Yes, a contact picker would be great, and would work for me ;),
especially if it had the ability to return multiple selections.
I would actually like that better than accessing them myself, if it was
a standard part of the framework, because then users would be familiar
with it, and I wouldn't have to support it.. or them using it ;).
I'm fairly sure it would solve many other developers issues also.
Sincerely,
Brad Gies
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On 01/09/2010 2:06 PM, Dianne Hackborn wrote:
On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 10:18 AM, Brad Gies <rbg...@gmail.com
<mailto:rbg...@gmail.com>> wrote:
I still want an "ask the user" optional permission for the read
contacts because even though my app will drop using them for now,
it would be a very handy feature for them. Just so you know, my
app is about connecting with friends, and being able to access
their friends email addresses one time would save the users a lot
of typing and setup later. But, it's just not worth it to have to
declare it in my app as if I will be ALWAYS accessing them, and
THAT does remove a very handy feature, that I would keep if I
could just ask the user the one or two times they would actually
use it. It's actually a HUGE issue for me because not keeping it
means that many users may not find my app all that useful because
they won't get it setup to find their friends easily, while
keeping it means that many users will never install it. Damned if
I do... Damned if I don't... and right now there is no good answer.
What if you could launch a contact picker for the user to select an
e-mail address that is returned to you? We need to build out the
contacts interaction so that it has richer interactions to provide UI
for other apps without them needing contacts permission themselves.
(And to also use FLAG_GRANT_URI_*_PERMISSION to return permission to
access a contact entry that is selected.) But even before that,
someone could write their own app that provides something like this
facility, without using FLAG_GRANT_URI_*_PERMISSION, to anyone who
wants to use it.
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Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time
to provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All
such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others
can see and answer them.
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