# Fetching mobile users contact list **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [March 31, 2016, 12:11am UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/fetching-mobile-users-contact-list/2198 "2016-03-31T00:11:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f17d59/32.png) [@cho](https://forum.bubble.io/u/cho)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 12:11am UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/fetching-mobile-users-contact-list/2198/1 "2016-03-31T00:11:50Z")
I want to build an app where I can offer a reward to the users when they invite their friends, I want to fetch the user’s contact list from their phone and user will be able to select the friends they want to invite and the app will send an invitation text to those friends. Is contact fetching something that will be, or even can be added to bubble? ---
**Author:** ![emmanuel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/emmanuel/32/27657_2.png) [@emmanuel](https://forum.bubble.io/u/emmanuel)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 12:54am UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/fetching-mobile-users-contact-list/2198/2 "2016-03-31T00:54:35Z")
When we’ll have native apps, probably. Until then, I don’t think it’s even possible, for security reasons. It’d be scary is a web app could get all contacts of the phone. ---
**Author:** ![cho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f17d59/32.png) [@cho](https://forum.bubble.io/u/cho)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 2:02am UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/fetching-mobile-users-contact-list/2198/3 "2016-03-31T02:02:25Z")
I’ve found this info "There is no API in JavaScript to fetch the address book content in Mobile Web application BUT the PhoneGap have made it available through the plugins So they have exposed the Phone Contact list through Contact JS class, Follow the below link to play with phone Contact list . [http://docs.phonegap.com/en/3.0.0/cordova\_contacts\_contacts.md.html](http://docs.phonegap.com/en/3.0.0/cordova_contacts_contacts.md.html) " As we use phonegap to create the IPA file, what do I have to do to enable this feature in phonegap? ---
**Author:** ![emmanuel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/emmanuel/32/27657_2.png) [@emmanuel](https://forum.bubble.io/u/emmanuel)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 2:14am UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/fetching-mobile-users-contact-list/2198/4 "2016-03-31T02:14:53Z")
We’d have to add this as a plugin. We’ll get into this when we’ll be out of beta for native apps. Right now it’s a bit early. ---
**Author:** ![dmerriman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/74df32/32.png) [@dmerriman](https://forum.bubble.io/u/dmerriman)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 2:28pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/fetching-mobile-users-contact-list/2198/5 "2019-07-17T14:28:53Z")
Hi Emmanuel, I hope all is well. Are there any updates on being able to send invites via text message in native apps? Thanks, Don M ---
**Author:** ![David\_W](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e0b2c6/32.png) [@David\_W](https://forum.bubble.io/u/David_W)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2020, 9:31pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/fetching-mobile-users-contact-list/2198/6 "2020-06-19T21:31:49Z")
> [@emmanuel](#): > > add this as a plugin. We’ll get into this when we’ll be out of beta for native apps. Right now it’s a bit Hey @emmanuel, just checking if this has progressed since March 2016? Thanks in advance ---
**Author:** ![vini\_brito](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/vini_brito/32/22187_2.png) [@vini\_brito](https://forum.bubble.io/u/vini_brito)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2020, 10:44pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/fetching-mobile-users-contact-list/2198/7 "2020-06-19T22:44:24Z")
Maybe you want to look into this, it’s a collective effort from us, users, into expanding the frontiers into the native mobile land. Check it out! 🙂 > [@Fundraising to create a plugin for iOS and Android with Jasonelle](http://forum.bubble.io/t/fundraising-to-create-a-plugin-for-ios-and-android-with-jasonelle/90350): > > Hello Bubble community I’m Alexander and I’m a UX and front-end developer. I’ve been looking at more and more no-code/low-code solutions that can help me do my job faster and easier. One of the main requirements by customers today is to offer native apps on iOS and Android with functionality like push-notifications, camera use, geo location and so on. Bubble is a wonderful and advance tool, but it’s missing a crucial part for the mobile development. Th… ---
**Author:** ![David\_W](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e0b2c6/32.png) [@David\_W](https://forum.bubble.io/u/David_W)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2020, 1:21am UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/fetching-mobile-users-contact-list/2198/8 "2020-06-20T01:21:01Z")
Thanks Vini. If I read correctly this fundraiser is still ongoing and we don’t have the solution yet, correct? As @emmanuel mentioned 4 years ago that they’ll look into it, I thought perhaps they’ve created a more elegant way to do it in the meantime. Ultimately, it’s a nocode platform, so I imagine nobodoy wants the “final solution” to require use of 3rd party platforms like Jasonella and (what I saw in another thread) the need to use XCode. Then again, if this is the current state of play, that’s what we’ll have to work with 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![vini\_brito](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/vini_brito/32/22187_2.png) [@vini\_brito](https://forum.bubble.io/u/vini_brito)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2020, 1:37am UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/fetching-mobile-users-contact-list/2198/9 "2020-06-20T01:37:28Z")
Yep, this is still ongoing (: One of the goals is reducing manual labor tools as much as possible, if there’s the possibility to build apps in the cloud then that will be included in the flow. ---
**Author:** ![will6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f05b48/32.png) [@will6](https://forum.bubble.io/u/will6)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2021, 9:31pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/fetching-mobile-users-contact-list/2198/10 "2021-07-22T21:31:44Z")
Just following up on this. Any movement? I am building an employee referral web app and would like users to be able to add contacts from their phone when they are in their browser. @emmanuel had a good point about security. Just wondering if anything has changed? Thank you!! ---
**Author:** ![vini\_brito](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/vini_brito/32/22187_2.png) [@vini\_brito](https://forum.bubble.io/u/vini_brito)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2021, 10:33pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/fetching-mobile-users-contact-list/2198/11 "2021-07-22T22:33:26Z")
Nope, not yet. Will be at least a few months until I have something in that regard 😋