Displaying contacts phone number and name in a list

[Cory Pickett]

I have my app up and running thanks to the help from several users here. Now I'm in the process of fine tuning it. Currently my app lets a user select a list from their contacts, the app stores this list, then with the press of a button sends a text message to everyone on the list. I also have my app set to display the list as it's modified. However, my list currently just displays the phone number of the contact, which is confusing because nobody remembers phone numbers anymore. I want my app to also display the name of the contact I honestly dont even know where to start on this one. Can someone point me in the right direction? I'm hoping it doesn't require changing everything in my app. I've attached a picture of what I have so far. I'm hoping with a couple of tweaks I can include the contact name as well. I did somehow with dumb luck manage to get this kind of working before but it did not display the number and contact name on the same line. it listed them with phone number on one line and the contact name below. Thanks in advance!

[Taifun]

add a second list to store the names and use that list in the listpicker or procedure displayMembers 

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[Ghica]

What you should do, is not just store phone numbers, but a list of name and number for each contact. Basically, you will get a list of lists stored in your TinyDB.

To set your listpicker, you would have to present each entry into a readable form, how to do that is shown here:

http://ai2.appinventor.mit.edu/reference/other/displaylist.html

So, you do not have to start over, but at every step you have to do something to work with a list (of name, number) instead of just an element (number).

Cheers, Ghica.