{"id":52403,"date":"2021-06-02T03:01:17","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T17:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/ITblog\/?p=52403"},"modified":"2021-06-01T19:49:30","modified_gmt":"2021-06-01T09:49:30","slug":"groups-ios-app-and-contacts-relationship-tutorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/ITblog\/groups-ios-app-and-contacts-relationship-tutorial\/","title":{"rendered":"Groups iOS App and Contacts Relationship Tutorial"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 230px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a target=_blank href=\"http:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/Mac\/iPhone\/groups_app_contacts.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 15px solid pink;\" alt=\"Groups iOS App and Contacts Relationship Tutorial\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/Mac\/iPhone\/groups_app_contacts.gif\" title=\"Groups iOS App and Contacts Relationship Tutorial\"  style=\"float:left;\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Groups iOS App and Contacts Relationship Tutorial<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The theme of the recent blog posting thread headed by <a title='Phone and SMS and Contacts Relationship Tutorial' href='#psmscrt'>Phone and SMS and Contacts Relationship Tutorial<\/a> was &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>iOS contacts &#8230;<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>\nTurning Numbers into Names\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> &#8230; as an <i>individual<\/i> person chain of thought.  Extending the idea of the <i>individual<\/i> to the <i>group<\/i> is a direction for us, today, tipping our toes into the &#8220;iOS Ocean of Contact Related Apps&#8221;.  Today we trial and install an excellent iOS app, on an iPhone, called <font size=1>&#8230; you guessed it &#8230;<\/font><\/p>\n<p><code><br \/>\nGroups<br \/>\n<\/code><\/p>\n<p>This app helps with ideas like &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>group emails<\/li>\n<li>mass SMS<\/li>\n<li>set reminders<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This iOS app looks well worth the <a target=_blank href=\"http:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/Mac\/iPhone\/groups_app_contacts.gif\" title=\"Tutorial picture\">animated GIF peek<\/a> that you can use the <a target=_blank title='App Store link to Groups app' href='https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/au\/app\/groups\/id407855546'>App Store<\/a> app to install on your iPhone or iPad.<\/p>\n<p><!--p>You can also see this play out at WordPress 4.1.1's <a target=_blank  href='\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/ITblog\/groups-ios-app-and-contacts-relationship-tutorial\/'>Groups iOS App and Contacts Relationship Tutorial<\/a>.<\/p-->\n<hr>\n<p id='psmscrt'>Previous relevant <a target=_blank title='Phone and SMS and Contacts Relationship Tutorial' href='\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/ITblog\/phone-and-sms-and-contacts-relationship-tutorial\/'>Phone and SMS and Contacts Relationship Tutorial<\/a> is shown below.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 230px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a target=_blank href=\"http:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/Mac\/iPhone\/phone_sms_contacts.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 15px solid pink;\" alt=\"Phone and SMS and Contacts Relationship Tutorial\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/Mac\/iPhone\/phone_sms_contacts.gif\" title=\"Phone and SMS and Contacts Relationship Tutorial\"  style=\"float:left;\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Phone and SMS and Contacts Relationship Tutorial<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Yes, as a layer <font size=1>(dare we say <i>onions of the 4th dimension<\/i> layer)<\/font> on top of yesterday&#8217;s <a title='SMS and Contacts Relationship Primer Tutorial' href='#smscrpt'>SMS and Contacts Relationship Primer Tutorial<\/a> &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the iPhone&#8217;s Phone app can be linked to &#8230;<\/li>\n<li>Messages app (via &#8220;message&#8221; (sub-)icon tap)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> &#8230; and so, from there, <font color=blue>yesterday&#8217;s work<\/font> be relevant in showing you a possible Phone (via Message) relationship to Contacts, in iOS, on an iPhone.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>with iPhone tap Phone icon to see your Phone messages<\/li>\n<li>scroll to phone call of interest (that has mobile number but no name, and you are interested in assigning that number a &#8220;Contacts&#8221; name)<\/li>\n<li>tap that phone call&#8217;s &#8220;i&#8221; (in circle) icon to open its information<\/li>\n<li>tap top Person icon and tap near to top and to the left &#8220;message&#8221; icon<\/li>\n<li>if these steps could bear fruit you&#8221; see a useful SMS containing a useful name that could be used to link to Contacts &#8230; <strike style=color:blue;>with iPhone tap Messages icon to see your SMS messages<\/strike><\/li>\n<li style=color:blue;><strike>scroll to SMS of interest (that has mobile number but no name, and you are interested in assigning that number a &#8220;Contacts&#8221; name)<\/strike><\/li>\n<li style=color:blue;><strike>tap that SMS to open its content (and iOS strings these together for the full history of contact between the two mobile numbers concerned)<\/strike><\/li>\n<li style=color:blue;>scroll as necessary to information that tweaks with you as to a suitable &#8220;Contacts&#8221; name &#8230; then &#8230;<\/li>\n<li style=color:blue;>tap top Person icon and tap near to top and to the right &#8220;info&#8221; icon<\/li>\n<li style=color:blue;>tap another near to top and to the right &#8220;info&#8221; icon<\/li>\n<li style=color:blue;>tap &#8220;Create New Contact&#8221; link<\/li>\n<li style=color:blue;>attend to information of interest out of &#8230;\n<ul style=color:blue;>\n<li style=color:blue;>Add Photo<\/li>\n<li style=color:blue;>First Name<\/li>\n<li style=color:blue;>Last Name<\/li>\n<li style=color:blue;>Company<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=color:blue;>tap Done link <strike style=color:blue;>(and you&#8217;ll see back at the Messages app screenful one less (mobile) Number converted to a (contacts) Name)<\/strike><\/li>\n<li>and you&#8217;ll see back at the Phone app screenful one less (mobile) Number converted to a (contacts) Name<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><!--p>You can also see this play out at WordPress 4.1.1's <a target=_blank  href='\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/ITblog\/phone-and-sms-and-contacts-relationship-tutorial\/'>Phone and SMS and Contacts Relationship Tutorial<\/a>.<\/p-->\n<hr>\n<p id='smscrpt'>Previous relevant <a target=_blank title='SMS and Contacts Relationship Primer Tutorial' href='\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/ITblog\/sms-and-contacts-relationship-primer-tutorial\/'>SMS and Contacts Relationship Primer Tutorial<\/a> is shown below.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 230px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a target=_blank href=\"http:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/Mac\/iPhone\/contacts_sms.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 15px solid pink;\" alt=\"SMS and Contacts Relationship Primer Tutorial\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/Mac\/iPhone\/contacts_sms.gif\" title=\"SMS and Contacts Relationship Primer Tutorial\"  style=\"float:left;\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">SMS and Contacts Relationship Primer Tutorial<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Along with notifications, SMS messages are a great instant messaging tool.  We use an iPhone (ie. iOS) and with our Messages app and get screenfuls of mobile phone numbers on occasion.  Why?  Well, we haven&#8217;t linked &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>SMS (number) &#8230; via &#8230;<\/li>\n<li> &#8230; following the &#8220;info icon&#8221; trail &#8230; to &#8230;<\/li>\n<li>Contacts (Create Contact) &#8230; so that &#8230;<\/li>\n<li>Numbers become Names (an idea most of us probably prefer?!)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Especially using the iPhone to conduct business, given the time there and then, or at least later, it is better for personalizing your communications to immediately know who you are talking to (it then applies to the Phone app too) or hearing from (and the Messages app).<\/p>\n<p>Here are the steps from a Messages SMS (just headed by a mobile phone number) to Create Contact through to that number being seen by you as a name (at least for iOS iPhone purposes) &#8230;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>with iPhone tap Messages icon to see your SMS messages<\/li>\n<li>scroll to SMS of interest (that has mobile number but no name, and you are interested in assigning that number a &#8220;Contacts&#8221; name)<\/li>\n<li>tap that SMS to open its content (and iOS strings these together for the full history of contact between the two mobile numbers concerned)<\/li>\n<li>scroll as necessary to information that tweaks with you as to a suitable &#8220;Contacts&#8221; name &#8230; then &#8230;<\/li>\n<li>tap top Person icon and tap near to top and to the right &#8220;info&#8221; icon<\/li>\n<li>tap another near to top and to the right &#8220;info&#8221; icon<\/li>\n<li>tap &#8220;Create New Contact&#8221; link<\/li>\n<li>attend to information of interest out of &#8230;\n<ul>\n<li>Add Photo<\/li>\n<li>First Name<\/li>\n<li>Last Name<\/li>\n<li>Company<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>tap Done link (and you&#8217;ll see back at the Messages app screenful one less (mobile) Number converted to a (contacts) Name)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>If this was interesting you may be interested in <a title='Click here to see topics in which you might be interested' href='#d52357' onclick='var dv=document.getElementById(\"d52357\"); dv.innerHTML = \"&lt;iframe width=670 height=600 src=\" + \"https:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/ITblog\/tag\/sms\" + \"&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\"; dv.style.display = \"block\";'>this<\/a> too.<\/p>\n<div id='d52357' style='display: none; border-left: 2px solid green; border-top: 2px solid green;'><\/div>\n<hr>\n<p>If this was interesting you may be interested in <a title='Click here to see topics in which you might be interested' href='#d52367' onclick='var dv=document.getElementById(\"d52367\"); dv.innerHTML = \"&lt;iframe width=670 height=600 src=\" + \"https:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/ITblog\/tag\/phone\" + \"&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\"; dv.style.display = \"block\";'>this<\/a> too.<\/p>\n<div id='d52367' style='display: none; border-left: 2px solid green; border-top: 2px solid green;'><\/div>\n<hr>\n<p>If this was interesting you may be interested in <a title='Click here to see topics in which you might be interested' href='#d52403' onclick='var dv=document.getElementById(\"d52403\"); dv.innerHTML = \"&lt;iframe width=670 height=600 src=\" + \"https:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/ITblog\/tag\/group\" + \"&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\"; dv.style.display = \"block\";'>this<\/a> too.<\/p>\n<div id='d52403' style='display: none; border-left: 2px solid green; border-top: 2px solid green;'><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The theme of the recent blog posting thread headed by Phone and SMS and Contacts Relationship Tutorial was &#8230; iOS contacts &#8230; Turning Numbers into Names &#8230; as an individual person chain of thought. 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