THUMBNAIL_URI)); if (photoURI != null) { Uri thumbUri = Uri.parse(photoURI); contactList.put(name, thumbUri); } } } cur.close(); } return contactList; } }