Well, what is this android.content.SyncProvider and android.content.SyncableContentProvider? A Virtual Contacts Provider does alot with Sync. That's probably the main thing it does, while reputation etc. is on the server. It may have a special table as part of the provider/database where different apps have their info to do the Syncing. Does that sound like SyncProvider or SyncableContentProvider?
- Juan T. On Aug 28, 5:47 pm, hackbod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There is no need for a new type of ContentProvider. A ContentProvider > is just a very abstract interface to a structured data store. I can't > imagine anything about a "virtual contacts provider" that would > require a new kind of basic content provider. > > As far as device to device communication, yes, one of the things we > need to do is have some other way to manage users. We don't have > anything to talk about for it at this point, though. > > On Aug 28, 1:18 pm, jtaylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Correction: I was meaning a 'Virtual Contacts Provider' not a new type > > of Content Provider. However, I ended up meaning probably both a > > Provider (like contacts) and a new type of Content Provider. > > > - Juan T. > > > On Aug 27, 4:17 pm, jtaylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > The problem with Contacts in mobile devices is that there are two > > > types of Contacts. One is what I call Personal Contacts (family and > > > friends) and the other is Virtual Contacts (social app friends/ > > > multiplayer games). The Virtual Contacts don't go in the same place as > > > Personal Contacts. So where do Virtual Contacts go? > > > > Some apps will have Virtual Contacts in the browser (on the web) and > > > others within the mobile app on the device. So speaking of those that > > > are part of a mobile app on the device, where should virtual contacts > > > go? If you put virtual and personal contacts together, separating > > > virtual contacts with a column/field value, what happens when an app > > > simply requests all contacts considering them all personal contacts? > > > So I don't see how a group field would work. > > > > So I think one has to set up a totally new Content Provider for > > > Virtual Contacts. Either from scratch for each application or unified > > > and having that group field so new apps can just use the 'Virtual > > > Contacts Content Provider'. > > > > So can we have that? A 'Virtual Contacts Content Provider'? > > > > - Juan T. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Announcing the new Android 0.9 SDK beta! http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2008/08/announcing-beta-release-of-android-sdk.html For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
