How do I work with and view my contacts on an Android device?
You can view and work with your IBM Notes contacts on your Android device with the IBM Verse People application.
In addition to showing IBM Verse People, the application can show contacts from your Android device by enabling that option in Settings.
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Create a contact? |
From People, press the Add floating action button, then the Create contact sub-action button.. |
View contact details? | Tap a contact name from the list to see its details. |
Edit contact details? |
You can edit a contact by long pressingn the name, then selecting the Edit action. Or press the Edit action from the action bar on the contact details page. Note: Only IBM Verse contacts can be edited with these methods.
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Delete a contact? | Long press the contact name, then select the Trash action. |
Create a personal group? |
From People, press the Add floating action button, then the Create group sub-action button. Add group members by typing the member's name or mail address, then selecting it from the results
list. If you type a complete mail address, just press Next to add it. When
done adding members, press the right arrow action bar button to name your group.
Note: Group names
must be unique and cannot contain the slash, double quote, or comma characters. |
View a personal group? |
From People, tap the group to open the details view. For groups with many members, you can filter the members by pressing Filter in the action bar overflow menu, or scrolling the member list and pressing the Filter action button. Type characters to filter the member list. Press Filter again to return to the full list of group members. |
Edit personal groups? |
From People, tap the group to open the details view. To add members to the group, press the Add Members floating action button and type the members' names or mail addresses. To remove members, long press to select the member names you want to remove, then tap the trash
can icon in the action bar.
Note: Members that are contacts are not deleted, they are only removed
from the group. If you want to edit the group name or description, choose the Edit option from the action bar overflow menu. To remove the group itself, choose the Delete option from the action bar overflow menu. |
Mark a contact as a Important to Me? | You can designate a contact as Important by long pressing the contact and choosing the star
action, from either the contact details floating action button, or from the contact editor.
Important contacts will have a star by the contact name. Note: Personal Groups cannot be marked as a
Important to Me. |
Sync the contacts list? | Pull down on the contact list to start syncing it with your IBM Notes contact list. |
Export my contacts to the device contacts database? | IBM Verse contacts can be exported to the device contacts database (if allowed by the Administrator) by choosing Export Verse Contacts under People settings. This allows phones to show who is calling when the call is from an IBM Verse contact. Note: IBM
Verse contacts in the device database are read-only and cannot be
edited. |