Version 1.9.0-274-dev - "work in progress", Google Play "beta"

[Kostya Vasilyev]

Re: Nine definitely supports categories for email, contacts

Contacts categories - as groups?

Visible in the Android Contacts app?

As opposed to inside Nine?

Are they editable?

Re: and calendar

Aqua Mail does to, they come across as colors.

Otherwise Android Calendar has no concept of "group" or "category" on a calendar item.

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But what I'm really interested in is Contacts -- if the categories / groups are visible in Android Contacts and if they're editable.

[stevealb]

Re: Nine definitely supports categories for email, contacts

Contacts categories - as groups?

Visible in the Android Contacts app?

As opposed to inside Nine?

Are they editable?

Re: and calendar

Aqua Mail does to, they come across as colors.

Otherwise Android Calendar has no concept of "group" or "category" on a calendar item.

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But what I'm really interested in is Contacts -- if the categories / groups are visible in Android Contacts and if they're editable.

When I go into native Samsung contacts and choose to display only AM account, it shows the categories I set up in in O365 account and seems to allow me to edit the category for the contact.

[Kostya Vasilyev]

When I go into native Samsung contacts and choose to display only AM account, it shows the categories I set up in in O365 account and seems to allow me to edit the category for the contact

display only AM account -> AM -> Aqua Mail?

( which doesn't sync categories for contacts, so I'm puzzled )

Or did "only AM account" -> really mean "only Nine account"?

[stevealb]

When I go into native Samsung contacts and choose to display only AM account, it shows the categories I set up in in O365 account and seems to allow me to edit the category for the contact

display only AM account -> AM -> Aqua Mail?

( which doesn't sync categories for contacts, so I'm puzzled )

Or did "only AM account" -> really mean "only Nine account"?

I'm not sure how else to explain it. I go into the native Contacts menu in settings and choose contacts to display. I choose only AquaMail (Exchange) and it then only shows those contacts. They have the categories attached to them that I assigned from O365. Nine is still on my phone and also syncing contacts, but I'm not displaying Nine contacts, just AM contacts. I just can't tell if Nine somehow is supplying the categories in the contacts even though I'm only displaying AM contacts.

[hzamora]

Hello Kostya,

Nine supports groups/categories. The issue with the calendar is that the color is not shown on the native calendar app.
I am syncing the events for calendar with AM but for groups/categories I prefer the name that shows Nine. I have many groups so the color is not helpful.

I am attaching some screenshots:
1. groups that could be selected for a contact on the android app.
2. the option to update categories on Nine
3. some categories that can be updated  on Nine (the color is not sent to the android calendar)

Regards
Regards.

[Kostya Vasilyev]

I'll take a look at how Nine does contact groups (categories).

We haven't done anything in this development cycle for categories on calendar events, and I still don't believe that Android calendar has this capability (other than per-event color).

Maybe Nine has its own built-in Calendar viewer / editor which is category - capable? The color of the window title in your screenshots is different between contacts and calendar.

Anyway, I'll just install Nine, make some categories for a few contact / calendar entities and check it out. At some point when I have the time.

[hzamora]

Kostya,

I think that AM is working very good with colors for the calendar. I like colors to see diferent kind of event.
But for contacts, I would like to use groups.
If you can use groups and colors for calendar it wil be excellent.

Regards.

[hzamora]

Hello Kostya,

I installed this beta version. The Sync contacts option is unchecked. However all contacts were synced to the phone.

If I update an AM contact, it is not synced (both sides: phone and exchange). I think that when the new version is installed, all contacts are synced.

Is there an option to delete all contacts with out have a problem when sync contacts option is checked?

Regards.

[Kostya Vasilyev]

Yes if you long to press on the account, options and folders, Exchange options, and turn off contact sync there.

[hzamora]

Contact sync was unchecked. So I turned it on, waited some minutes and then I turned it off.
It worked. Regards.

[hzamora]

Hello Kostya,

Even thouhg contact sync is turn off, all contacts were synced again.

Regards.

[hzamora]

I noticed that when contact sync is turned off, all AM contacts are deleted. But later, AM contacts are synced again even though contact sync is still off.

[Kostya Vasilyev]

Where is contact sync off?

Please check both:

- Phone settings -> accounts -> tap into Aqua Mail's -> Mail, Calendar, Contacts - this one

- In Aqua Mail long press on the account -> options and folders -> Exchange options

Both are one and same setting (Aqua Mail reads and changes that system setting).

The only difference is that turning this setting off in Aqua Mail will delete any previously synced contacts -- while turning it off in Phone Settings will not.

Is contact sync still off in both places?

Are you perhaps creating contact entries under the Aqua Mail account, using anything, anything at all, such as the Contacts app, or saving a recipient into Contacts, anything anywhere?

[Kostya Vasilyev]

In the next build, I will add a check in the "sync server to client" code -> if Contact sync setting is off, it won't sync that (and won't populate your phone's Contacts).

Apparently, from what I can tell, your Android calls AquaMail's "contact sync" even though the setting is off.

The change should help.

[hzamora]

Thanks Kostkya, I will wait for that.

I wrote more about this issue. I have Android 7.0

I don't know why AM contacts appear. I never turned on contact sync. When I saw them I wrote you to know an option to delete AM contacts, then I learned that It was necesary to turn on contact sync, wait for minutes, then turn off contact sync and then all contacts were deleted. Nice.

But later, I noticed that contacts appeared again. I am attaching the screenshots you mention.

I used to add contacts using Outlook on my PC. Sometimes I use the native Android app to add contacts too.

You can see a contact that is linked with Nine, AM and WhatsApp. All my contacts are linked with Nine and AM.

Regards.