Hi,
Is there a way to chage the list of Contact List. I mean i have a large contact list. I add company name, job or title to my contacts. But when someone call me on the screen, it shows only name and surname by default. (Normally). But i have a lot of X Y on my list. I couldn't figure out until i answered the call. And i dont want to add company name or title to the name, surname fields.
Is there a simple way to change this like X(Name) + Y(Surname) + Z(Company) like a string concat or something.
I dont want to use 3rd party application but if you have something on your mind. Feel free to answer here.
Thanks.
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Is there any way I could change the contact fields. For example...I want to add another cellphone num......because on the orig fields only one mobile num is allowed.....anyone? :?:
damoncarl said:
Is there any way I could change the contact fields. For example...I want to add another cellphone num......because on the orig fields only one mobile num is allowed.
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From what I've gathered, not really. Although I'm not a hardcore Pocket database hacker. You could put a second mobile phone under 'car', which would at least leave intact the ability to send SMS to that number. But having used the Nokia 9210, I will readily agree this Pocket Outlook thing just isn't good enough as a contacts manager.
I use Agenda Fusion as a third party add-on because I like their easy entry of calendar items (among other things) but it also has these limitations because it interfaces with the same database underneath.
Hi everyone.
I think it's the right time to open a new thread for iContact. Version 0.6 and it's source code are out. New in 0.6 are:
simple favorites management. Sliding a contact from left to right brings a plus sign. It's a little tricky at first, but i got used to it. Tapping on the plus sign tags a contact as favorite. If the contact is already favorite, you can unfavorite it (does that word exist?
Pushing "Right" on the D-pad brings the favorites window. Pushing "Left" brings "all contacts" window.
"mobile" and "work" numbers have "sms" option. Tapping it will bring new sms window.
"email" option works if you have configured email account, and have it entered in iContact settings file.
D-pad navigation is fully supported in contact details. Left key brings you back to contact list, while Right key brings you "new sms dialog" if currently selected number has sms option.
settings.ini file has been added. It must reside in the same directory as iContact.exe. You can setup your email account in there and you can also setup strings used throughout the app ("mobile", "sms", "ABC" etc ...)
other small fixes
There will probably be bugs, as always. However, this time I've included the source code. I encourage anyone interested and skilled to use the source code. It's in best interest for the whole community if iContact continues to evolve. And even faster than it has until now.
I know the code is the mess, so i don't need to be reminded of that fact X).
Other reason for releasing source code is that i really have no free time to develop this app. I'm looking forward to see how this app will evolve in hands of skilled programmers. iContact satisfies MY needs, and more, but i realize there are people that have different needs. So, go ahead, grab the source and good luck.
The source code released doesn't have a specific license attached. However, I'd suggest anyone who will use it to consider returning something to the community. That is something that makes a good community that good.
Thank you all for you support and comments. I hope this is best for community.
Take care,
larna
Very classy move. Well done!
I Love this program, keep up the good work!
*Edit*: for some reason this version isn't working for me. I have the settings.ini in the same folder and for some reason when I click on the prog it doesn't open up.
thank you very much
Thanks larna, using your app for contacts since its birth.
Thats a good move to open source.
thank you so much for your great work !
keep going !
Thanks larna
most popular application...
Waht about VGA ?
also the cab installer ?
Create CAB File ? Thankyou
can you modify it so that when we type in a letter, it will go to the nearest match. for example, if we have 15 contacts with the the letter H, I would love it if we press the letter on our keypad and it will go to the nearest one.
Homer Simpson
Homer Tux
Homer Zebra
Homer Zeeja
if I type in zeb, it will bring up Homer Zebra as my nearest match...I know that I can scroll to the name...
iContacts v0.6.cab
Here is the installer cab with right soft key mapped to iContact
one question for everyone who is going to continue this great app.
could someone please make the colors customizable?
thanks!
Thanks, Thanks, Thanks
Beautiful post, beautiful application.
Keep the best.
btw i also found a little bug, it is possible to add the add contact to favorites, when this is done there is and alphabetic list in your favorites.
pauldgroot said:
btw i also found a little bug, it is possible to add the add contact to favorites, when this is done there is and alphabetic list in your favorites.
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Whoah, i totally forgot about "Add new contact" button. That shouldn't be to hard to fix. Anyone up to it?
Thx for comments, and thanks for the cab file phouki.
larna
Great job! Tanks!
Thanks very, very much for releasing the source!
Just trying to get into WM coding at the moment, one of the things I wanted to do was v similar to iContacts, you just saved me a load of work!
What I want is:
* iContacts, but as a today screen item
* Finger scroll still works as an ultimatelaunch face - remove left and right gesture from iContacts if needs be.
* Option to only display contacts in certain categories - alternative to left+right gesture to do favorites
* Pictures by contact names where available.
Of course, if I manage to get it working, I will release back to everybody
Good luck evilc, i know you'll need it (luck that is) .
larna
the sms option works nicely opening up text messaging and starting a new message to that person but email (poutlook) does not work. It opens up poutlook and thats it. It shoudl open and start a new email to that address. how can this be done? what exactly needs to be changed in the settings.ini file with the email account (using just activesync for push)
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the sms option works nicely opening up text messaging and starting a new message to that person but email (poutlook) does not work. It opens up poutlook and thats it. It shoudl open and start a new email to that address. how can this be done? what exactly needs to be changed in the settings.ini file with the email account (using just activesync for push)
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I must admit i am not entirely sure how email button should function.
When i open POutlook it displays "Select an Account" window. If you have email account setup it should display on that window. Name of the account is listed in bigger font size, and email address is listed in smaller font size.
You should enter email account name in settings ini file:
;E-mail account name from pocket outlook
email_account=email_account_name
However, as i said, there may be the cases where such thing may not work and i can't help you then.
larna
evilc said:
Thanks very, very much for releasing the source!
Just trying to get into WM coding at the moment, one of the things I wanted to do was v similar to iContacts, you just saved me a load of work!
What I want is:
* iContacts, but as a today screen item
* Finger scroll still works as an ultimatelaunch face - remove left and right gesture from iContacts if needs be.
* Option to only display contacts in certain categories - alternative to left+right gesture to do favorites
* Pictures by contact names where available.
Of course, if I manage to get it working, I will release back to everybody
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Sounds like you need pocketCM contacts?
Hi,
firstly, let me introduce myself:
My name is Tony and from my signature and amount of posts, you can see, I am a very active XDA user and used to do a lot of first and second level support for the blueangel and the blackstone and today my SGS2 arrived, which is my first native android phone. As soon, as i figured out all the tiny beginner's questions, i will start supporting this awesome device for all you fellow users out there.
But for now, excuse me, that I have to ask a few stupid questions that I encountered while setting up the device:
1. My phone is set to English (US) and my keyboard and voice input options are set to German (so that writing or voice inputting sms and german addresses are easier). However, Vlingo does not exactly support the dual language and sometimes produces problems when reading out english information, anybody else experiencing mixed language problems there? any advice?
2. i decided to set my up contacts from scratch. i put in all the correct formal names for my contacts, but when i connect these users to their respective facebook accounts (who are sometimes based on nicknames), the display name automatically changes to the facebook name, while i prefer the formal name. is there a way to change it?
3. contacts allow me to add several im accounts, e.g. ICQ. when i click the icq# of a user, it opens up im and states that only windows live, google talk and yahoo are supported. is there a way to either connect that to the official icq for android, or add other messengers to the stock im? if not, why bother inputting all the information, if one cannot use it?
i wonder why nobody else seems to experience problem #2.
i found it again here: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=6067
apparently, when you connect contacts through one or more platforms, like facebook, twitter, last.fm, skype... and there names vary, your contacts app will always prefer the last name with the latest letter in the alphabet. in my case, there is one contact first name r. last name b., but one facebook, he goes by another variation of his name, "zu b.", so contacts prefers the facebook name, as z is greater than b. there is no logical reason why facebook names should be preferred to the phone's own stored name. after all, i entered those names because i wanted to find the contacts by that name. why does the phone tell me, my choices are no good and facebook's are better?
strike issue #1 and #3, i will find a workaround some time, but it would be extremely nice, if someone could check if this contacts issue is present in their device and firmware?
i have ke7 dbt (latest german stock rom).
My nexus one does the same thing. If I sync contacts with Facebook it changes to their Facebook displayed name. I'm still not clear on exactly how it does it too.
i tried several ways of bypassing the issue, starting by assuming the sorting of contacts would be determined by the regular ascii order of letters, or linux's, so i tried renaming every contact to minuscules, so R.B. -> r.b. which didn't help and i wouldn't even bother starting any contact with z or any symbol, as that would render the letter navigation bar on the right useless.
so the only way i could bypass the issue was to sort and display contacts by first name. after many years of windows mobile use i'm having trouble getting used to it but apparently, there is no other way so far.
if anyone else has trouble with this, please go to http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=6067 and star the issue and post your experiences.
First, I am a complete newbie with tasker.
I am trying to create a profile with which I wish to auto-send an sms to wish people, for example on their birthday.
So birthdays, set from contact appear on my calendar as "personName. Birthday"
I am able to trigger an action reading "*Birthday" in calendar event.
But how do I pass the personName from the trigger, that matched "*Birthday" to the action to use as contact (directly or by extracting number for that contact) and the enter in the message like: Happy Birthday personName!
Any help is highly appreciated!
Thanks in advance..
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With Variable Split you can split the event title into multiple variables. That's what I've found so far; I'll keep looking for a way to search your contacts.
By the way, how did you get a birthday event created from a contact birthday?
EDIT: if you can add the contact's phone number to the description of the calendar event then you can extract the number using a variable.
Thank you for your reply gollyzila.
Adding birthday to calendar: When I add a birthday to the contact record, it automatically shows up in the calendar in that format. And so I cant change the format as well!
Found variable split under variables category, but could not find how to get the event title in that task.. Couldnt find any variable in the list of variables Tasker suggests that could be holding event title.
Please help..
No problem. I like figuring out problems like these.
In the Variable Split edit scene, tap the orange tag icon and tap Calendar Event Title (%CALTITLE).
Without the phone number, I'm not sure how you can search for it using the contact's name.
Thank you Gollyzilla.
That is where I am looking for the variable, but cant find it..
Also, did not find the variable in tasker's documentation.
Also found a conversation in tasker's google group mentioning that its not possible to read actual calendar entry, but that is more than a year old, so not sure if it has changed meanwhile.
Does this require any specific plugin? Also tried the calendar plugin for locale from the market, it is only the condition plugin, so in the action, the entry text is still not available..
Please help.
You probably just have to install the beta version from here: http://tasker.dinglisch.net/beta.html
If you purchased Tasker through the Play Store tap download 1.2.2b3m. If you purchased it directly download 1.2.2b3.
Hi Guys, im trying to figure out how to make a similar profile, if you were successful with yours can yous share?
I've been searching all over and can't seem to find a suitable app for this.
A family member has jumped from an endless parade of dumbphones to an Android based smartphone. Got all setup with a Google account and then I sat for about an hour or so manually entering names and numbers into Google Contacts, so they'll sync all nice and easily to the phone.
Now, no matter how I try to explain it, she doesn't quite get that if you open the contacts list on the phone and select a name, it presents you with all configured numbers, home, cell, work, etc, which you then just tap one to call.
No, she'd rather do extra work and create a separate contact, one for each possible number. "So that it looks like it used to...."
"Mr Contact One (home)"
555-555-5555
"Mr Contact One (cell)"
555-111-5555
"Mr Contact One (work"
555-222-5555
So, does anyone know of a contacts app that displays all numbers in an auto-expanded list? Sort of like...
"Mr Contact One"
\_555-555-5555 (home)
555-111-5555 (cell)
555-222-5555 (work)