how to open native contact card by URI

Question

Can someone please explain me how to open contact native for specific contact URi

I manage to resolve the contact URI by:

Uri lookupUri = Uri.withAppendedPath(ContactsContract.PhoneLookup.CONTENT_FILTER_URI,
                Uri.encode(displayName));

and then I tried do this:

     Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
     intent.setType(ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_TYPE);
     intent.putExtra(ContactsContract.Intents.SHOW_OR_CREATE_CONTACT, "555");
     context.startActivity(intent);

but it's only open the native address book without any resolving

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 03 '13 at 15:59

Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
Uri uri = Uri.withAppendedPath(ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI, String.valueOf(contactID));
intent.setData(uri);
context.startActivity(intent);

You can retrieve the contactId by browsing using contentResolver:

id = cur.getString(cur.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.Contacts._ID));
name = cur.getString( cur.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME));
Log.d(tag, "Id: "+ id+"\t Name: "+name);

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 15 '17 at 13:28

After you get the cursor of contacts and the index of a particular contact, get the Uri and start activity with intent of ACTION_VIEW as below:

cursor.moveToPosition(position); // or cursor.moveToFirst() if single contact was selected.
long id = cursor.getLong(cursor.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.Contacts._ID));
String lookupKey = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.Contacts.LOOKUP_KEY));
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
intent.setData(ContactsContract.Contacts.getLookupUri(id, lookupKey));
try {
    context.startActivity(intent);
} catch (Exception e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
}

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 25 '22 at 15:25

The accepted answer does not work when Android Messages is not the user's default SMS app. For some reason the intent goes through Android Messages before opening the contact details, and when the app is not default it takes you to their SMS permissions activity.

The below intent uses a slightly different URI: CONTENT_LOOKUP_URI instead of CONTENT_URI, and it works no matter which texting app the user is using.

Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
Uri uri = Uri.withAppendedPath(ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_LOOKUP_URI, String.valueOf(contactID));
intent.setData(uri);
context.startActivity(intent);

how to open native contact card by URI

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