title: How to call Android contacts list?
body: <p>I'm making an Android app, and need to call the phone's contact list. I need to call the contacts list function, pick a contact, then return to my app with the contact's name. Here's the code I got on the internet, but it doesnt work.</p>
  
  <pre><code>import android.app.ListActivity;
  import android.content.Intent;
  import android.database.Cursor;
  import android.os.Bundle;
  import android.provider.Contacts.People;
  import android.view.View;
  import android.widget.ListAdapter;
  import android.widget.ListView;
  import android.widget.SimpleCursorAdapter;
  import android.widget.TextView;
  
  public class Contacts extends ListActivity {
  
      private ListAdapter mAdapter;
      public TextView pbContact;
      public static String PBCONTACT;
      public static final int ACTIVITY_EDIT=1;
      private static final int ACTIVITY_CREATE=0;
  
      // Called when the activity is first created. 
      @Override
      public void onCreate(Bundle icicle) {
          super.onCreate(icicle);
          Cursor C = getContentResolver().query(People.CONTENT_URI, null, null, null, null);
          startManagingCursor(C);
  
          String[] columns = new String[] {People.NAME};
          int[] names = new int[] {R.id.row_entry};
  
          mAdapter = new SimpleCursorAdapter(this, R.layout.mycontacts, C, columns, names);
          setListAdapter(mAdapter);
      } // end onCreate()
      // Called when contact is pressed
      @Override
      protected void onListItemClick(ListView l, View v, int position, long id) {
          super.onListItemClick(l, v, position, id);
  
          Cursor C = (Cursor) mAdapter.getItem(position);
          PBCONTACT = C.getString(C.getColumnIndex(People.NAME));
  
          // RHS 05/06
          //pbContact = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.myContact);
          //pbContact.setText(new StringBuilder().append("b"));
  
          Intent i = new Intent(this, NoteEdit.class);
          startActivityForResult(i, ACTIVITY_CREATE);
      }
  }
  </code></pre>