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noob
noob

Reputation: 304

Getting all contacts timestamp wise

I have been trying to get all contacts of device sorted by the order they were added. I am using following query:

Uri uri = ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTENT_URI;
    String[] projection = new String[] {
            ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.DISPLAY_NAME,
            ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.NUMBER,
            ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTACT_STATUS_TIMESTAMP };

    Cursor c = getContentResolver().query(uri, projection, null, null,
            ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTACT_STATUS_TIMESTAMP);

It is not making any difference whether I am passing null or ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTACT_STATUS_TIMESTAMP in the sort order of the query

After inspection, the cursor has null in all timestamp columns. Is there a way to get this done or what I am doing wrong in this?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2601

Answers (1)

robertly
robertly

Reputation: 2132

That is the timestamp for the status update for the contact. You are getting null probably because none of the contacts have status updates.

Because of how contacts are aggregated, i don't think there is a way to find out which contact was added first because a contact's ID can actually change and appear to be added later than it originally was. Why do you want to figure this information out?

Upvotes: 2

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