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Robert La Ferla commented on CB-223:
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Thanks Becky. Let me recommend a slightly different approach. Instead of
locating the groups/categories for a given contact (which I agree is
inefficient for implementation reasons), a more efficient approach is a method
that gets a list of contacts for a given group/category. While it would be
ideal if the individual contacts then had all the categories/groups set, they
don't currently. Implementing my proposal, developers will at least have one
way to get at the group information in the main API.
These methods represent a minimum API that "augments" the existing Contacts API:
(1) get a list of groups/categories
navigator.contacts.findgroups(groupSuccess, groupError)
function onSuccess(groups) {
alert('Found ' + groups.length + ' groups.');
};
function onError(groupError) {
alert('onError!');
};
(2) get a list of contacts for a specific group/category.
navigator.contacts.getgroup(groupname, contactSuccess, contactError)
function onSuccess(contacts) {
alert('Found ' + contacts.length + ' contacts.');
};
function onError(contactError) {
alert('onError!');
};
> Add support for iOS contact groups
> ----------------------------------
>
> Key: CB-223
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-223
> Project: Apache Callback
> Issue Type: New Feature
> Components: iOS
> Affects Versions: 1.4.0
> Environment: iOS
> Reporter: Robert La Ferla
> Assignee: Shazron Abdullah
> Priority: Minor
> Labels: addressbook, categories, contacts, groups, ios
>
> Contacts on iOS are organized by group. There is the default group "All
> Contacts" plus any custom groups that the user set up. Contacts retrieved by
> Apache Cordova / phonegap do not contain which group they are in.
> CONTACT CATEGORIES PROPERTY
> I believe that iOS groups are analogous to phonegap contact categories and
> thus should be mapped to them. If not, another property should be created.
> From the Cordova docs:
> "categories: An array of all the contacts user defined categories.
> (ContactField[])"
> IOS IMPLEMENTATION NOTES:
> In the iOS AddressBook API, the function ABAddressBookCopyArrayOfAllGroups()
> gets the list of groups.
> https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/ContactData/Conceptual/AddressBookProgrammingGuideforiPhone/Chapters/DirectInteraction.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40007744-CH6-SW1
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