Getting the Word OutNote that you will need to add the READ_CONTACTS permission to get this to
work, since we are directly accessing the contacts' data. Also, you will need
to add imports for android.provider.ContactsContract.Contacts and
android.provider.ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.
Step #3: Pick a Person........................................................................
Now, we need to let the user pick to whom we should send the SMS. Given
the Cursor, we can display a ListView, or a Spinner, or something to let the
user make a selection. However, those typically imply another Activity, and
that seems a bit much for just picking a person by name. Instead, we will
use an AlertDialog.
So, add the following to the end of sendSMS():
new AlertDialog.Builder(this)
.setTitle("Pick a Person")
.setCursor(c, onSMSClicked, Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME)
.show();Here, we pop up an AlertDialog, supplying the Cursor, indicating that the
entries in the AlertDialog's list should be made from the DISPLAY_NAME
column. We will find out the user's selection, if any, in an onSMSClicked
listener object that will be defined in the next section.
You will need to add an import to android.app.AlertDialog for this to
compile.
Step #4: Send the Message
Now, we can add the code to find out the user's choice of recipient and send
the SMS message.
First, add the onSMSClicked object definition to sendSMS(), giving us:
private void sendSMS() {
String[] PROJECTION=new String[] { Contacts._ID,