Sure, I am not really worried that someone would delete Kara Trace from my address book, neither I said so (speaking of which - if someone has a number, let me know), I am just trying to figure out how to monitor the changes on an address book. I would like to have a log of what has been changed in the native address book, and second, I would like to have a synchronized copy of the address book that would not depend on SQLite. I could extend it the way I want (e.g. add extra info for each entry), I could add extra numbers that would be visible only in my proprietary address book application, etc. So I am looking for a nice way to synchronize two address books as soon as change occurs.
On Jun 16, 1:03 am, Marco Nelissen <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 3:00 PM, MannyNS <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Only if you had Kara Trace in your address book already. But if you > > add it after you start monitoring, you need to query the whole > > database to see if Kara has been added or not to your address book. > > I had assumed the person you are interested in would already be in your > address book, otherwise how would you know that you want to play a sound > when that person is removed from your contacts? > > And if she did, then you start monitoring of her. Imaging that you > > > have 10 different girls with name Kara Trace in your address book. > > How likely is that, really? > > Then you have to subscribe to 10 different URIs, and still to keep > > > monitoring if a new Kara Trace entry has been added to your address > > book. Further, my application/service would have to subscribe to all > > database changes, as someone may rename another contact and name her > > Kara Trace. > > Then, what if I want to add Sharon Valerii too? > > The system will be overloaded with my observers, and the amount of > > work is just... ridiculous. > > Yes, your examples would be a bit of work to implement. On the other hand, > they seem a little far fetched, and not something you'd want to do in > practice, so why don't you tell us what you're actually trying to > accomplish, and maybe we can find a better solution? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
