to get email address from the addressbook in android




first add uses_permissions for reading contacts in the manifest file. then add this code inside any function(i.e onCreate() of activity)

Uri mContacts = Contacts.ContactMethods.CONTENT_URI;

String[] projection = new String[] {

Contacts.ContactMethods.PERSON_ID,
Contacts.ContactMethods.DISPLAY_NAME,
Contacts.ContactMethods.KIND,
Contacts.ContactMethods.DATA };
Cursor c = this.managedQuery(mContacts, projection, null, null,
Contacts.ContactMethods.DISPLAY_NAME + " ASC");
c.moveToFirst();
int previousId = -1;

do {
int personId = c.getInt(c
.getColumnIndex(Contacts.ContactMethods.PERSON_ID));
if (personId != previousId) {
String personName = c.getString(c
.getColumnIndex(Contacts.ContactMethods.DISPLAY_NAME));
Log.i("name",personName);
}
int dataKind = c.getInt(c
.getColumnIndex(Contacts.ContactMethods.KIND));
if (dataKind == 1) {
String personEmail = c.getString(c
.getColumnIndex(Contacts.ContactMethods.DATA));
Log.i("email",personEmail);
}
previousId = personId;

} while (c.moveToNext());

// it's output is shown in the log file





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