[devindotcom]

Not all at once... just retrieves them for searching and really quick usage. launch the app, type in "m....a....n.." and hit the mandarin option. Your new Chinese friend types in his email address and you pop it into a contact. No settings need to be changed or anything. Is that really such a weird idea?

[hadoukenio]

> Not all at once... just retrieves them for searching and really quick usage. launch the app, type in "m....a....n.." and hit the mandarin option

And now you have two problems. Why would you be searching for mandarin which is the anglicised-ASCII translation for Guānhuà. More correctly, you should be searching for ㄍㄨㄢ ㄏㄨㄚ.

[devindotcom]

One would assume that if the OS is set to English, the keyboard options will be listed in English, and if the OS is set to ㄍㄨㄢ ㄏㄨㄚ, the keyboard options will be listed in ㄍㄨㄢ ㄏㄨㄚ. This isn't a problem at all if you know the name in your own language for the language you are seeking.