Changing nickname

Smack Smack Dev
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Hi there.

I’ve got a problem with Smack. Is there a way to change my nickname? Now all my roster entries see me as "mymail@gmail.com" and I want them to see “My Name”. When I add a user to the roster I can also specify a desirable nickname but how can I change my own?

Thank you in advance,

astrognom

2

You can change your own VCard with org.jivesoftware.smackx.packet.VCard

3

Hi, Op3rational

and thaks for the imediate reply. I tried:

VCard vCard = new VCard();

vCard.setNickName(“MyName”);

xmppConn.sendPacket(vCard);

But I cannot my friends don’t see any update in my info.

4

You really need to consult the API documentation, often there are examples.

VCard (Smack 3.0.4 Documentation)

Usage:

// To save VCard:

VCard vCard = new VCard();

vCard.setFirstName(“kir”);

vCard.setLastName(“max”);

vCard.setEmailHome(“foo@fee.bar”);

vCard.setJabberId(“jabber@id.org”);

vCard.setOrganization(“Jetbrains, s.r.o”);

vCard.setNickName(“KIR”);

vCard.setField(“TITLE”, “Mr”);

vCard.setAddressFieldHome(“STREET”, “Some street”);

vCard.setAddressFieldWork(“CTRY”, “US”);

vCard.setPhoneWork(“FAX”, “3443233”);

vCard.save(connection);

// To load VCard:

VCard vCard = new VCard();

vCard.load(conn); // load own VCard

vCard.load(conn, “joe@foo.bar”); // load someone’s VCard

You also should load your VCard first, so that the other values remain intact.

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Ok, I tried this:

VCard vCard = new VCard();

try {

vCard.load(xmppConn);

vCard.setNickName(“MyNickname”);

vCard.save(xmppConn);

} catch (XMPPException e) {}

and next time I do:

VCard vCard = new VCard();

vCard.load(this);

I get: “No VCard for yourUser@gmail.com”

I get the same thing for an user that has set his VCard through Pidgin when calling:

VCard vCard = new VCard();

vCard.load(xmppConn, “someUser@gmail.com”);

Edit: in doLoad(XmppConncention connection, String user) the PacketCollector receives only PacketReaders but no VCards, and I’m sure the user has one.

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change “this” to your “xmppConn” object. Note that this call only loads your own VCard.

astrognom wrote:
I get: “No VCard for yourUser@gmail.com”

I get the same thing for an user that has set his VCard through Pidgin when calling:

bq. VCard vCard = new VCard();

bq. vCard.load(xmppConn, “someUser@gmail.com”);

bq.

Edit: in doLoad(XmppConncention connection, String user) the PacketCollector receives only PacketReaders but no VCards, and I’m sure the user has one.

and next time I do:

bq. VCard vCard = new VCard();

bq. vCard.load(this);

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Yeah! I was doing everything right, but tested with a Google account. I seems like it doesn’t support nicknames or at least it doesn’t use it as a display name. It all works fine with a jabber account.

Thanks again.