Re: [Logicmail-devel] Future dev questions

[Derek K. <dko...@lo...>]

Device message app integration is a topic that is occasionally 
mentioned.  LogicMail was originally designed to be entirely independent 
of the device's messaging features, so this is both a debatable feature 
and something that is easier said than done.  Also, the degree to which 
this integration could be implemented does vary based on what BlackBerry 
OS version you are writing for.  Injecting messages may be possible.  
Just adding items, that when clicked, jump you straight into LogicMail 
is also possible.  However, right now I'm not sure such a drastic thing 
would be a good idea to work on.

So let's take a look at your two use cases:
Facebook notifications:
These only work well with true push (which is impossible for LogicMail 
to provide, as it can only simulate push through polling).  What I 
recommend for this is to configure a dedicated BlackBerry-only E-Mail 
address through your mobile carrier, and tell Facebook to send 
notifications to that address.  (this is what I do for Facebook)

Calendar invites:
These could be implemented by coding calendar invite attachment support 
into LogicMail itself.  It is definitely feasible without any major 
changes, and I'm all for implementing something like this.


As far as using IMAP as a contact/calendar store (I think its the Kolab 
protocol that does this), that would almost be a whole separate project 
in and of itself.  Probably would make sense as a standalone sync app 
like Google Sync, and while it could reuse IMAP code from LogicMail, it 
could be a much simpler and entirely independent application.

-Derek

On 12/28/2009 12:44 AM, Wes Keene wrote:
> Hello,
>
> A couple thoughts, perhaps they are not reasonable, perhaps they are:
>
> 1) Is it possible to integrate with the native e-mail client such as 
> BIS uses?  Or is it possible to use the Messages folder?  I could not 
> locate an API to create folders (read-only access to them is provided 
> though), but perhaps I wasn't looking in the right places.  Lots of 
> apps would work much smoother if LogicMail placed everything in 
> standard e-mail rather than a separate app (Facebook notifications and 
> Calendar meeting invites, for instance).
>
> 2) I know Contacts and Calendar items can be interrogated via IMAP 
> folders (for servers that support them).  Could we provide a mapping 
> of an IMAP folder to the native calendar app (and the same for Contacts)?
>
> Thanks for indulging me.
>
> Wes Keene
>
>
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