Learn how the Contact Picker API simplifies contact selection in mobile apps, improves privacy, speeds development, and what its future could bring - from richer fields to privacy-preserving cross-device contact sharing.
The Contact Picker API gives web apps direct access to a user's contacts with a single chooser. That power is convenient-and risky. This article explains the security and privacy implications, concrete attack scenarios, and a practical developer checklist to minimize risks and build safer integrations.
Learn how the Contact Picker API reduces friction by letting users pick contacts directly from the web-plus practical code, fallbacks, and best practices to implement it securely and gracefully.
A comprehensive tutorial on the Contact Picker API: feature detection, implementation patterns, TypeScript examples, fallbacks, privacy/security best practices, and testing tips to build a smooth, privacy-first contact selection flow.