The sync process seems to re-encode the jpeg. You'll need to use a robust steganographic method... :-)
I had read Contacts.Settings as storing settings for sync accounts, not settings for individual contacts. Is that what you're after ? Richard On May 2, 1:00 am, Mike Hearn <[email protected]> wrote: > I would like to store some app-specific data in the contacts db. Is it > safe to stuff random things into the Contacts.Settings table? Will it > affect the GUI? Does anybody have an example of doing that? It's not > really clear to me if there's a proper mechanism for this, or if the > settings table is reserved for the systems own use. > > BTW my first attempt was to use an app specific database, but then > users would uninstall the app, reinstall it later and wonder why it > didn't work. My second attempt was to stuff the data into the JPEG > headers but the sync process deletes them, presumably for security > reasons. So if there's no way to store my things in the contacts db > directly, I think I'm out of luck - I'll have to look at > steganographically encoding the data into the raw pixels themselves! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---

