How to get current SIM card number in Android?

Question

I want to know user mobile number in Android. I used this code but I'm not getting number.

TelephonyManager tm = (TelephonyManager)getSystemService(Context.TELEPHONY_SERVICE); 
        String n = tm.getLine1Number();

Permission:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE"/>

Is it compulsory to save number in android mobile settings --> about phone --> status --> myphone number

Any idea on this?

Answer 1

Requires the READ_PHONE_STATE permission.

TelephonyManager telMgr = (TelephonyManager) 
                           context.getSystemService(Context.TELEPHONY_SERVICE);
String deviceID = telMgr.getDeviceId();
String simSerialNumber = telMgr.getSimSerialNumber(); 
String simLineNumber = telMgr.getLine1Number(); 

Answer 2

I think sim serial Number and sim number is unique. You can try this for get sim serial number and get sim number and Don't forget to add permission in manifest file.

TelephonyManager telemamanger = (TelephonyManager) getSystemService(Context.TELEPHONY_SERVICE);
String getSimSerialNumber = telemamanger.getSimSerialNumber();
String getSimNumber = telemamanger.getLine1Number();

And add below permission into your Androidmanifest.xml file.

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE"/>

Let me know if there is any issue.

Answer 3

You can use the TelephonyManager to do this:

TelephonyManager t = (TelephonyManager)getSystemService(TELEPHONY_SERVICE); 
String number = t.getLine1Number();

Have you used

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE"/>

Answer 4

Update: This answer is no longer available as Whatsapp had stopped exposing the phone number as account name, kindly disregard this answer.

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Its been almost 6 months and I believe I should update this with an alternative solution you might want to consider.

As of today, you can rely on another big application Whatsapp, using AccountManager. Millions of devices have this application installed and if you can't get the phone number via TelephonyManager, you may give this a shot.

Permission:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS" />

Code:

AccountManager am = AccountManager.get(this);
Account[] accounts = am.getAccounts();

ArrayList<String> googleAccounts = new ArrayList<String>();
for (Account ac : accounts) {
    String acname = ac.name;
    String actype = ac.type;
    // Take your time to look at all available accounts
    System.out.println("Accounts : " + acname + ", " + actype);
}

Check actype for whatsapp account

if(actype.equals("com.whatsapp")){
    String phoneNumber = ac.name;
}

Of course you may not get it if user did not install Whatsapp, but its worth to try anyway. And remember you should always ask user for confirmation.

Answer 5

Getting the Phone Number, IMEI, and SIM Card ID

TelephonyManager tm = (TelephonyManager) 
            getSystemService(Context.TELEPHONY_SERVICE);        

For SIM card, use the getSimSerialNumber()

    //---get the SIM card ID---
    String simID = tm.getSimSerialNumber();
    if (simID != null)
        Toast.makeText(this, "SIM card ID: " + simID, 
        Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

Phone number of your phone, use the getLine1Number() (some device's dont return the phone number)

    //---get the phone number---
    String telNumber = tm.getLine1Number();
    if (telNumber != null)        
        Toast.makeText(this, "Phone number: " + telNumber, 
        Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

IMEI number of the phone, use the getDeviceId()

    //---get the IMEI number---
    String IMEI = tm.getDeviceId();
    if (IMEI != null)        
        Toast.makeText(this, "IMEI number: " + IMEI, 
        Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

Permissions needed

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE"/>

Answer 6

You have everything right, but the problem is with getLine1Number() function.

getLine1Number()- this method returns the phone number string for line 1, i.e the MSISDN for a GSM phone. Return null if it is unavailable.

this method works only for few cell phone but not all phones.

So, if you need to perform operations according to the sim(other than calling), then you should use getSimSerialNumber(). It is always unique, valid and it always exists.