[android] How do I access call log for android?

I would like to receive the call log. For example the number of calls made by the user, number of minutes called, etc.

How do I achieve this in android?

If we use Kotlin it is shorter. Example of class which responds for provide call logs:

import android.content.Context
import android.database.Cursor
import android.provider.CallLog.Calls.*

class CallsLoader {

    fun getCallLogs(context: Context): List<List<String?>> {
        val c = context.applicationContext
        val projection = arrayOf(CACHED_NAME, NUMBER, TYPE, DATE, DURATION)

        val cursor = c.contentResolver.query(
             CONTENT_URI,
             projection,
             null,
             null,
             null,
             null
          )

         return cursorToMatrix(cursor)
     }

    private fun cursorToMatrix(cursor: Cursor?): List<List<String?>> {
        val matrix = mutableListOf<List<String?>>()
        cursor?.use {
             while (it.moveToNext()) {
                 val list = listOf(
                    it.getStringFromColumn(CACHED_NAME),
                    it.getStringFromColumn(NUMBER),
                    it.getStringFromColumn(TYPE),
                    it.getStringFromColumn(DATE),
                    it.getStringFromColumn(DURATION)
                 )

                 matrix.add(list.toList())
             }
          }

          return matrix
      }

     private fun Cursor.getStringFromColumn(columnName: String) =
        getString(getColumnIndex(columnName))
}

We can also convert cursor to map:

fun getCallLogs(context: Context): Map<String, Array<String?>> {
    val c = context.applicationContext
    val projection = arrayOf(CACHED_NAME, NUMBER, TYPE, DATE, DURATION)

    val cursor = c.contentResolver.query(
        CONTENT_URI,
        projection,
        null,
        null,
        null,
        null
    )

    return cursorToMap(cursor)
}

private fun cursorToMap(cursor: Cursor?): Map<String, Array<String?>> {
    val arraySize = cursor?.count ?: 0
    val map = mapOf(
        CACHED_NAME to Array<String?>(arraySize) { "" },
        NUMBER to Array<String?>(arraySize) { "" },
        TYPE to Array<String?>(arraySize) { "" },
        DATE to Array<String?>(arraySize) { "" },
        DURATION to Array<String?>(arraySize) { "" }
    )

    cursor?.use {
        for (i in 0 until arraySize) {
            it.moveToNext()

            map[CACHED_NAME]?.set(i, it.getStringFromColumn(CACHED_NAME))
            map[NUMBER]?.set(i, it.getStringFromColumn(NUMBER))
            map[TYPE]?.set(i, it.getStringFromColumn(TYPE))
            map[DATE]?.set(i, it.getStringFromColumn(DATE))
            map[DURATION]?.set(i, it.getStringFromColumn(DURATION))
        }
    }

    return map
}

use this method from everywhere with a context

private static String getCallDetails(Context context) {
    StringBuffer stringBuffer = new StringBuffer();
    Cursor cursor = context.getContentResolver().query(CallLog.Calls.CONTENT_URI,
            null, null, null, CallLog.Calls.DATE + " DESC");
    int number = cursor.getColumnIndex(CallLog.Calls.NUMBER);
    int type = cursor.getColumnIndex(CallLog.Calls.TYPE);
    int date = cursor.getColumnIndex(CallLog.Calls.DATE);
    int duration = cursor.getColumnIndex(CallLog.Calls.DURATION);       
    while (cursor.moveToNext()) {
        String phNumber = cursor.getString(number);
        String callType = cursor.getString(type);
        String callDate = cursor.getString(date);
        Date callDayTime = new Date(Long.valueOf(callDate));
        String callDuration = cursor.getString(duration);
        String dir = null;
        int dircode = Integer.parseInt(callType);
        switch (dircode) {
        case CallLog.Calls.OUTGOING_TYPE:
            dir = "OUTGOING";
            break;
        case CallLog.Calls.INCOMING_TYPE:
            dir = "INCOMING";
            break;

        case CallLog.Calls.MISSED_TYPE:
            dir = "MISSED";
            break;
        }
        stringBuffer.append("\nPhone Number:--- " + phNumber + " \nCall Type:--- "
                + dir + " \nCall Date:--- " + callDayTime
                + " \nCall duration in sec :--- " + callDuration);
        stringBuffer.append("\n----------------------------------");
    }
    cursor.close();
    return stringBuffer.toString();
}

in My project i am getting error int htc device.now this code is universal. I think this is help for you.

    public class CustomContentObserver extends ContentObserver {        
    public CustomContentObserver(Handler handler) {
        super(handler);
        System.out.println("Content obser");
    }     

    public void onChange(boolean selfChange) {
         super.onChange(selfChange);
         String lastCallnumber;

         currentDate = sdfcur.format(calender.getTime());
         System.out.println("Content obser onChange()");
         Log.d("PhoneService", "custom StringsContentObserver.onChange( " + selfChange + ")");
        //if(!callFlag){                   
         String[] projection = new String[]{CallLog.Calls.NUMBER,
                    CallLog.Calls.TYPE,
                    CallLog.Calls.DURATION,
                    CallLog.Calls.CACHED_NAME,
                    CallLog.Calls._ID};

            Cursor c;   
            c=mContext.getContentResolver().query(CallLog.Calls.CONTENT_URI, projection, null, null, CallLog.Calls._ID + " DESC");
            if(c.getCount()!=0){
                c.moveToFirst();
                 lastCallnumber = c.getString(0);
                 String type=c.getString(1);
                 String duration=c.getString(2);
                 String name=c.getString(3);
                 String id=c.getString(4);
                 System.out.println("CALLLLing:"+lastCallnumber+"Type:"+type);

                 Database db=new Database(mContext);
                 Cursor cur =db.getFirstRecord(lastCallnumber);
                 final String endCall=lastCallnumber;
                 //checking incoming/outgoing call
                 if(type.equals("3")){
                    //missed call
                    }else if(type.equals("1")){
                    //incoming call

                 }else if(type.equals("2")){
                    //outgoing call
                 }                  

            }
            c.close();
    }

}

This post is a little bit old, but here is another easy solution for getting data related to Call logs content provider in Android:

Use this lib: https://github.com/EverythingMe/easy-content-providers

Get all calls:

CallsProvider callsProvider = new CallsProvider(context);
List<Call> calls = callsProvider.getCalls().getList();

Each Call has all fields, so you can get any info you need:
callDate, duration, number, type(INCOMING, OUTGOING, MISSED), isRead, ...

It works with List or Cursor and there is a sample app to see how it looks and works.

In fact, there is a support for all Android content providers like: Contacts, SMS, Calendar, ... Full doc with all options: https://github.com/EverythingMe/easy-content-providers/wiki/Android-providers

Hope it also helped :)

To get Only Incoming Call history , the beneath code will help u:)

private void getCallDetailsAgil() {

    StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
    Cursor managedCursor = managedQuery(CallLog.Calls.CONTENT_URI, null, null, null, null);
    int number = managedCursor.getColumnIndex(CallLog.Calls.NUMBER);
    int type = managedCursor.getColumnIndex(CallLog.Calls.TYPE);
    int date = managedCursor.getColumnIndex(CallLog.Calls.DATE);
    int duration = managedCursor.getColumnIndex(CallLog.Calls.DURATION);
    sb.append("Call Details :");
    while (managedCursor.moveToNext()) {
        String phNumber = managedCursor.getString(number);
        String callType = managedCursor.getString(type);
        String callDate = managedCursor.getString(date);
        Date callDayTime = new Date(Long.valueOf(callDate));
        String callDuration = managedCursor.getString(duration);
        String dir = null;
        int dircode = Integer.parseInt(callType);


        switch (dircode) {
            case CallLog.Calls.OUTGOING_TYPE:
                dir = "OUTGOING";
                break;

            case CallLog.Calls.INCOMING_TYPE:
                dir = "INCOMING";
                sb.append("\nPhone Number:--- " + phNumber + " \nCall Type:--- " + dir + " \nCall Date:--- " + callDayTime + " \nCall duration in sec :--- " + callDuration);
                sb.append("\n----------------------------------");
                miss_cal.setText(sb);
                break;

            case CallLog.Calls.MISSED_TYPE:
                dir = "MISSED";
                break;
        }
    }

    managedCursor.close();
} 

This is method used to get the Call log. Just put this method in you class and get the List of the Call Log.

Check out this

private String getCallDetails() {

        StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
        Cursor managedCursor = managedQuery(CallLog.Calls.CONTENT_URI, null,
                null, null, null);
        int number = managedCursor.getColumnIndex(CallLog.Calls.NUMBER);
        int type = managedCursor.getColumnIndex(CallLog.Calls.TYPE);
        int date = managedCursor.getColumnIndex(CallLog.Calls.DATE);
        int duration = managedCursor.getColumnIndex(CallLog.Calls.DURATION);
        sb.append("Call Details :");
        while (managedCursor.moveToNext()) {
            String phNumber = managedCursor.getString(number);
            String callType = managedCursor.getString(type);
            String callDate = managedCursor.getString(date);
            Date callDayTime = new Date(Long.valueOf(callDate));
            String callDuration = managedCursor.getString(duration);
            String dir = null;
            int dircode = Integer.parseInt(callType);
            switch (dircode) {
            case CallLog.Calls.OUTGOING_TYPE:
                dir = "OUTGOING";
                break;

            case CallLog.Calls.INCOMING_TYPE:
                dir = "INCOMING";
                break;

            case CallLog.Calls.MISSED_TYPE:
                dir = "MISSED";
                break;
            }
            sb.append("\nPhone Number:--- " + phNumber + " \nCall Type:--- "
                    + dir + " \nCall Date:--- " + callDayTime
                    + " \nCall duration in sec :--- " + callDuration);
            sb.append("\n----------------------------------");
        }
        managedCursor.close();
        return sb.toString();

    }

the output looks

To get Incoming,Outgoing and Missed Call history , hope this code will help u:)

Call this code on your background thread.

StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();

String[] projection = new String[] {
    CallLog.Calls.CACHED_NAME,
    CallLog.Calls.NUMBER,
    CallLog.Calls.TYPE,
    CallLog.Calls.DATE,
    CallLog.Calls.DURATION
};

sb.append("Call Details :");

// String strOrder = android.provider.CallLog.Calls.DATE + " DESC";

Cursor managedCursor =  getApplicationContext().getContentResolver().query(CallLog.Calls.CONTENT_URI, projection, null, null, null);
while (managedCursor.moveToNext()) {
    String name = managedCursor.getString(0); //name
    String number = managedCursor.getString(1); // number
    String type = managedCursor.getString(2); // type 
    String date = managedCursor.getString(3); // time 
    @SuppressLint("SimpleDateFormat") 
    SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm");
    String dateString = formatter.format(new Date(Long.parseLong(date)));

    String duration = managedCursor.getString(4); // duration

    String dir = null;
    int dircode = Integer.parseInt(type);
    switch (dircode) {
        case CallLog.Calls.OUTGOING_TYPE:
            dir = "OUTGOING";
            break;
        case CallLog.Calls.INCOMING_TYPE:
            dir = "INCOMING";
            break;
        case CallLog.Calls.MISSED_TYPE:
            dir = "MISSED";
            break;
    }

sb.append("\nPhone Name :-- "+name+"  Number:--- " + number + " \nCall Type:--- " + dir + " \nCall Date:--- " + dateString + " \nCall duration in sec :--- " + duration);
sb.append("\n----------------------------------");

Use Below code:

private void getCallDeatils() {
    StringBuffer stringBuffer = new StringBuffer();
    Cursor managedCursor = getActivity().managedQuery(CallLog.Calls.CONTENT_URI, null, null, null, null);
    int number = managedCursor.getColumnIndex(CallLog.Calls.NUMBER);
    int type = managedCursor.getColumnIndex(CallLog.Calls.TYPE);
    int date = managedCursor.getColumnIndex(CallLog.Calls.DATE);

    int duration = managedCursor.getColumnIndex(CallLog.Calls.DURATION);
    stringBuffer.append("Call Deatils");
    while (managedCursor.moveToNext()) {
        String phNumber = managedCursor.getString(number);
        String callType = managedCursor.getString(type);
        String callDate = managedCursor.getString(date);
        Date callDayTime = new Date(Long.valueOf(callDate));
        DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss");
        String reportDate = df.format(callDayTime);
        String callDuration = managedCursor.getString(duration);
        String dir = null;
        int dircode = Integer.parseInt(callType);
        switch (dircode) {
            case CallLog.Calls.OUTGOING_TYPE:
                dir = "OUTGOING";
                break;

            case CallLog.Calls.INCOMING_TYPE:
                dir = "INCOMING";

                break;

            case CallLog.Calls.MISSED_TYPE:
                dir = "MISSED";
                break;

        }
        stringBuffer.append("\nPhone Number:--- " + phNumber + " \nCall Type:--- " + dir + " \nCall Date:--- " +callDate + " \nCall duration in sec :--- " + callDuration);
        stringBuffer.append("\n----------------------------------");

        logs.add(new LogClass(phNumber,dir,reportDate,callDuration));




    }

This is for accessing phone call history:

As of Jellybean (4.1) you need the following permission:
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_CALL_LOG" />

Code:

 Uri allCalls = Uri.parse("content://call_log/calls");
 Cursor c = managedQuery(allCalls, null, null, null, null);

String num= c.getString(c.getColumnIndex(CallLog.Calls.NUMBER));// for  number
String name= c.getString(c.getColumnIndex(CallLog.Calls.CACHED_NAME));// for name
String duration = c.getString(c.getColumnIndex(CallLog.Calls.DURATION));// for duration
int type = Integer.parseInt(c.getString(c.getColumnIndex(CallLog.Calls.TYPE)));// for call type, Incoming or out going.

Before considering making Read Call Log or Read SMS permissions a part of your application I strongly advise you to have a look at this policy of Google Play Market: https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/9047303?hl=en

Those permissions are very sensitive and you will have to prove that your application needs them. But even if it really needs them Google Play Support team may easily reject your request without proper explanations.

This is what happened to me. After providing all the needed information along with the Demonstration video of my application it was rejected with the explanation that my "account is not authorized to provide a certain use case solution in my application" (the list of use cases they may consider as an exception is listed on that Policy page). No link to any policy statement was provided to explain what it all means. Basically they just judged my app as not to go without proper explanation.

I wish you good luck of cause with your applications guys but be careful.