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sascha
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11/26/12 03:27 AM (13 years ago)

Add contacts

Hi there, been trying to find some infos about it myself but not sure where to look ... Since I am just doing my first app at the moment I have something simple in mind, but I guess not simple enough for my skills... For my work I want to create an app which contains a list of all my clients and their details. I know I could just use the contacts in my iPhone. But for learning reasons I just want to create this to start with and from there on add more to that app... Could someone give me a pointer on where I could find some information how to create my own contacts list within my app? Thank you and looking forward to hear some tips!
 
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11/26/12 04:04 AM (13 years ago)
Hey, not sure what you want, but you can use the contact card plugin, found in the plugin market, and have one for each cliente. You'd have a menu list of some sort, and each button would point to a contact card. Hope this helps. Miguel
 
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11/26/12 04:51 AM (13 years ago)
Hey Miguel, i saw that and was hoping on a tip how to create something exactly like that myself... But ill try that and see how it works! Thank you!
 
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11/26/12 05:04 AM (13 years ago)
Using the contact card, when you select it, it opens a contact card, that is stored in the app, and you have the choice of saving it to your phone, but its always on the app, or at least on your control panel.
 
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11/26/12 06:08 AM (13 years ago)
Another way you could achieve this would be to use a simple menu list to categorize your clients and use the the custom html screen. The custom html screen has a table option to create boxes. You could create a single table and make it like list of cards with contact details etc. Just a suggestion you could look at.
 
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11/26/12 06:57 AM (13 years ago)
Hey @sascha, You can do this in a few ways..a contact card like @MadRod and @Mr stuck brings up an interesting point. If you plan on having a few clients and need details of each, a database is a good option. Do you know anything about databases and php? LA
 
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11/26/12 07:53 AM (13 years ago)
Hey LA, it seems like it didnt take my last reply... I dont know much about php and database. I am keen to learn tho and thankful for all information how I can get a contact list started. I think the predefined contact card plug in would not make me happy since it is "predefined" and I want to have a few more options and details to add to my clients... Any infos on where to get some "easy to learn" info for datebase and php knowledge to create something like i have in mind? Cheers
 
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11/26/12 08:00 AM (13 years ago)
@sascha, Here is where I started when I first started to learn: http://www.w3schools.com/php/php_mysql_intro.asp LA
 
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11/26/12 08:05 AM (13 years ago)
Thank you, great! Ill look into it...
 
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11/26/12 08:07 AM (13 years ago)
No problem. If you have any questions just post them or message/im me on here if I can assist. LA
 
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11/28/12 07:41 AM (13 years ago)
I am now playing around with the contact card plug in and it tells me "XCODE PROJECT NEEDS TO HAVE THESE TWO BUILT IN FRAMEWORKS ADDED" ... searching for it on the forum i couldnt get any info. Can someone tell me how I add those frameworks to the xcode project? Thank you...
 
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11/28/12 07:44 AM (13 years ago)
I am now playing around with the contact card plug in and it tells me "XCODE PROJECT NEEDS TO HAVE THESE TWO BUILT IN FRAMEWORKS ADDED" ... searching for it on the forum i couldnt get any info. Can someone tell me how I add those frameworks to the xcode project? Thank you...
 
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11/28/12 07:50 AM (13 years ago)
ok, I have found a little tutorial on youtube... easy to follow. no just fighting the next problems :-)
 

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