endlich mal wieder etwas Zeit hierfür…
Das zip-File liegt nun auf einem neuen repo und kann heruntergeladen werden.

this can be done by the SQLite like operator. It supports wildcards _ for a single character and % for multiple characters. You can see http://www.w3schools.com/sql/sql_like.asp and http://www.sqlite.org/lang_expr.html#like for more information.

As I was also interested if this works I’ve implemented such a method:

private void searchContacts(String searchName) {
final String[] projection = new String[] {
Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME,
};

final Cursor contact = managedQuery(
Contacts.CONTENT_URI,
projection,
Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME + ” like ?”,
new String[]{ “%” + searchName + “%”},
null);

if(contact.moveToFirst()) {
while(!contact.isAfterLast()) {
final String name = contact.getString(
contact.getColumnIndex(Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME));
Log.d(getClass().getCanonicalName(), “Searched for name: + ” + searchName + “, found: ” + name);
contact.moveToNext();
}
}
contact.close();
}

For my example setup this will produce the following output:

D/com.appsolut.example.queryContacts.MainActivity( 382): Searched for name: + kevin, found: Akevin
D/com.appsolut.example.queryContacts.MainActivity( 382): Searched for name: + kevin, found: kevin
D/com.appsolut.example.queryContacts.MainActivity( 382): Searched for name: + kevin, found: Akevinb
D/com.appsolut.example.queryContacts.MainActivity( 382): Searched for name: + kevin, found: Aaakevinbbbbb

I hope this helps!

sorry I’m not able to tell you why this does not work on your phone (I don’t own a HTC phone at all). Maybe HTC implemented something differently. In a 2.3.3 emulator this code works just fine.

Maybe someone else knows why the code does not run on that phone. You could also try to look at the HTC developer site http://htcdev.com/

just as I’ve stated in a previous comment you can change your selection and projection parameter in the way you need it. It’s pretty much just like SQL so if you are having trouble with the format of these parameters look up some basic SQL syntax.

For your task you can modify the provided query for “Querying all phone numbers of a contact” so that the projection returns the Data.CONTACT_ID which identifies a contact uniquely. You can then just reuse the query stated at “Querying basic information of a specific contact” with that contact id.

thanks