Since iOS17, Contact Sharing is having problems. All the selected fields of a selected contact are not transmitted. Only name and phone numbers are transmitted. Other details, such as second phone number or email ID, though selected to be shared, are not included in the shared data. Please refer to the below image.
iPhone 12, iOS 18
Continue holding your devices near each other until NameDrop appears on both screens. Choose to share your contact card and receive the other person's, or to ...
Use NameDrop on iPhone to share your contact info
Contacts on iPhones and smartphones are not stored locally but are synchronized with email accounts. The primary storage is on the email server, with a local copy on the device for offline access. Syncing allows changes made on any device to be updated across all connected devices. You can sync contacts with various email providers, enabling access from multiple devices. This method ensures convenience and seamless management of contacts across platforms.
When you add and enable the Contacts feature on your iPhone, it provides you with the ability to sync your contacts with a specific email account. This email account can be from various providers such as Google, iCloud, AOL, Exchange, Outlook, Yahoo, or any Other email client server that supports contact synchronization.
Please see the pic below for a better understanding...
What is your default Contacts account?
SuperPatience wrote:
You are missing the point.
Please refer to the image I shared.
When 4 data field from the Contact are selected for sharing,
why don't they appear in the second image?
Sharing a gmail contact via whatsapp is not an iOS problem, sorry.
Update to iOS 26.1
My contacts are synced with my GMail Account.
This problem has cropped up after iOS17.
Earlier it was working fine.
Name drop does not help, as I am sharing contact remotely over WhatsApp.
Get help from Gmail and Whatsapp maybe?
You are missing the point.
Please refer to the image I shared.
When 4 data field from the Contact are selected for sharing,
why don't they appear in the second image?
iOS17 Contact Sharing Problem.
