Contact selector that facilitates granular sharing of contact data

摘要

Described herein are technologies pertaining to transmitting electronic contact data from a first application to a second application by way of an operating system without generating a centralized contact store or providing the second application with programmatic access to all electronic contact data retained by first application.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
in an operating system installed on a computing device, receiving a request from a first application for electronic contact data, wherein electronic contact data comprises data that facilitates communicating electronically with a contact of a user of the computing device; rendering a graphical user interface on a display screen of the computing device responsive to receiving the request from the first application, the graphical user interface comprising a graphical icon that represents a second application; receiving a selection of the graphical icon; responsive to receiving the selection of the graphical icon, displaying, on a display of the computing device, a list of contacts retained by the second application; receiving an indication that the user of the computing device has selected a first contact from the list of contacts retained by the second application, wherein a second contact from the list of contacts is unselected; and providing the first application with electronic contact data of the first contact retained by the second application without providing the first application access to electronic contact data of the second contact that was not selected by the user of the computing device from the list of contacts retained by the second application.