Version 1.9.0-223-dev - "work in progress", not in Google Play

[Kostya Vasilyev]

Build 220 above:

- Notes (two way)
- Contact photos (so far only from server to Android)

Both require Exchange 2010 and newer.

Still to be done:

- Physical addresses: Android to server
- Contact photos: Android to server

Hoping for mid next week.

[Jeff]

Hi Kostya,

It seems when you have a contact in Google as well as Exchange, the photo appears to always prefer the Google account, even when  there is no photo.  This results in no photo displayed, even though one exists in Exchange.  This is very odd too, since on both devices I have set "Contacts to Display" to not include Google.  I think this may be because of the Google Contacts Sync service?  If I disable that service, then I do not get the photos from Google when in the Hangouts app.

If I use the Google web portal to upload an image to the Google contact, then it appears in the Contacts app (even though I have filtered "Contacts to Display" to supposedly not include Google)

It's odd too, because when I hit the pencil to edit in the Android Contacts app (yes, I know changes do not yet sync to the server, just attempting to debug the problem), I get the choice of which account to edit (Google or Exchange) but again, I have set the Contacts to Display to only include Exchange.

EDIT:  While I'm getting contact photos as described above on my Nexus 6P (Android 7.1.1), I'm not getting any photos at all on the Note 4 (Android 6.0.1)



Jeff

[Kostya Vasilyev]

Re: Gmail "no photo" having priority over photo from Aqua Mail Exchange

Sounds like this is Android's "contact aggregation" -- and it might be something hardcoded into Android...

FWIW, on a Sony Z3 with Android 6 too, I also have have  the Gmail account turned off in Contacts app and do have at least one duplicate with no image in Gmail -- but Contacts is picking up the image from Aqua Mail.

And it does that even if I enable showing those Gmail contacts in Contacts app.

Strange.

What if you "unlink" a contact that's like that?

Re:  I'm not getting any photos at all on the Note 4

Please try to long press on the account in Aqua Mail -> options and folders -> Exchange options.

Uncheck "sync contacts" wait a few seconds, re-enable again. This will make Aqua Mail delete all of its synced contacts and re-download from scratch again.

I don't own a Note 4 only a Samsung tablet but it also has 6.0. Will try it a bit later.

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For now my main task for the day suddenly became reinstalling Windows 10 I don't use it often, but still, and it just started acting up...

[Jeff]

Unrelated but related... I'm attempting to give another go at 7.1.1 on my Note 4, long story.   But, the part that is related, is now I am seeing the same behavior as on the Nexus 6P, so maybe the issue of no photos is something with Samsung, TouchWiz, 6.0.1, or some combination of them.

Onward!

As a kludge, I have uploaded photos to the Google contacts for those I am most concerned with, and that at least allows me to see them now in AM.

Thanks again

Jeff

[Kostya Vasilyev]

Re: at 7.1.1 on my Note 4

So the Note 4 has 7.1? Unofficial ROM then? If so, based on Samsung's ROM or something "clean" like Cyanogen?

Re: maybe the issue of no photos is something with Samsung, TouchWiz, 6.0.1

It's not Android version alone - my Sony has 6.0, photos from Aqua Mail are there just fine, even when there is a dup contact in Gmail account.

Could be Samsung, I know they do make changes to Contact code. I'll check it out on the Samsung tablet when my Win 10 is back from the dead...

[Jeff]

Yes, there's a 7.1.1 build of EmotionOS, which is based on LineageOS (the successor to CyanogenMod).

I did fix the one show-stopper I had been having on that ROM, so it looks like I will be able to stay now on 7.1.1 on both devices (very happy about that).

[Kostya Vasilyev]

And just for the record:

A linked contact that has no image in Gmail and does have an image in Aqua Mail -> Aqua's image visible in Contacts app.

This is a Samsung tablet with 6.0.1.

[Hobbes2099]

Sorry for the absolute noobness, I just downloaded Aquamail a few days ago and I head over heels for it. Congratulations on having a superb Exchange email client.

I've been looking through settings, the FAQ and these forums, yet I can't find a way to allow Aquamail to share my EWS contacts with the rest of my Android device.

Under Settings > Accounts > Aquamail, I only see email sync and calendar sync, no mention of contacts.

Am I missing something? Am I understanding correctly that v1.9 will support contact sync? Where should I direct my questions? I can't find threads addressing contacts.

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[vampywiz21]

If on my company exchange not allowed to change the company contacts, i cant delete it, right?

[Kostya Vasilyev]

I've been looking through settings, the FAQ and these forums, yet I can't find a way to allow Aquamail to share my EWS contacts with the rest of my Android device.

Under Settings > Accounts > Aquamail, I only see email sync and calendar sync, no mention of contacts.

Am I missing something? Am I understanding correctly that v1.9 will support contact sync? Where should I direct my questions? I can't find threads addressing contacts.

Thank you

The current "official" version is 1.8 which does not "sync" server contacts with the phone's Contacts -- rather they (server contacts, those with emails) are only available on the app's "compose" screen for auto-completion.

There is more info on that in the FAQ if you search for contacts (a link the FAQ is in my signature, below).

Now actual Contact *sync* is being worked on for next update, 1.9, so to test this, you'll need to install / update to a 1.9-dev ("dev" = "development") version.

I regularly post them on the forum here, and at some point we'll have a "beta" version in Google Play:

https://play.google.com/apps/testing/org.kman.AquaMail

For support with contact sync specifically it's best to post here on the forum, since that feature is still in development.

For general questions, please email support / at / aqua-mail / dot com, this takes some of the load off my shoulders (but I will respond there too if our support person doesn't know the answer).

[Kostya Vasilyev]

Re: If on my company exchange not allowed to change the company contacts, i cant delete it, right?

Aqua Mail won't know and will try to delete a contact from the server if you "ask" it to - by deleting it in the Contacts app.

But I think you may be talking about something else:

Exchange has this notion of a "corporate directory" (GAL, Global Address List). Aqua Mail won't sync it to the device -- it will only sync your "personal" address book from the server.

Aqua Mail does support searching the GAL when you "search" in the Phone or Contacts app. Those contacts will be listed only as search results (won't "stick") and they're read-only, can't be changed or deleted.

I suppose that deleting contacts from your "personal" address book *should* work. But then I don't know, maybe your company's server admins blocked that somehow.

[vampywiz21]

Yes i think the Global Address List

Now, i understand you

So if the feature will finish, i'm able to find the Global address list members my contacts app? Good news!

[Kostya Vasilyev]

Re: So if the feature will finish, i'm able to find the Global address list members my contacts app? Good news!

It's already there in the builds above (now it's entirely up to you if you'd rather wait until this shows up in Play).

[vampywiz21]

I will wait the play beta release.

[Kostya Vasilyev]

Build 221:

+ physical addresses and notes and contact photos (notes and photos need Exchange 2010 and newer), in both directions.

Editing a "physical address" on Android will lose its "structure" -- i.e. Android will put all of "street, city, state, postal code" into the "street" field. There is a bug report against Android 5.0, nothing's happened since.