How to set a Google Plus photo as a contact-picture?

Question

One of my Google Plus contacts has some great photos from a recent family reunion I was unable to attend. I would like to use a number of these as contact photos on my Android device (Galaxy Nexus GSM w/ CyanogenMod 10.0). I have the latest Google+ app.

Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a way to DO anything with the photos, whether setting them as contact photos or saving them to the device. The Google+ app likewise does not show up as an option when setting a contact photo and choosing an app to select a picture with.

How can I set a picture from the G+ app as a contact photo?

I would like to set the pictures on the phone rather than from my computer because that way it keeps much higher resolution versions than setting them through the gmail contacts functions.

Answer 1

Here are the steps I followed on my 4.2 Nexus 7. I assume there's an easier way, but these worked for me:

• Open the Google + app
• find an article whose image has the "there be photos here" icon superimposed on it -- it looks like a circle containing a square, and inside the square is a blob that is supposed to suggest a mountain range
• tap that article
• tap the photo in the background. This opens a new window whose header is "Photos from posts".
• tap the menu button in the upper right (it looks like three tiny squares in a column ... a bit like traffic lights).
• choose "Download Image".
• Go back to the Home screen, and find the "downloads" app. Open it.
• Find the thing you just downloaded. Tap it.
• Now you're in the "Gallery" app; you should see the three-tiny-squares menu button in the upper-right again. Tap that.
• Choose "Set picture as".
• Choose "Contact photo".
• Scroll through your contacts until you find the one you want, then tap it.
• Crop it, then click "OK"

Yikes! An awful lot of steps.