On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 8:49 AM, Jani Monoses <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > as it was brought up before on this list and elsewhere, regular apps do not > have direct access to address book contacts, and for good reason. One can > get vcards via the content hub interactively, whereas the avatars are not > accessible even there, needing the QtContacts API. Yes you can. VCards contains the avatar encoded in a base64 string (VCARD standard). You will need to parse the vcard and decode that on your side. If you are receiving vcards without avatar please report a bug.
> > Was the possibility of allowing direct AddressBook DBus and QtContact > accesses gated by a nice Allow/Deny dialog like we now have for the camera? > > This would be easier both for developers and friendlier for users IMHO. Am I > missing a reason why this is not possible technically? We have been discussing this for a while, but the security team has some concerns about this approach for contacts. Unfortunately we do not have a solution for this right now. > > thanks > Jani > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
