K9 does not pull all contacts from contacts app (e.g., exchange accounts in contacts)

[doctorjei]

Checklist

• I have used the search function to see if someone else has already submitted the same bug report.
• I will describe the problem with as much detail as possible.

App version

6.804

Where did you get the app from?

Google Play

Android version

12

Device model

Pixel 3a

Steps to reproduce

1. Add an exchange account to GMail
2. in contacts app, select new exchange account (upper right corner)
3. Search for a contact not in the local account list, but in the Exchange GAL (to verify it exists)
4. In K9, compose new email
5. Touch three dots in upper right corner to open menu
6. Select "add from contacts"
7. Search for same contact previously searched in contacts app

Expected behavior

The contact from the GAL should appear

Actual behavior

The contact from the GAL is not found

Additional Info

Please note that this is not requesting AES or AWS support - just for K9 to look at existing contacts.

This may be due to K9 defaulting to the "main" contact account (as there doesn't appear to be any way to change the account to search from). So, it may actually be a feature request - but there is no indication of which account (if any) is being used to pull contacts.

[cketti]

The "Add from contacts" menu option opens the contacts app to select a contact. If that doesn't show the "GAL contacts", that's an issue with the contacts app, not K-9 Mail.

[doctorjei]

But it does show up in the contacts app when directly directly invoked; that's the issue.

I suppose it's possible that there is no way for another application to open the more general dialog or the Contacts app. I'll try to investigate that and follow up.

[doctorjei]

I have confirmed that from the Android phone app (Pixel 3a, Android 10), search also searches from other accounts (not just the primary / default), including directories. Here's how I get that result:

1. Touch the "contacts" tab on the bottom right
2. search for a contact only in the directory (GAL for Exchange)
3. The contact appears

I will continue digging, but this does show at least that other applications can get to this data.