Can't save contacts with Google Contacts

[johan.cb]

I am facing the same issue with a Pixel 3a running the preview of Android 11.

Together with Nextcloud 19.0.0 my calendars are syncing perfectly but I am unable to create contacts with DAVx⁵ in the Google Contacts app, as the account does not appear anymore in the selection list.

What king of information could I provide to help you debug this?

[rfc2822]

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[rfc2822]

Is this maybe the same problem as https://forums.bitfire.at/topic/2334/can-t-add-contact-in-google-contacts-on-android-11-beta and related to Google Contacts?

Can you try another contacts app, for instance Simple Contacts?

[rfc2822]

Is this maybe the same as https://forums.bitfire.at/topic/2333/save-contact-to-on-note10/ and rather related to Google Contacts instead of Android 11?

I can’t reproduce the problem in the emulator with the same Android version: 11 (RPB1.200504.020) and com.android.contacts 1.7.31.

Can you try another contacts app, for instance Simple Contacts?t

[rfc2822]

Two threads merged. We have also received this related tweet:

https://twitter.com/one_solo/status/1280443556105240576

hello, just found out that w/ the latest Google Contacts (v3.26.2.316952635) my carddav account doesn’t show anymore under the picker accounts. I reverted to an old version and it shows normally

[rfc2822]

This seems to only affect

• Android 11, in combination with
• the latest Google Contacts app, which has been marked as “compatible with Android 11” (targetSdkLevel=30).

In Android 11, apps which are marked as compatible with Android 11 can’t see other apps anymore, unless they use one of these methods: https://developer.android.com/preview/privacy/package-visibility#all-apps

Google Contacts doesn’t use any of these methods, so it doesn’t see DAVx⁵ anymore, so it can’t contacts to it.

This should be fixed in Google Contacts, and I hope they will do it.

[Thomas Birke]

@rfc2822 said in Can't save contacts with Google Contacts:

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Google Contacts doesn’t use any of these methods, so it doesn’t see DAVx⁵ anymore, so it can’t contacts to it.
This should be fixed in Google Contacts, and I hope they will do it.

I agree that something has changed in Google Contacts, but it does see other apps providing calendar data (e.g. “Nine - Email & Calendar” - target API 28) just fine. So it might be a bug in Google Calendar but probably also might have something to do with DAVx⁵

[rfc2822]

@Thomas-Birke said in Can't save contacts with Google Contacts:

So it might be a bug in Google Calendar but probably also might have something to do with DAVx⁵

I assume you mean Google Contacts?

So you can still add contacts using Google Contacts into a “Nine - Email & Calendar” account?

[Thomas Birke]

@rfc2822 said in Can't save contacts with Google Contacts:

@Thomas-Birke said in Can't save contacts with Google Contacts:

So it might be a bug in Google Calendar but probably also might have something to do with DAVx⁵

I assume you mean Google Contacts?

Indeed… Google Contacts of course.

So you can still add contacts using Google Contacts into a “Nine - Email & Calendar” account?

Yes, I can edit and/or add contacts in “Nine” perfectly fine. “Nine” has been updated yesterday, but the changelog doesn’t mention anything regarding this topic…

Sidenote: syncing calendar data both ways works just fine with both DAVx⁵ as well as Nine…

[rfc2822]

Maybe because Nine doesn’t have to use two different account types? But who knows, Google Contacts is not open-source

And I wonder how other contacts apps will solve that problem as soon as they have targetSdkLevel=30, because I don’t know how it could work, except by changing the Android system again or getting the QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES permission.

We will see… I’m quite sure that it’s not related to DAVx⁵; but if there is new information, please post it here.

[one_solo]

@rfc2822 it was me that send that tweet. I further investigate, and with Contacts v3.25 https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/google-contacts/google-contacts-3-25-3-314396553-release/google-contacts-3-25-3-314396553-2-android-apk-download/ although it’s already target A11 Api30, but it still shows contacts from davx5. The only problem right now is with Contacts v3.26 that doesn’t show them.

Or it’s a bug or it was made on purpose

[one_solo]

Still the same on the newest released v3.27