iPhone: how to get safari to recognize a vcard?

Question

I\'m trying to create a QR code so that iPhone users can import my address book information. I\'m doing this by:

• putting a VCF (vcard) file on my web server

Answer 1

I have just published an alternative solution on my blog which describes how to attach the contact file as an attachment to a calendar file which is handled by mobile safari from iOS5 onwards.

http://mobicontact.info/iphone/download-contact-from-web-page/

The blog shows complete solution including source code and images of the whole process and as such is a lot easier to read than what I can put here on Stack Overflow. The main point to note is that Apple use :

ATTACH;VALUE=BINARY;ENCODING=BASE64;FMTTYPE=text/directory;
X-APPLE-FILENAME=iPhone Contact.vcf:
QkVHSU46VkNBUkQNClZFUlNJT046M…etc… [base64 encoded VCARD]

for embedded VCARD in VCALENDAR files. Create a VCALENDAR file and then base64 encode your VCARD within it - code snippet below (full details on my blog)