I want to program an application to search for contacts by name or phone number use java or kotlin or flutter
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I have an idea for an app but I'm very confused and don't know where to start I want to program an application to search for contacts by name or phone number use java or kotlin or flutter The mechanism of its work is when the user installs the application, the contacts are pulled from the phone and then uploaded to an external database. This process is done for all users so that when one of the users tries to search by phone number, it displays all to him from the database the names that are registered in all other users’ phones I ask fellow engineers to help me from where to start and how to program it Thank you from the bottom of my heart
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I have an idea for an app but I'm very confused and don't know where to start I want to program an application to search for contacts by name or phone number use java or kotlin or flutter The mechanism of its work is when the user installs the application, the contacts are pulled from the phone and then uploaded to an external database. This process is done for all users so that when one of the users tries to search by phone number, it displays all to him from the database the names that are registered in all other users’ phones I ask fellow engineers to help me from where to start and how to program it Thank you from the bottom of my heart
Start by writing down on paper a precise specification of what you want your app to do. Then research the available languages and frameworks, and pick one that will do what you want. Learn that language and framework. Write the code for your app. Test and debug until it works. Then, based on the description of your app, hire the best lawyer you can afford. If it ever gets into an app store, you'll end up being sued for massively breaching your users' - and their contacts' - privacy.
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I have an idea for an app but I'm very confused and don't know where to start I want to program an application to search for contacts by name or phone number use java or kotlin or flutter The mechanism of its work is when the user installs the application, the contacts are pulled from the phone and then uploaded to an external database. This process is done for all users so that when one of the users tries to search by phone number, it displays all to him from the database the names that are registered in all other users’ phones I ask fellow engineers to help me from where to start and how to program it Thank you from the bottom of my heart
Salim Alghiathy wrote:
The mechanism of its work is when the user installs the application, the contacts are pulled from the phone and then uploaded to an external database.
That doesn't sound safe/legit at all. Taken at face value, it's just pilfering users' contact database without their knowledge.
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I have an idea for an app but I'm very confused and don't know where to start I want to program an application to search for contacts by name or phone number use java or kotlin or flutter The mechanism of its work is when the user installs the application, the contacts are pulled from the phone and then uploaded to an external database. This process is done for all users so that when one of the users tries to search by phone number, it displays all to him from the database the names that are registered in all other users’ phones I ask fellow engineers to help me from where to start and how to program it Thank you from the bottom of my heart
The phone already a contacts database, and your app, as useless as it now is, will need the users permission to get at that database. So your essentially bypassing the security of your contacts database. Now, try to understand this from the users point of view. "You want to upload all of my contacts to some central database? FOR WHAT NOW?" "Fuck that!" Why on earth would anyone want to search the contacts of, say, their ex-gfs phones? I assure you it's for nothing legal. How are you going to prevent spammers from getting their hands on that data? I'm sure everyone would love to get spammed from your contact database (not!) Your app idea is going to get you sued the first time it's used for the wrong purpose, and it's really easy to do that! You'll be paying that judgement off for the rest of your life. Drop the idea. Nobody in their right mind would subscribe to it.
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The phone already a contacts database, and your app, as useless as it now is, will need the users permission to get at that database. So your essentially bypassing the security of your contacts database. Now, try to understand this from the users point of view. "You want to upload all of my contacts to some central database? FOR WHAT NOW?" "Fuck that!" Why on earth would anyone want to search the contacts of, say, their ex-gfs phones? I assure you it's for nothing legal. How are you going to prevent spammers from getting their hands on that data? I'm sure everyone would love to get spammed from your contact database (not!) Your app idea is going to get you sued the first time it's used for the wrong purpose, and it's really easy to do that! You'll be paying that judgement off for the rest of your life. Drop the idea. Nobody in their right mind would subscribe to it.
Asking questions is a skill CodeProject Forum Guidelines Google: C# How to debug code Seriously, go read these articles.
Dave KreskowiakErrm... isn't this is how Truecaller works? I use it. Drop it - it's been done already.
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Errm... isn't this is how Truecaller works? I use it. Drop it - it's been done already.
I've never heard of Truecaller, and would never use it. I do NOT expose my contact list to anything or anyone out of respect for the vulnerability of that data, the contacts themselves, and the possibility of its misuse. I would never trust any 3rd party security keeping that data safe on their systems.
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Dave Kreskowiak
