Are "Contacts" available via the Emulator?

Question

At the point in my code where I attempt to access the Contacts (in the emulator, so yes, there really are no Contacts to access, but I would think that it would "fake it" with some manufactured ones), my app flips or flops over into the Debug Perspective in Eclipse and LogCat tells me:

Application: com.google.process.gapps Tag: GTalkService Text: EVENT_GSERVICES_CHANGED: NO GTALK CONNECTION!

If this is to be expected, what is the workaround? If it is not to be expected, what might my failing have been?

As requested, my code as of now:

import android.app.AlertDialog;
import android.app.ListActivity;
import android.database.Cursor;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.provider.ContactsContract;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.AdapterView;
import android.widget.SimpleCursorAdapter;

public class ContactsActivity extends ListActivity implements AdapterView.OnItemClickListener {

    Cursor mContacts;

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        // Return all contacts, ordered by name
        String[] projection = new String[] { ContactsContract.Contacts._ID,
                ContactsContract.Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME };
        mContacts = managedQuery(ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI,
                projection, null, null, ContactsContract.Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME);

        // Display all contacts in a ListView
        SimpleCursorAdapter mAdapter = new SimpleCursorAdapter(this,
                android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, mContacts,
                new String[] { ContactsContract.Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME },
                new int[] { android.R.id.text1 });
        setListAdapter(mAdapter);
        // Listen for item selections
        getListView().setOnItemClickListener(this);
    }

    @Override
    public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View v, int position, long id) {
        if (mContacts.moveToPosition(position)) {
            int selectedId = mContacts.getInt(0); // _ID column
            // Gather email data from email table
            Cursor email = getContentResolver().query(
                    ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Email.CONTENT_URI,
                    new String[] { ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Email.DATA },
                    ContactsContract.Data.CONTACT_ID + " = " + selectedId, null, null);
            // Gather phone data from phone table
            Cursor phone = getContentResolver().query(
                    ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTENT_URI,
                    new String[] { ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.NUMBER },
                    ContactsContract.Data.CONTACT_ID + " = " + selectedId, null, null);
            // Gather addresses from address table
            Cursor address = getContentResolver().query(
                    ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.StructuredPostal.CONTENT_URI,
                    new String[] { ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.StructuredPostal.FORMATTED_ADDRESS },
                    ContactsContract.Data.CONTACT_ID + " = " + selectedId, null, null);

            //Build the dialog message
            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
            sb.append(email.getCount() + " Emails\n");
            if (email.moveToFirst()) {
                do {
                    sb.append("Email: " + email.getString(0));
                    sb.append('\n');
                } while (email.moveToNext());
                sb.append('\n');
            }
            sb.append(phone.getCount() + " Phone Numbers\n");
            if (phone.moveToFirst()) {
                do {
                    sb.append("Phone: " + phone.getString(0));
                    sb.append('\n');
                } while (phone.moveToNext());
                sb.append('\n');
            }
            sb.append(address.getCount() + " Addresses\n");
            if (address.moveToFirst()) {
                do {
                    sb.append("Address:\n" + address.getString(0));
                } while (address.moveToNext());
                sb.append('\n');
            }

            AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(this);
            builder.setTitle(mContacts.getString(1)); // Display name
            builder.setMessage(sb.toString());
            builder.setPositiveButton("OK", null);
            builder.create().show();

            // Finish temporary cursors
            email.close();
            phone.close();
            address.close();
        }
    }
}

Answer 1

Use AVD with target set as Google APIs (Google Inc.) - API Level <platform-version>