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There is something worse than what Casey experienced. I filed a feedback on the Contacts API that you can't add a piece of information to a contact card. Liter
by boxed 4y ago
There is something worse than what Casey experienced.
I filed a feedback on the Contacts API that you can't add a piece of information to a contact card. Literally. You can only read the entire card, set stuff on it (not ALL the stuff, just some random subset!) and then write it. What happens to all the data you can't set and can't read?
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This means their Contacts API, if used to add any information, leads to data loss.
The reply? "Works as designed". I explained to them that this is catastrophic data loss and that how it was designed isn't really relevant. Still got "works as designed".
- 1123581321 4y agoThat limitation isn’t ideal, but wouldn’t you know it right away with another read, during development before production data involvement?
- boxed 4y agoNo, the altered fields are totally hidden from me, so the data loss is too.
- mercutio2 4y agoDid you write a sample app? I can’t reproduce what you’re describing.