Say i have an edit text and a button. In the edit text you would type a number and then when you hit the button it will either show the contact information or return with the name of that contact. I have tried all sorts of methods provided with no luck. The one i have successfully gotten the furthest with was the following... But i had no luck returning the name. Cursor phoneCursor = null; contactList = new HashMap<String,String>(); try{ Uri uContactsUri = ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTENT_URI; String strProjection = ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.DISPLAY_NAME; phoneCursor = getContentResolver().query(uContactsUri, null, null, null, strProjection); phoneCursor.moveToFirst(); String name = ""; String phoneNumber = ""; int nameColumn = phoneCursor.getColumnIndex(Phone.DISPLAY_NAME); int phoneColumn = phoneCursor.getColumnIndex(Phone.NUMBER); phoneCursor.moveToNext(); } } catch(Exception e){ Log.e("[SmsMain] getContactData", e.toString()); } finally{ if(phoneCursor != null){ phoneCursor.close(); phoneCursor = null; } } }