Email Address Auto-complete problem

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1

I have two problems.

The first is that when I am typing an email address, in this case when I am sending something to msaroff@axxx.com, it converts to the iconified after the a after the @ before I can type the rest.

So it goes from msaroff@a to msplusa-icon before I can type the x (or whatever)

Additionally, once it is in there as the iconified email address, I CANNOT EDIT IT.

I can delete, and attempt to retype the email (I literally need to enter in garbage to prevent the auto-complete until I am done), but I cannot edit the email once it is iconified.

I would note that I have a large number of msaroff@ email addresses, and I don’t mind it suggesting an alternative, but autocompleting to an UNEDITABLE email address is very real problem.

Sonim XP-8 running Android 8.1 using the Gboard keyboard.

2

From your description it sounds like this bug: https://github.com/k9mail/k-9/issues/2829

You could give the beta version a go. It doesn’t contain this bug.

3

I have found a work around, I type it into the subject, cut it, and then paste it into the to: field.

Also, why can’t email address be edited once it is “iconified”?

4

There’s no good reason for it. It’s something that is hard to do with the software library we’re currently using to display the “recipient boxes”. Fixing this is definitely on our To-Do list.