Get a list of contacts using cordova? - angularjs

Question

Sorry for my bad English.
How to get a list of contacts by using the Cordova angularjs?
Thanks in advance. Kind regards.

Answer 1

I don't know how your cordova-app is built up and but you could do it this way( take into consideration that I've not tested this):
Code:
First request contacts of your device by using the condact-plugin of cordova:
(same link as provided earlier: http://docs.phonegap.com/en/edge/cordova_contacts_contacts.md.html)
document.addEventListener("deviceready", onDeviceReady, false);
function onDeviceReady() {
// when using the plugin:
// you can put it within your angularjs-controllers
// where it will be executed and onSuccess-callback is called.
var options = new ContactFindOptions();
options.filter = "";
options.multiple=true;
var fields = ["displayName", "name"];
navigator.contacts.find(fields, onSuccess, onError, options);
}
// within this function you have to assign contacts to a model
function onSuccess(contacts) {
$scope.contacts = contacts;
}
function onError(contactError) {
alert('onError!');
}
HTML:
Iterate over each contact-object of your contacts-collection assigned within onSuccess-function:
<div ng-repeat="contact in contacts">{{contact.name.formatted}}</div>
Tutorial: http://www.quora.com/What-is-the-way-to-get-all-contacts-using-PhoneGap-on-Android
Putting the plugin into a angularjs-controller could look like this:
angular.module('aModule', [])
.controller('contactCtrl', ['$scope', function($scope) {
var options = new ContactFindOptions();
options.multiple = true;
options.filter = "";
var fields = ["displayName", "name"];
navigator.contacts.find(fields,
function(contacts){
var arr = [];
for (var i = 0; i < contacts.length; i++)
{
arr.push({name: contacts[i].name.formatted})
}
$scope.contacts = arr;
},
function(error){ console.log(error); },
options
);
}])
HTML:
<div ng-app="aModule" ng-controller="contactCtrl">
<div ng-repeat="contact in contacts">{{contact.name}}</div>
</div>