Create an app contact and organise groups

M08 · Mobile · 1 minute 55 seconds

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Steps

1. Open Contacts, then the three-dot Group actions menu.
2. Choose New group, enter a name and tap Save.
3. Select the new group tab and tap the add-contact icon beside Search.
4. Enter the contact name and phone number or extension, then choose the number type.
5. Under Groups, tick the group the contact should belong to and tap Save.
6. Open the saved contact and tap the pencil to edit its existing number or group selection. Save your changes.
7. To rename a group, select its tab, open Group actions > Rename group, enter the new name and save.
8. Reopen the contact to check its saved number and group.

This lesson creates a local app contact. The Phone tab displays contacts from the phone address book. The example uses fictional contact Alex Morgan and test extensions; it does not place a call.

Transcript

Groups make it easier to keep your app contacts organised. Here’s how to create one and add a contact.

Open Contacts, tap the three dots beside the tabs, and choose New group.

Give the group a name and tap Save. We’re calling this one Colleagues.

Open the new group tab, then tap the add-contact button beside Search.

Enter the person’s first name and surname. Our example contact is Alex Morgan.

Add their phone number or extension. We’ll use extension two thousand and one.

You can give the number a label under Type, such as Mobile, Home or Work.

We’ll choose Work. Dismiss the keyboard, then tick Colleagues under Groups to add Alex to that group.

Tap Save, and Alex appears in the Colleagues tab.

Open the contact to check the number and group have been saved.

If you need to change anything, tap the pencil in the top right.

Here, we’re updating the Work number to extension two thousand and two. You can also scroll down to check the group selection.

Tap Save to keep your changes.

You can rename a group from the three-dot menu too. Choose Rename group, type the new name and save. We’ll change Colleagues to Work.

Open Alex once more to check everything. The new number is saved, and the contact is still in the group we’ve just renamed.

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