Find contacts by searching 01... when their number is saved with a country code

[mammuth]

When searching for a phone number like 0150 123456 the contact should show up, even if its saved as eg. +49 150 123456.

[lolobosse]

Hehe, my EIST Tutor is perfectly right!

I need to refractor the code one of these days and to fix the issue you're explaining. It'll be in 0.2 ! 👍 😄

[lolobosse]

I need your review on this commit, it solves 75% of the use cases but some are not properly handled like if I type +4916... I won't get 016, but cannot say if many people look for number with country code included. 😧 😕

[mammuth]

Why not pattern match it with +XX 1234 / 00XX 1234 / 01234?

Your solution doesn't seem reliable 😏

[lolobosse]

It isn't (I'd have closed the issue if it was...).

How do you handle difference between USA (+1) and Bahamas (+1242) ? Not only european out there 😜 😉 ⚠️

To have a proper overview of the complexity of the problem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_country_calling_codes

[mammuth]

Hm, difficult one^^

In this case you're right, probably no one will enter a number with country code. You might even limit the input field to numbers only to prevent the user from making this "mistake" 😜

[lolobosse]

OK, I think I found a reliable solution: what do you think of a view which splits itself at runtime in two views (one for the country code and one for the rest) if the user types a + or a 00 (and if a letter comes after the 00, it'll be reassembled because it's then a name or a email).

I need a bit of time to make it properly but I think it is the best not-complex solution.

What is your opinion on that?

[kantbinh]

Hi lolobosse,

How to get phone number, I try to use
textview.getName() but it return null.
I also try to use textview.getText().toString() after pick a contact, but it just return a name, not return a phone number.
Please help, thanks.