how to use wildcard characters to fetch sim contacts in android java

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hi,

I have used following query/code to fetch sim contacts in android

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Cursor cursor = ContentResolver.query(callUri,null,"name LIKE 'AN'%",null, null);

but this is not working instead fetching whole contacts. So please reply with that what query I should use to fetch and what the cloumn_name to fetch contacts name.

Posted 30-May-12 0:30am

ks ravi

Updated 30-May-12 2:31am

Richard MacCutchan

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Maciej Los · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-30T06:27:00

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Based on this article[^] i think you should use DISPLAY_NAME.

More at: http://developer.android.com/resources/articles/contacts.html[^]

Additional links:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3208061/android-how-to-access-the-sim-contact-table-using-the-sdk[^]
http://androidforums.com/samsung-galaxy-s2-international/329715-accessing-sim-import-export-contacts-galaxy-s2.html[^]
http://androidcommunity.com/forums/f4/sim-contacts-2463/[^]

Posted 30-May-12 6:27am

Maciej Los

Updated 30-May-12 21:45pm

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Sandeep Mewara 31-May-12 1:41am

Good suggestion. 5!

Maciej Los 31-May-12 1:50am

Thank you, Sandeep ;)

VJ Reddy 31-May-12 2:59am

Good suggestion. 5!

Maciej Los 31-May-12 3:14am

Thank you, VJ ;)

ks ravi 31-May-12 3:11am

thanks for the reply,i would like to tell you that if DISPLAY_NAME used,it will fetch PHONE contacts only not sim contacts.But i need sim contacts,please reply with an example

Maciej Los 31-May-12 3:37am

Sorry, i can't help you more. Please, follow this link: ContentResolver.Query. See my answer after update.

codeBegin 31-May-12 3:46am

Good one +5!

El_Codero 31-May-12 8:15am

Nice. My 5!