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Subject: [jira] [Updated] (CB-11038) Android: Automatically created
 (nonsense) contacts are retrieved too
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     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-11038?page=3Dcom.atlassian.=
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Tobias M=C3=BCcksch updated CB-11038:
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    Description:=20
For some reason, Android (or Gmail) creates a contact for each email a user=
 receives (via gmail). By default those Contacts are hidden in the systems =
contacts-app.

The problem is; the cordova-plugin-contacts retrieves those contacts too; e=
ven if they aren't real contacts and in most cases of no interest. Addition=
ally this is different behaviour from the iOS version.

You can spot these "ghost contacts" when you open your contacts app, click =
on the settings (top right corner), and then on "Contacts to display" -> "C=
ustomize" -> Google -> "My Contacts".

In my opinion there should be at least an option to filter out specific con=
tacts sources. It's very annoying to have plenty of nonsense contacts (arou=
nd 50 in my case). For example I have some contacts in the list for email a=
ddresses I have received invoices or even newsletters from.

Side note: I'm not 100% percent sure where these contacts come from. Either=
 android or the gmail web app.


I guess filtering by this attribute may help:
[ContactsContract.Group|http://developer.android.com/reference/android/prov=
ider/ContactsContract.Groups.html]
??which contains information about raw contact groups such as Gmail contact=
 groups. The current API does not support the notion of groups spanning mul=
tiple accounts.??

  was:
For some reason, Android (or Gmail) creates a contact for each email a user=
 receives (via gmail). By default those Contacts are hidden in the systems =
contacts-app.

The problem is; the cordova-plugin-contacts retrieves those contacts too; e=
ven if they aren't real contacts and in most cases of no interest. Addition=
ally this is different behaviour from the iOS version.

You can spot these "ghost contacts" when you open your contacts app, click =
on the settings (top right corner), and then on "Contacts to display" -> "C=
ustomize" -> Google -> "My Contacts".

In my opinion there should be at least an option to filter out specific con=
tacts sources. It's very annoying to have plenty of nonsense contacts (arou=
nd 50 in my case). For example I have some contacts in the list for email a=
ddresses I have received invoices or even newsletters from.

Side note: I'm not 100% percent sure where these contacts come from. Either=
 android or the gmail web app.


I guess filtering by this attribute may help:
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/provider/ContactsContract.Gr=
oups.html


> Android: Automatically created (nonsense) contacts are retrieved too
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: CB-11038
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-11038
>             Project: Apache Cordova
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: Plugin Contacts
>    Affects Versions: 2.0.0
>         Environment: Android 6 Marshmallow
>            Reporter: Tobias M=C3=BCcksch
>
> For some reason, Android (or Gmail) creates a contact for each email a us=
er receives (via gmail). By default those Contacts are hidden in the system=
s contacts-app.
> The problem is; the cordova-plugin-contacts retrieves those contacts too;=
 even if they aren't real contacts and in most cases of no interest. Additi=
onally this is different behaviour from the iOS version.
> You can spot these "ghost contacts" when you open your contacts app, clic=
k on the settings (top right corner), and then on "Contacts to display" -> =
"Customize" -> Google -> "My Contacts".
> In my opinion there should be at least an option to filter out specific c=
ontacts sources. It's very annoying to have plenty of nonsense contacts (ar=
ound 50 in my case). For example I have some contacts in the list for email=
 addresses I have received invoices or even newsletters from.
> Side note: I'm not 100% percent sure where these contacts come from. Eith=
er android or the gmail web app.
> I guess filtering by this attribute may help:
> [ContactsContract.Group|http://developer.android.com/reference/android/pr=
ovider/ContactsContract.Groups.html]
> ??which contains information about raw contact groups such as Gmail conta=
ct groups. The current API does not support the notion of groups spanning m=
ultiple accounts.??


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