Overview

ContactDiscoverer was written by David X Wang with assistance from Grant Patterson and Alan McNatty as part of the Victoria University of Wellington "Summer of Tech" programme in 2010/11.

Contact Discoverer provides the ability to:

discover or "look-up" unknown contacts
maintain (sync) known contacts to keep them updated, adding/removing contacts as required
automatic merging of contacts based on their name or phone number
plug-ins may also offer a one-time (sync-all) discovery option.
support multiple technologies to offer a all-in-one contact sync solution

Built-in features include

LDAP plug-in
QR code auto-configuration of plug-in settings
initial work towards a plug-in frame-work - with developer guide for writing your own plug-ins

Contacts are related to the Contact Discoverer plug-in account - if you want to delete them simply remove the plug-in account. Manage what contacts are visible by device contacts 'Display options'

Future Plugins Scheduled for Inclusion

This project site will provide details on how to write a plugin to work within the Contact Discoverer framework. Other plug-ins schedule for inclusion include:

ENUM
Adhoc (Postgres / CouchDB) query
A demonstration XML based API

Contact Discoverer has come out of the work behind ENUMDiscoverer, a PoC caller-identification and social profile tool. With the success of ENUMDiscoverer there was scope to widen the supported 'look-up' technologies and provide better support for Android 2.x devices.

Limitations

Currently the LDAPSync plug-in only supports a single account.
Certains features of Contact Discoverer may not be available due to a non-native Contacts Application on the phone.

Screenshots