Motorola Droid :: Change Contact View
Nov 8, 2009Anyone figure out how to change the contact view to show Last name, first name instead of the standard First Last name.

Anyone figure out how to change the contact view to show Last name, first name instead of the standard First Last name.
When adding new contacts to the droid x, it added it as both a goggle contact and phone contact. (i only have one goggle account setup). I went into contacts -> menu -> more -> settings. I am UNABLE to check/unchecked the "Phone Contacts" (it is always checked). The goggle one i am able to check/unchecked. WHY and HOW can i toggle the phone contact? Also, backup assistant only takes PHONE contacts and not GOOGLE contacts...while g mail contact sync only takes goggle contacts and NOT PHONE contacts. How can one change phone contact to goggle contact? (i have seen posts all over but no answers...and just replies saying "i have the same problem") I am trying NOT to have two (2) different types of contacts. PHONE and GOOGLE. I just want goggle contacts ( or phone contacts. so i can at least use verizon's backup assistant.
View 8 Replies View RelatedFor instance instead of bringing up the call history and searching each call for one of your contacts is there a way to bring up the history for just 1 contact?
View 2 Replies View RelatedI'm sure this has been asked and answered - but the PHONE and CONTACT buttons at the bottom.can you change them to other uses? I never click CONTACTS so it's completely wasted space.
View 3 Replies View RelatedMy contacts came from my Gmail account, which was very convenient.
But I noticed that if I change a contact on the Droid the changes are NOT synced back to Gmail.
At the moment if I look on the Droid for Contacts/Accounts/ me@gmail.com, I see Sync is ON, Calendar is synced up to present time, Mail is synced up to present, but Contacts are synced until 2. December only!
The sync symbol appears at Contacts, but the date and time isn't changing, it stays at 2. December.
I have been able to sync multiple calendars through my gmail account, however, I would like to change the default view to 7 days vice month.
View 9 Replies View RelatedI have 2 questions though.
1 - how do I change the alert notification for my calendar? Originally it was just the standard alert. When I view the settings there was the option to use the standard droid alert of use a ringtone. So, playing around I cheeked use a ring tone. It brought me to a directory(?) or folder with 4 songs that I had downloaded using railio(sp) ringtones. Now that's the only place I can get to for ALL alerts and ringtones. Even for my contacts it goes to the 4 songs I downloaded from railio ringtones and I can't navigate anywhere else.
I have gone into manage applications and uninstalled the ringtone program, but still can't get out of that spot for my alerts and ringtones. It's driving me crazy!
2 - My contacts have multiple entries for one person.
How can I delete the multiple entries for a contact? When I edit the contact information for a person I see 3 - 5 duplicate entries for one contact. When I first got my droid I synced with 2 google accounts - I didn't know what I was doing --- so, the information under one contact is repeated many times.
I notice that some of the base applications in Android are using this little control (View in Android terms I guess) that shows the contact picture. When you click on the picture it shows all the ways of contacting the person (phone, sms, talk, facebook). I see this little View used in the contact app, sms app, twitter for android, facebook for android etc.
Is there a library or a way of getting this working on my own application or do I need to write this from scratch?
I want to create a tab which contains a tab for viewing contact detail. Here is what i did code...
It throw security exception.
I'm used to my contacts being under a contacts setting/button/tangible thing. I had my contacts transferred into Google Contacts, which now sync to my phone. Is there a special way to have contacts actually on your SD card? Or do i just need to keep google sync on. I tried turning it off for battery purposes, but then all my contacts went away. I've set up HTC People, but I still don't know how to like just view my contacts, or quickly add a new person. Sorry if this is very newb, I just waited a really long time to get a smart phone, and the only one I've gotten to use has been an iPhone since i deal with them at work everyday.
View 5 Replies View RelatedAnyone else have this issue or know a fix? Contact pictures show in contact details and in the contacts app, but not in the dial or when I get a call. Contact management is the only thing I don't like about my X.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI have done a search for this and I have not found answer. I have inadvertently created some of my contacts as phone contacts instead of google contacts. The main negative of this is that I can not sync these contacts. Does anyone know of way to change the contact type? My phone is rooted if that makes a difference.In another thread relating to this someone mentioned an app that fixes this but I could not find it. Does anyone know of the app?
View 3 Replies View RelatedI discovered an option in street view that is called "Compass View". Not sure what use it is but I thought it was cool. You have to hold the phone in portrait as opposed to landscape for the compass to work...check it out.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI have editbox and list view .I am adding the company name in list view .I have the requirment suppose if user type 'A' in editview .i have to display only A value in list view and if user type ab in editview I have to display ab value in list view at the time of key press event i have to change the value in list view in android. can anybody give example?
View 1 Replies View RelatedHow do you animate the change of background color of a view in Android?
For example:
I have a view with a red background color. The background color of the view changes to blue. How can I do a smooth transition between colors?
If this can't be done with views, an alternative will be welcome.
I have, for the time being, a custom view with a 9-patch image as a border.
That custom view is placed three times in a LinearLayout, so it looks like this:
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| CustomView |
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| CustomView |
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| CustomView |
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I have attached a click event listener to the View, so it is clickable. But then I click it, I cant see that I am clicking it - there is no change in color.
So, Im thought that I'd attach a "onPress" listener, and then change the background of the view but I couldnt find such a listener.
So, the question is - how do I create the behaviour on the View so I can see that it is being pressed? this is normally done in Android with a green background to indicate that it is now being pressed.
Is there a broadcast message dispached when a contact is changed or added in Android's native contact book? If not, what would be the most efficient way to check for changes?Secend of all, what would be the most efficient method for sending a file (image) using HTTP POST request?
View 3 Replies View RelatedHow do you change contacts from a "phone" contact to a "google" contact ?I know this must be easy to do, but even on editing the contact I cant find how to do it Also is there anyway to change your google account to another google account?? Can't find this either..
View 20 Replies View RelatedIs there any API can use to listening to the change of the contact? Such as add/delete/edit the contact it will invoked certain method and I can know which contact the user has been modified.
View 3 Replies View RelatedOn my wifes Droid X when ever she goes to contacts, the photos take about 3-5 seconds to load. And no we have no other apps running.Even after a restart etc.My HTC incredible doesn't do this.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI've seen other threads about multiple contact lists etc. My problem is that the phone is linking COMPLETELY different people that have the same first name! This almost caused me a HUGE problem (guys you know what I mean) I tried just clicking on "phone contacts" in the list, but I'm still having the problem.
View 6 Replies View RelatedI am using handcent and I am trying to forward a contact and cant seem to find a way . is it possible to do this ?
View 3 Replies View RelatedOne of my co-workers also has a droid and I cannot add a contact on that phone? Its very strange, you add a contact like normal and then it says "contact saved". When you search for the contact its not there? Anyone else have this issue?
View 3 Replies View RelatedWhen i send a message via SMS to a group I've set up, some get it as an e-mail, and some as SMS. How do I edit it so that I am only using one service (SMS) Any ideas? I tried to figure out how to change the primary contact but got nowhere.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI have two email addresses for a particular contact. One is to email their phone and the other is the real email address. I want keep them as separate Google contact entries.But the problem is that the name that the linking software has chosen to represent the account is the one for the SMS-email (e.g. "Bob Smith SMS Email").I want the name that I see in various contact lists to just be "Bob Smith".The thing is that the account with the normal email and phone number is the one set as the default, so I know the Droid is not picking up the name of the default account and using it as the "main" name.I remember once, when I was linking and unlinking accounts, that it asked me what name to use as the main name.But I can't figure out how to get back to that.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI am trying to listen for any change in the contact database.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI want to be notified for add / delete / update of contacts. Is there anyway i can listen for such events?
View 2 Replies View RelatedJust got a HTC Desire. Is it possible to change the order of the contacts name in "People"?I'd prefer to have first name and then last name instead of last name and then first name.
View 1 Replies View Relatedhow do i specify an individual sms tone for contacts? i can only change it globally.also, is there a way to have one wallpaper per screen rather than one spanning across all of them?
View 12 Replies View RelatedJust like to say thanks for all the help people have given me in the past, this forum has been great. My Desire is fantastic, does some odd things now and then but essential it is ok (like once the camera wouldn't work but the camcorder would? then it just started working again, the weather widget pops up quite a bit as does the desktop clock but I can just cancel them so no real big deal). Anyway, what I would like to know is when I pull up my contacts in the phonebook, there is a primary method of contact associated with some of them. I take it that this is automatically assigned the first time I contact that person. Does anyone know how I can change the primary method of contact?
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