• App Version: v6.3.1 (F-Droid)
• Android: 8.0.0

There seems to be some kind of problem in exporting an entire contact book (if that is the correct term for it). Here is how it is likely possible to reproduce:

1. Create a contact somewhere, and exported it to vCard 3.0 (.vcf), which produced the following file:

BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 PRODID:-//Sabre//Sabre VObject 4.1.6//EN UID:500e384d-4387-45a3-8732-529ea518c969 FN:Test Contact EMAIL;TYPE=HOME:[email protected] TEL;TYPE=CELL:0651424170 CATEGORIES:NewGroup,Test Group N:Contact;Test;;; BDAY:20190227T144137 END:VCARD

2. Import the contact with the simple contacts app, by clicking the top-right options button and selecting 'Import contacts from a .vcf file'.
3. The contact appears correctly, including added groups etc. so far so good!
4. Now export the contact from the same top-right menu selecting 'Export contacts to a .vcf file'.
5. Select a folder + press OK.
6. Select the contact source which has the contact we just imported.
7. Export.
8. Open the file with any text editor, which produces (only a fragment shown):

... BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 PRODID:ez-vcard 0.10.5 N:Contact;Test END:VCARD ...

This final exported file shows only contacts in this format, so it does not include any additional information which should be in there (phone numbers, dates, etc.).

On an additional note, if I select the note by holding it down, clicking share and share it with Nextcloud (which produces a .vcf file), it produces the following file:

BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 PRODID:ez-vcard 0.10.5 N:Contact;Test TEL;TYPE=CELL:0651424170 EMAIL;TYPE=HOME:[email protected] BDAY:2019-02-27 END:VCARD

Which does show all the correct information, except for the groups (but this might be intended behavior).

If there is any additional information I can provide, please ask!

v3.5.3 from F-Droid, Nokia 6.1, Android 8.1.

Exporting a contact who is part of a group does not export any group-related data. Importing that contact from the exported file does not add them to the groups they were part of.

(I can see how this can be troublesome in the case of exporting to share a contact with others...but it leaves a user with no way to backup group information, which takes a lot of effort to add for a big phonebook.)

This might be a shortcoming of the vCard format, seeing as the Google contacts app demonstrated the same behavior.

Hi,

I found out, the app maybe has problems importing vcard/vcf-files when there is a BDAY-line in it. Initially I tried to import a vcard2.1 file and it came the discrete error on the screen mentioned in the title. For testing purpose I created a new contact (with a birthday entry) with the app and exported it. It was a vcard3.0 file and after trying to reimport it, there was the same error.

On my android-7.1 phone the app does not show any contact data except the error message

• IllegalStateException: accountName must not be null

I am using v 3.1.1 downloaded from izzy-soft fdroid repository

My phone is moto x play . Stock android 7.1 . My phone uses google contact app and it's dialer. So if i disable my default contacts app and try to use yours, then your app will not work, means it will not import contacts/will not show contacts.

The problem is my default contact app and dailer app are linked . So I need to disable my dailer app also . Then only your app will work in my phone.

If I do that then there is no way to dail a phone call.

So it will be helpful if you create dailer app for this contact app. A seperate dialer app is perfect.

Hello!

Once again, thank you for providing the apps for free, the private contacts lists is a great idea. I wanna report a serious bug regarding contact management in Contacts 6.21.0 Pro. How to reproduce the problem:

1. Create two contacts with the same name, for instance first name = A, last name = X (so it appears in the top of the list), one with only the phone number and the other with just an email
2. Edit the second contact and add a phone number
3. Delete the first one with only the phone number
4. Result: both contacts are gone

This is a serious problem, I hope this can be fixed soon.

Regards

I'm on MM, and this app is the only contact/phone app on the ROM I'm running. Since you removed call history, I can not access my call history at all anymore. Any way it could be incorporated as a toggled page like the other 3?

nokia6 android 7.1.2 SC 4.0.0

hello, today i upgraded Simple Contacts to version 4.0.0 and upon opening the app all content is disappeared.

Tabs contacts, favorites and groups are all empty. Any way to debug and/or restore this?

The default android contact app still has a copy of my contacts.

Since (one of) the last updates names are not shown when opening a contact and when editing the contact they disappear completely. Quite a critical bug I would say.

I have my contacts in the app but the only option is phone storage which is not visible by other apps, notably whatsapp. How do i allow whatsapp to see my contacts so I get names instead of phone numbers

Hello I'm fasing the issue that it's not possible to store new contacts to the device so that all other apps (like the aosp contact app or signal) can show / import them. The only option to choose where to save the contacts are "OpenKeyChain and Phone stoarage (not visible by other apps)". Also contacts that I created with the default app are not displayed in simple-contacts. It looks like the app is not accessing the contacts storage. I gave it all needed permissions and set the filter correctly. All my Signal contacts though are listet in simple contacts.

App: 6.12.0 (F-Droid) OS: GrapheneOS (Android 10)

Hi,

I am a experienced programmer and fan of simple mobile tools.

I would like to support you and implement the following features for SimpleContacts: .) Add FullName field (FN field of vCards as distinct editable field with autolink to structured fields) .) Add structured address fields (rather than cramming all address information into the street field) .) Switching between portrait and landscape mode while editing a contact should not reset all changes already made .) Leaving the edit dialog using the "back arrow" should offer a choice to save or discard all changes made (rather than simply discarding them) .) If a contact contains organisational information, the item information should still be read .) Use more display formats for names in the main tab than just "start with last name yes/no" .) Smarter selection of characters for placeholder character (Sir Elton Hercules John, HC, CBE should be 'E' (start names with first name) or 'J' (start names with last name) but not 'S')

Are you interested?

Regards, Roland Lieger

Environment:

• Android 8.1.0
• Funtouch OS (Vivo phone 1718)
• Simple Contact v6.22.0 pro

Steps to reproduce:

1. I select only my main-phonebook in the phonebook-filter (Menu -> Filter) and deselect e.g. the Signal-messanger-phonebook.
2. Then I set a contact as favorite (via the star).

Actual result:

• Favorites now shows 2 entries from this contact: one from the main phonebook and one from the Signal phonebook.

Expected result:

• The main phonebook entry is displayed.
• The Signal entry is not displayed.

Question ;) Is this a bug?

main phonebook entry

signal phonebook entry

favorites tab

phonebook filter

When a contact is stored in the "Phone storage (not visible by other apps)" section and than shifted to "Local Contacts" by editing its storage location, the contact's image is deleted and lost. This doesn't happen the other way round (i.e. vice versa).

The "Local Contacts" I'm using are realized by "MyLocalAccount" (available in the Google Play Store, by "FJ Softwaredevelopment"). This useful app generates and offers a local account not being synchronized to the data-hungry Google servers.

I'm currently running ArrowOS 11. "Simple Contact's" version is 6.21.1 Pro from the F-Droid repo.

The AOSP contacts app, when invoked by other apps to choose a contact for an email address or phone number, shows one selectable row for each address or number (that is, a contact will appear multiple times, one for each entry within their contact record).

Simple Contacts only lists the contacts themselves, and appears to default to the first address or number, with no way of choosing a secondary one. This is particularly inconvenient when entries are not in any sorted order, as this means old contact details for a lot of my contacts become the default here.

Similarly to how Simple Gallery and Simple File Manager have settings to protect deleting pictures & files, it would be a nice setting here as well.