Tobias Mücksch created CB-11038:
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Summary: 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
Environment: Android 6 Marshmallow
Reporter: Tobias Mücksch
For some reason, Android (or Gmail) creates contacts 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; even
if they aren't real contacts and in most cases of no interest. Additionally
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" ->
"Customize" -> Google -> "My Contacts".
In my opinion there should be at least an option to filter out specific
contacts sources. It's very annoying to have plenty of nonsense contacts
(around 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. Either
android or the gmail web app.
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