Android: escape SQL LIKE wildcards in contacts search query

The contacts search passed user input directly into a LIKE pattern
without escaping % and _ characters, causing them to act as SQL
wildcards and return incorrect results.

Add an escapeLikePattern() helper that escapes \, %, and _ with a
backslash, and add ESCAPE '\' to the selection clause so SQLite
treats them as literal characters.

Made-with: Cursor
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kaneki
2026-03-10 15:19:46 +08:00
committed by Ayaan Zaidi
parent 6c4eced494
commit f7866c1c15

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@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ private object SystemContactsDataSource : ContactsDataSource {
selection = null
selectionArgs = null
} else {
selection = "${ContactsContract.Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME_PRIMARY} LIKE ?"
selectionArgs = arrayOf("%${request.query}%")
selection = "${ContactsContract.Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME_PRIMARY} LIKE ? ESCAPE '\\'"
selectionArgs = arrayOf("%${escapeLikePattern(request.query)}%")
}
val sortOrder = "${ContactsContract.Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME_PRIMARY} COLLATE NOCASE ASC LIMIT ${request.limit}"
resolver.query(
@@ -247,6 +247,9 @@ private object SystemContactsDataSource : ContactsDataSource {
}
}
private fun escapeLikePattern(pattern: String): String =
pattern.replace("\\", "\\\\").replace("%", "\\%").replace("_", "\\_")
private fun loadPhones(resolver: ContentResolver, contactId: Long): List<String> {
return queryContactValues(
resolver = resolver,