Thank you so much Ryan, I'll dig inside that source, hope that solve my problem ;).
On Monday, July 22, 2013 7:56:49 PM UTC+7, Ryan Harter wrote: > > Take a look at that AOSP sources. You can see that the built in contacts > app is saving the photos to the file system. > > On the PhotoStore class in the contacts provider, here is the javadoc > comment on the class: > > > 1. /** > 2. * Photo storage system that stores the files directly onto the > hard disk > 3. * in the specified directory. > 4. */ > > > > https://android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/providers/ContactsProvider/+/master/src/com/android/providers/contacts/PhotoStore.java > > I know the subject tends to be a religious war, but I never store binary > data in a database unless absolutely necessary. In this case, use the > database to store an id or url of the photo, then have a specified file > structure based on that id (could be one large directory with a photo named > after each id). > > Remember, you can also use a content provider to provide access to the > file system, so check that out as well. > > Best > Ryan > > > On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 11:31 PM, cybersun <[email protected]<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> Hi all, >> I am creating an app that user can communication with other friends (IM >> app, send message, card, ...), so user have provide user's profile like id, >> name, avatar. >> My question is: what is the best way to save friend's avatar to make >> local contact list for my app? >> >> I created a local database for saving contact information, synchronize >> with a remote database on my server. In my app, can I save avatars into: >> (1) SQLite database? >> (2) SDcard? >> (3) App cache? >> >> Android Contacts app use Contacts Storage to store contact's avatar, I >> dont know what implemented inside. >> >> I saw other apps like Whatsapp, wechat, line, zalo, ... do not save >> avatars on SDcard, so where are avatars when contact list has many contacts >> (>100). >> >> Hope you can help, thanks. >> >> -- >> -- >> 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]<javascript:> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] <javascript:> >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Android Developers" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > -- -- 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
