There is not much more to say. I'd like to be able to see my gmail contacts in the contacts section of Evolution. I'm going to change them only from gmail, so a read-only solution will work.
What I really want is to be able to access my Android phone-book (stored on gmail) without retrieving my cellular from my pockets. Yes, I'm that lazy.
You could just use the gmail web client.
Or you can go into evolution and add your google account as an address book: