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Contact manager with ability to add/edit additional fields (birthdays,anniversary...)

OK, so the standard contacts manager on android sucks.
Is there a separate Contact manager app for android with ability to add/edit additional fields (birthdays,anniversary etc)? I also want those fields to sync normally with gmail and show up on the calendar (Contact's birthdays and events).
Sorry if this been asked before. I have searched but, couldn't finds what I'm looking for.

Droff said:
OK, so the standard contacts manager on android sucks.
Is there a separate Contact manager app for android with ability to add/edit additional fields (birthdays,anniversary etc)? I also want those fields to sync normally with gmail and show up on the calendar (Contact's birthdays and events).
Sorry if this been asked before. I have searched but, couldn't finds what I'm looking for.
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What phone do you use? On my Captivate we have that function built into the TouchWiz Contacts app.

This would actually be a very nice addition for me as well. I have a Moto Droid and the standard Android Contacts manager does stink for not allowing you to edit these fields.

miztaken1312 said:
What phone do you use? On my Captivate we have that function built into the TouchWiz Contacts app.
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Yeah, I don't have touchwiz and not very sure how it works there.
I'm very surprised that with so many apps out there nobody has done a simple app (I don't really know how simple is it) that can do contacts->calendar events sync with google. I would think all that needs to be done is ability to add 2 date fields to the contact record. Is there something (google/os?) blocking this?
What I simply want to do is enter a birthday and anniversary for the contact on the phone, and want those dates show up on that "Contacts' birthdays and events" calendar. Can do it using Gmail on PC (sadly only 1 anniversary shows up ), but phone contacts app has no such functionality. Been waiting for this thing forever.

Thought to up the topic and ask again before giving up.
There is really no android app with such functionality?

Well your phone gets all of that info from Facebook (if I'm understanding you correctly), and facebook is different then google contacts. It shows up the same on the phone, but you'll notice that on your google account, you don't have those contacts.
It's impossible, currently, to get your facebook information to gmail. They are feuding intensely about this. If you've got a yahoo or windows live account, you can import into windows live, then export to google using vcf files.
This will make all of your contacts GOOGLE contacts, and then they will be fully editable.
I personally am opting to wait a few months for this to happen on its own. Google and Facebook are battling right now, but they'll come to a truse and facebook will allow google to get contact information, rather then excluding them and letting other providers do it.
There a few facebook apps, however, that will get the names and birthdays to your google account. From there, you can edit them. But none of them will include email addresses.

irish22022 said:
Well your phone gets all of that info from Facebook (if I'm understanding you correctly), and facebook is different then google contacts. It shows up the same on the phone, but you'll notice that on your google account, you don't have those contacts.
It's impossible, currently, to get your facebook information to gmail. They are feuding intensely about this. If you've got a yahoo or windows live account, you can import into windows live, then export to google using vcf files.
This will make all of your contacts GOOGLE contacts, and then they will be fully editable.
I personally am opting to wait a few months for this to happen on its own. Google and Facebook are battling right now, but they'll come to a truse and facebook will allow google to get contact information, rather then excluding them and letting other providers do it.
There a few facebook apps, however, that will get the names and birthdays to your google account. From there, you can edit them. But none of them will include email addresses.
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You didn't get me. I don't care about Facebook. All I want is an app that I can use to edit a contact to add a birthday or anniversary on a phone. Standard contact manager on the phone only allows me to add an extra field (like a note). I can put something like this "birthday: 01/01/2001" in that field, and it will sync this info with my google account. The problem is that somehow that custom note field is not formated correctly and that birthday date does not show up automatically in Google's "Contact's birthdays and anniversaries" calendar.
If I enter the birthday date through Gmail on my PC, then date does show up automatically in that calendar.
So what I want has nothing to do with facebook.

Droff said:
All I want is an app that I can use to edit a contact to add a birthday or anniversary on a phone.
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So try "Birthday Reminder GL". It works with gmail contacts in that way.

dally said:
So try "Birthday Reminder GL". It works with gmail contacts in that way.
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It does what I want in paid version, but it's a bit too much money for such simple function.
Couple of other apps that I have tried before got updated and now do offer what I need (and they are free).
I'm set! Thanks

Droff said:
It does what I want in paid version, but it's a bit too much money for such simple function.
I think couple of other apps that I have tried before got updated and now do offer what I need (and they are free).
I'm set! Thanks
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Do you mind sharing what apps you're referring to? I'd like to have this functionality as well.

dboss007 said:
Do you mind sharing what apps you're referring to? I'd like to have this functionality as well.
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There is a Birthday Manager app, EboBirthday and some other one (forgot the name). Both of those sync the dates with google contacts once you put it in the app. You can also do Anniversary. And those dates do show up in the google calendar "contacts birthdays and anniversaries". That's all that I needed.
This functionality really need to be in the OS itself.

I'm with the OP - This really needs to be part of the stock Google contacts and be editable from your device. We also need higher clarity contact pictures too!

[Q] Correct Googlemail and calendar sync via app - possible?

Hey developers,
i wonder if it's possible to build an app that can sync googlemail correctly, with all options (labeling, different adresses, etc) and also syncing the google calendar with all options such as multiple calendar support, etc.
Togehther with a livetile that shows new mails and a toast notification for appointments this could be a killer app for WP7 and would make me switch immediately to WP7.
I don't know much about programming, it's just a question about the possibility.
Any Ideas?

Yes, it is possible.

Thanks a lot for your detailed answer...
Is anyone working on this kind of app?

I have the Samsung focus, and gmail works perfectly. I can see all of my folders, all labels. As far as the calender, it only shows the primary.

Not really sure what you're asking for. All of that functionality is baked into the OS. You can sync your gmail and it'll create a new mailbox icon that you can pin to your start screen. And you can sync your google calendar to your calendars which give you notifications of appointments.
Why would you want a separate app?

Example:
Calendar:
I have six different calendars, all in one account.
WP7 shows only the main one.
Under android, all calendars are shown.
E-Mail:
Of course WP7 displays the labels as folders but not as labels.
I do often label an e-mail with two or three labels without moving it to a folder.
It stays in my in-box.
If i do a search under WP7 to look for a special label, then only those mails are found who have been moved to the appropriate folder.
To use all the features of googlemail the syncing of WP7 isn't good enough.
That's why i'd love to have an app for that

I don't know if SuperG calender has everything you want, but it might hold you over...no live tile, no notifications, but it will show all your google calenders

jmerrey said:
I don't know if SuperG calender has everything you want, but it might hold you over...no live tile, no notifications, but it will show all your google calenders
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Thanks for the hint.
Tried it.
Does not display any calendar... all it does is displaying error codes.
1,99 EUR wasted.
Only to inform you if anyone wants to try this app out.
Still looking for an app that fits my needs

Prinzessin Horst said:
Example:
Calendar:
I have six different calendars, all in one account.
WP7 shows only the main one.
Under android, all calendars are shown.
E-Mail:
Of course WP7 displays the labels as folders but not as labels.
I do often label an e-mail with two or three labels without moving it to a folder.
It stays in my in-box.
If i do a search under WP7 to look for a special label, then only those mails are found who have been moved to the appropriate folder.
To use all the features of googlemail the syncing of WP7 isn't good enough.
That's why i'd love to have an app for that
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The calendar problem is the same with Windows Live calendars - I'm not sure what the deal is with that
Gmail shows the labels as folders when using IMAP - it'll be the same in any email program that connects with IMAP. The issue with this is that it will stay in the inbox and appear in all the folders for which it is labelled - if I label something in my inbox with "XDA" and "WP7", it will appear in the inbox folder, as well as the "XDA" and "WP7" folders, but it is the same item.
It wouldn't be so bad if the mobile Gmail site wasn't so useles....

CreepinJesus said:
The calendar problem is the same with Windows Live calendars - I'm not sure what the deal is with that
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Agree.
I don't understand why only the main calendar is synced.
Does no one in Redmont use more than one calendar (friends, work, private, other companies)?
Unfortunately i need at least four of my calendars for my business.
Let's hope, a dev has a heart and solves our problem

Prinzessin Horst said:
Thanks for the hint.
Tried it.
Does not display any calendar... all it does is displaying error codes.
1,99 EUR wasted.
Only to inform you if anyone wants to try this app out.
Still looking for an app that fits my needs
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odd, it's working great for me, not sure what happened on your end

jmerrey said:
odd, it's working great for me, not sure what happened on your end
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All i can see in this app are error codes:
> network error getting calendar...<
All six of my calendars are getting the same error.
Made sure a million times that email and password were correct.
Tried with wlan and 3G... no worky.
Would like to get in contact with the developer but in the app description there's no contact data.
Anyone know this dev?

Help with combining google calendars

I have a business partner that we need to share calenders with each other but i still want to have my own that he doesn't see. any one have any ideas on how to solve this? thx

Share your calendar with specific users
It's more simple than you think, you'll be glad you read that

HB66 said:
I have a business partner that we need to share calenders with each other but i still want to have my own that he doesn't see. any one have any ideas on how to solve this? thx
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In addition to FB's link - in case you are unaware - you can create more than one calendar in google.
If you go to your google calendar - look for "My Calendars" (mine is on the left side of the open calendar, though I have messed with the labs section and do not remember what default looks like) - There is a triangle dropdown next to "My Calendars"... Click it - There you can "Create New Calendar" and set up the sharing you desire with your business partner in a new calendar and leave your original calendar alone.

thx that did it

Looking for best calendar app & widget

Hi all!
I am looking for best calendar app & widget for my purposes. I need app which understand html-description (like stock calendar understand) but I need also:
Ability to create private appointments
widget is showing also appointment description
So far PI is quite close but it didn't understand htlm-description. Touch calendar shows appointment description but I don't find widget for that and it also do not understand html-description. Stock calendar would be fine but it doesn't show appointments in monthly lookout. Business calendar has a great widget but it doesn't understand htlm-description.
Anybody have a good suggests!?

Try this one!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rdr.widgets.core&feature=search_result

I use Simpel Calendar Widget that suit my needs.
Earlier i used Agdenda Widgets but it had some problems with ICS - but it sholuld be fixed in later versions.

techn0crat said:
Try this one!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rdr.widgets.core&feature=search_result
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Either you did not understand what I wanted or I am stupid... Because I am not able to find descriptions when monthly widget is open.
I do not want a listed appointments but instead of that I need weekly or monthly widget which is showing appointments descriptions and descriptions can be html-format.
Business Calendar has nice monthly widget but it do not understand html-code and then whole description is nice mess. Am I only one who is needing this?

you might want to checkout business calendar, got it when it was on sale
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsIm1pa2Fkby5iaXpjYWxwcm8iXQ..

darKpoiSonend said:
you might want to checkout business calendar, got it when it was on sale
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsIm1pa2Fkby5iaXpjYWxwcm8iXQ..
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Sorry in my 1st message: "Business calendar has a great widget but it doesn't understand htlm-description."
Also I asked that from support:
"Hey Pxxx,
I think our calendar will also have some problems with HTML-description. You can try to use the free version for a short test. Normally it is only possible to show HTML-links in the description field of an event.
With best regards - Christoph Wolf from Business Calendar Support"
So I do not understand why it is soooo difficult to make calendar app with great widget and it also understand html. It is not so nice to read html-code-mess in description. Btw. stock calendar understand that but it has stupid monthly widget.
Ok, I can use both but I want only one apk for that...

[APP][4.0+] Birthdays Reminder - A google "Birthdays" calendar notification tool

[APP][4.0+] Birthdays Reminder - A google "Birthdays" calendar notification tool
Hi guys
Recently I finished the develop of my app which notify the events in the Google "Contacts' birthdays" calendar.
At first I developed this app for myself because the Google birthdays calendar does not provides any notifications for its events.
Then I thought to put it on the Play Store so it may be usefull to other people too
Screenshots
Main features
I'm aware that there're a lot of similar apps on the Play Store. By the way I developed this app because the others I found on the market required too much permissions, have a lot of feature I do not use and use a their own internal calendar to keep trace of birthdays. So I tried to develop my app avoiding all these issues.
No additional calendar: the app will use your own Google contacts' birthdays calendar you already have.
Battery saving and RAM saving
You can select when the notification should be prompt (the same day, 1 day before, 7 days before, etc.)
A simple UI with Material Design
A step-by-step wizard to set-up the application and start to use it
Permissions
Read calendars: required to have access to birthdays calendar
Receive boot completed: required to start the notification handler.
Bugs, Suggestions and Translations
When I decided to publish my app on the Play Store I've made some some UI improvements and I tried to test it deeply. By the way some bugs could still be there. If you face some crash, or if you have some suggestion too, you can use this 'issue tracker':
https://bitbucket.org/noisemaker/birthdaysreminder/issues/new
If you want to help me with translation (with any language) you can send an e-mail to the address you see in the app description on the Play Store or through a PM on this forum
Changelog
1.0.1 - Fixed notifications not working on some devices
1.0.0 - Initial release

Update 1.0.1
Fixed notifications not working on some devices

Is this app is stable ? Wanna use this but,worry about bugs

kamilhilal said:
Is this app is stable ? Wanna use this but,worry about bugs
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I'm using it since it was in developing stage, and no bug or crash noticed. The only issue I got reported is about the notifications not working on some device of 2 friend of mine, but I solve it with 1.0.1 version
Obviously I cannot guarantee to you the app has 100% no bug.
The app is very simple so it should not cause damage to your device (eg. it only read events, not write, so cannot overwrite them, etc...).
By the way if you're facing any bug please report it with details to the page I linked above and I will try to fix it asap

Awesome app. Thnx a ton.

I love the app!!

Can i sync facebook events with this app ? That would be great ..

Req: Dark theme
Thanks for your app
Clean, clear, simple and no Ads :good:
Only one favor: it would be great to have a dark/black theme to save battery life on my AMOLED S4 mini
Foo Bar

Noisemaker00 said:
At first I developed this app for myself because the Google birthdays calendar does not provides any notifications for its events.
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Cool app but this is not true. I can go and add a reminder to any birthday so I don't miss birthdays.

good work but does this app make sync with facebook ??

Thanks for developing this simple and clean app.

can sync with facebook ?

Please, Add an option to send SMS to the person automatically on a specific time...
thanks in advance...

Simple but useful app. I keep it on my smartphone .
Sylvain

looks good and interesting.. i will give it a try
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looks good and interesting.. i will give it a try

Thanks all for the comments
I'm really glad if you apreciate my app.
I'm going to answer to some comments:
Facebook integration
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I know several people (and me too) have some contacts on FB which you do not have in the Google contacts. My app use the Google birthdays calendar as "birthdays source" which is built automatically by Google using your contact list on Google Contacts.
So, obviously, if you do not have a contact on Google contacts you will not have its birthday too.
I think a FB integration could be done, but I have no very much free time so I will work on it but I will give priority to bug fixing (if any)
p32929 said:
Please, Add an option to send SMS to the person automatically on a specific time...
thanks in advance...
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I thought about it too during the design and development, and I'm working on it. I hope I can finish this feature soon
See progress on: https://bitbucket.org/noisemaker/birthdaysreminder/issue/5/add-an-option-to-send-sms-to-the-person
Foo Bar said:
Thanks for your app
Clean, clear, simple and no Ads :good:
Only one favor: it would be great to have a dark/black theme to save battery life on my AMOLED S4 mini
Foo Bar
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I added your features to list of improvements
See progress on: https://bitbucket.org/noisemaker/birthdaysreminder/issue/6/add-dark-black-theme-to-save-battery-life
BOO5TED said:
Cool app but this is not true. I can go and add a reminder to any birthday so I don't miss birthdays.
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Yep, that's true, but it is very annoying if you have a lot of birthdays and it will be valid only for that event, it is not repeated through years.
Just a note:
If any of you will send a report/features through Bitbucket with "anonymous user" please add some way to contact you if (report the issue on this thread too for example). So it will be easier to ask for more details if required

Simple ..and very useful app
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk

Very nice ! Grazie !

Noisemaker00 said:
I added your features to list of improvements
See progress on: https://bitbucket.org/noisemaker/birthdaysreminder/issue/6/add-dark-black-theme-to-save-battery-life
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Thanks for taking into account my request, waiting for next version to enjoy the dark theme.

Hey @Noisemaker00, nice app :good: Would it be possible to implement an option to show the age of the contact? For example, if there is no year specified in the contact's birthday -> leave it as it currently is and if there is a year specified -> show the contact's new age.