Desktop shortcut to contact groups

[jazzyboy]

I am re-posting this, since I haven't received any replies to my original newbee post, and I can't believe no one else is interested in this problem. I have created several contact groups, i.e., "friends", "family", "business", etc. I don't really care if they don't automatically sync with my gmail account, since they don't change very much once having created them. But it is at least a three step process to get to one of these groups to change from say, "all contacts" to "friends". All I want is to put a desktop icon or a shortcut on my desktop for each group so I can get there in one click. Has anyone done this? Can you clue me in?

Thanks

 

[joekinde]

I'm with you. The only way that I've been able to do something similar was to create a desktop folder, and then individually place contact shortcuts in the folder. Unfortunately, this is not a dynamic process and it's hard to do simple things like sort by name. I'm looking for a solution like the one that you described.

 

[jazzyboy]

Thanks for your reply. It seems that contact groups are embedded in the contacts app, and I can't figure out how to get directly to the groups. I would have thought that my request was such an obvious need that it would have been addressed long ago.

 

[Lisanor]

I would also like to be able to do this. I haven't found an app that will do it either, without doing a ton of extra work. It seems intuitive that you should be able to long press an empty spot on the home screen and have a shortcut to contact groups be one of the options.

 

[Beka27]

I've been using Circle Launcher for one-click contacts. Add the group to the widget and it will place it on the homescreen.