element-hq / element-hq/element-ios

Local contacts are not recognised by their MXID

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A-Invitations O-Uncommon S-Minor T-Enhancement Z-Spaces-Testing
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Description

### Steps to reproduce

1. Where are you starting? What can you see?
-I have a contact saved in my phone with their MXID like so:
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/18530109/160612131-b1f8a584-e3f5-4b37-a051-96878b5ada54.png)

2. What do you click?
-I go to an existing space and tap Invite people:
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/18530109/160612431-6ed000cb-c0be-40b6-81b9-4f54a7b5f005.png)

3. More steps…
-I turn on the "Matrix users only" filter
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/18530109/160612582-9e1c5741-2507-4694-99ea-53d9e2624828.png)

### Outcome

#### What did you expect?
I expected that contact to be recognised by their MXID.
#### What happened instead?
The contact is only recognised by their email address.

### Your phone model

iPhone 11 Pro

### Operating system version

iOS 15.4

### Application version

1.8.9 (20220328134736)

### Homeserver

matrix.org

### Will you send logs?

No

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