Difference between revisions of "Contact Editor Pro"

Revision as of 05:58, 1 September 2011

This is the contact editor (and only the editor) from the Android 2.1 sources. I fixed it to make it work with arbitrary contact sources and removed the dependencies on the internal API to make it work with more recent Android versions. Also I implemented several additional features.

additional features

This is the list of additional features (compared to the Android 2.1 stock contact editor)

• basic group membership management
• more predefined labels for phone numbers and emails (for custom contact sources)
• labels for websites
• slightly rearranged layout (less scrolling)
• extra confirmation step when deleting fields (to prevent accidental deletion of fields)
• "take photo" option
• manage multiple contact photos
• additional fields in organization: department & role
• date picker for events (can handle phones that store dates as timestamps internally)
• set contact ring tone and "send directly to voice mail"
• allows to set behaviour when back is pressed ("save and exit" or "exit without saving")
• field "Internet Call" (not available in Android 2.1 and 2.2)
• more to come (write me)

known issues

• Taken contact photos may appear twice in the media gallery.

upcoming features

Below is a list of feature requests from users. Feel free to add your request. The order of the list is not related to the actual order how things will be implemented.

• button to collapse/expand the editor for certain accounts (also add an option to collapse unsynced account's contacts by default)
• option to set default account for new contacts
• option to add default groups for new contacts
• allow to add groups from other accounts
• option to create new groups
• allow to copy/move contacts between accounts
• fix translations of new features
• add field "maiden name"
• allow to select which fields should be in the "more" section
• add field "relation" that allows to enter names of related persons like family members, business contacts ...
• allow import/export from/to SIM card
• option to export contact photos to file
• add "inverse" theme to match default theme on some devices
• select size of taken contact photos from 128x128 (current size), 256x256, 512x512