content/contacts/BasicContactables/README.md

Android BasicContactables Sample
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This sample shows how to search for contacts, displaying a SearchView in the Action Bar for user input and implementing a query Cursor with CommonDataKinds.Contactables.

Introduction
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This sample displays a [SearchView][1] in the Action Bar when the search icon is clicked. It then implements the [LoaderManager.LoaderCallbacks][2] interface to query the contacts table, using a [CursorLoader][3].

For details on how to implement the [SearchView][1], refer to the training guide [Setting up the search interface][4].

For details on how to implement the [LoaderManager.LoaderCallbacks][2] interface, refer to the [Using the LoaderManager Callbacks][5] guide.

For details on how to query the contacts provider, refer to the [Contacts Provider Access][6] guide.

[1]: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/SearchView.html
[2]: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/LoaderManager.LoaderCallbacks.html
[3]: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/CursorLoader.html
[4]: http://developer.android.com/training/search/setup.html
[5]: http://developer.android.com/guide/components/loaders.html#callback
[6]: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/providers/contacts-provider.html#Access

Pre-requisites
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- Android SDK 28
- Android Build Tools v28.0.3
- Android Support Repository

Screenshots
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<img src="screenshots/1-main.png" height="400" alt="Screenshot"/> <img src="screenshots/2-search.png" height="400" alt="Screenshot"/> <img src="screenshots/3-results.png" height="400" alt="Screenshot"/> 

Getting Started
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This sample uses the Gradle build system. To build this project, use the
"gradlew build" command or use "Import Project" in Android Studio.

Support
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- Google+ Community: https://plus.google.com/communities/105153134372062985968
- Stack Overflow: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android

If you've found an error in this sample, please file an issue:
https://github.com/googlesamples/android-BasicContactables

Patches are encouraged, and may be submitted by forking this project and
submitting a pull request through GitHub. Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for more details.

License
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Copyright 2019 The Android Open Source Project, Inc.

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