Probe existing email contacts upon installation for easy onboarding

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Further contact list integration, sync, import and export related issues:

OS contacts integration

Expected behavior It would be great if delta chat would integrate with native addressbook on the system because: It could pick profile pictures that are already there. It could recognize messages from the same people even when they respond with different emails. Actual behavior At the moment it does not appear that native address book is used at all. So every correspondent appears as circle with initials. Even better if public keys could be stored in corresponding address books so other apps…

How to make Deltachat use phone contact?

Currently it display all email addresses I used to send and receive. How to make it use only my phone contact? Delta Chat version 1.14.5 Expected behavior Deltachat should access and use contact from phone. Actual behavior Deltachat currently compiles contact from all email addresses that I use to send and receive from my account. Steps to reproduce the problem Setup and use Deltachat normally Screen snapshots

Using/importing contacts on desktop program

Hi, I think it would be very nice to use the CardDAV address book of your mail provider in Delta Chat. In the current state you have to type in the mail address and name, if you want to chat with someone. Those information are already in my CardDAV address book What do you think?

Android: Open Contacts Integration

Some people use a separate address-book app on android to keep their real contact list away from apps like facebook or whatsapp. One of this app is OpenContacts(F-Droid|sourcecode). This would require a bit of collaboration with OpenContacts on a feature to expose api for getting access to the contacts: https://gitlab.com/sultanahamer/OpenContacts/-/issues/77 I believe having an address book where you can specify what app is allowed to access which fields on the contact is usefull. You could e…

Contacts management

Delta Chat imports correctly the contacts but it’s impossible to export or manage them. Expected behavior Edit the contacts, export vCard Actual behavior Contacts can’t be edited (the address, contact name only is possible) and can’t be exported as vCard

Easy identification of Delta Chat contacts and phone contacts

Users can’t not differentiate easily between DC contacts and phone contacts, perhaps showing a little badge with a delta sign or another visual clue for the users would help them identify the contact type. I propose something like this: [Screenshot_20190116-123450] Expected behavior Users can easily know which contact are created on DC only and which are phone contacts. Actual behavior All contacts look the same, users can’t know if a given contact is in DC database or in the phone database…

Kontakte Android

Hallo, ich bin ein Neuling hier. Mir gefällt Delta.Chat App ausgezeichnet. Meine Frage bezieht sich auf die Android-Version. Auf meinem Smartphone habe ich Kontakte hinterlegt, die nur im Gerätespeicher (vcf-Format) sind und bewusst nicht mit Google syncronisiert werden sollen. Gibt es eine Möglichkeit (oder ist sie geplant) das Deltachat die Adressen aus einem “Ordner meiner Wahl” bezieht? Wäre ein coole Sicherheitsoption

Contact names from address book

I would like to have the option to choose the source for displayed contact names. Currently, only nicknames given in the DC client are used, with a fallback to the name provided with the mail by the sender. However, the highest priority for me (and I assume many others) would be to use the name saved in my device’s address book. I would propose to add a tier in between, resulting in the following order to determine the displayed name: Nickname given in the DC client (no change) Name associate…

Contacts management

Delta Chat imports correctly the contacts but it’s impossible to export or manage them. Expected behavior Edit the contacts, export vCard Actual behavior Contacts can’t be edited (the address, contact name only is possible) and can’t be exported as vCard

Favourite contacts

Make possible to favourite contacts will allow users to easily identify they real contacts from contacts automatically added from a group, or that users don’t use to talk to. Favourite contacts will be shown at the top of the list in the contacts list. Initially all contacts in the phone’s contacts will be marked as favourite.

Better contact handling

It’s a bit difficult (if not extremely tedious), when we change accounts in DC, export our contacts Expected behavior We are able to send more than one contact info at the same time (if not all), with the possibility to export it as vCard (or any other format) too. Actual behavior afaik current method (as of DC v1.0.0) is to send a message to the recipient with contact name and a clickable email

Add contact as vCard

If I tab the attache button “contact” it would be nice if I could choose a contact from system contact App (address book) as vCard. Currently is only a mailaddress.