[android-developers] Re: Most Efficient Way to Insert 5000+ Contacts

2012-11-16 Thread prestona
While not a bad idea, I don't think this suggestion will work for my situation. Having only skimmed over the Contacts API I think I'd have the following issues: 1) I believe every user would need a google account and while this is almost a given for Android users, it's entirely conceivable

[android-developers] Re: Most Efficient Way to Insert 5000+ Contacts

2012-11-15 Thread bob
How would a normal user have 5000+ contacts? I have maybe 50 at the most. On Tuesday, November 13, 2012 6:34:25 PM UTC-6, prestona wrote: I'm developing an application where a user can initially sync all his contacts with a desktop application OTA. This is done through a web service

Re: [android-developers] Re: Most Efficient Way to Insert 5000+ Contacts

2012-11-15 Thread Marina Cuello
I'm guessing it's an app devoted to people who works on Public Relations for artists or big companies. Marina On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 12:25 PM, bob b...@coolfone.comze.com wrote: How would a normal user have 5000+ contacts? I have maybe 50 at the most. On Tuesday, November 13, 2012

[android-developers] Re: Most Efficient Way to Insert 5000+ Contacts

2012-11-15 Thread Lew
bob wrote: How would a normal user have 5000+ contacts? I have maybe 50 at the most. Sounds like you dropped the ball, bob. Better get busy on your networking. -- Lew -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this

Re: [android-developers] Re: Most Efficient Way to Insert 5000+ Contacts

2012-11-15 Thread prestona
Bingo. It's an app for people who work in the entertainment/movie industry where your contact list in kind of your lifeline. 5-6 thousand is actually not that uncommon. Aaron On Thursday, November 15, 2012 8:05:30 AM UTC-8, Marina Cuello wrote: I'm guessing it's an app devoted to people

[android-developers] Re: Most Efficient Way to Insert 5000+ Contacts

2012-11-15 Thread Spiral123
Don't do it in Android. Use your WebService to sync the desktop application contacts to a Google contact list using the Contacts API v3 (https://developers.google.com/google-apps/contacts/v3/). You can add a specific label to tag them to your application and even extend the tables if you