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Rename microG Google account entry

  • /e/ version: all
  • Device model: all
  • Reproducible with the last /e/ version: yes
  • Reproducible with LineageOS: -

Summary

The Google Account entries are quite confusing for users. If he wants to sync his mail and contacts, he will not know which one he has to select.

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This improvement concerns

  • UI
  • Behavior
  • Privacy

Description

What is the current behavior?

There is three choices for the Google account:

  • Capture_du_2020-05-13_09-14-49 for microG
  • Capture_du_2020-05-13_09-15-01 for the Google Account sync
  • Capture_du_2020-05-13_09-15-09 for the Google account Address book sync

But in fact, most of users only should use the second one.

Problem is today they will click on the first one by default, as it is the first one labelled "Google" in the list.

What is the improved behavior?

We should rename the microG Google Account into Google microG.

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What does it bring?

  1. Users will only get one Google account entry, the one to sync their mail, contact and Calendar
  2. The first Google entry which show up is the one for Google Account sync Capture_du_2020-05-13_09-15-01

Examples

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