Look at acal, it is available on the market, and in fDroid repository. Its wiki is here; http://acal.me/wiki/Main_Page I don't know about functionality as i don't use it.
sent from a mobile device On Jan 4, 2012 9:15 AM, "David C. Rank > > Devs, All, > > First post, long-time open-source/Linux dev. Recently I acquired an Ideapad (Android 3.1) tablet which is my first Android device. Although the interface took a bit of getting used to, I was happy to find a familiar filesystem running underneath. After a day of integrating the tablet into our local system, there were a few shortcomings that became apparent that I would like to discuss and get a handle on the state of development. > > The shortcomings being the lack of native ability to connect to CalDAV, CardDAV (or groupdav for both) systems for seamless integration with calendar and contact (notes, todos, etc..) systems. The primary open-source information handling system I run into is eGroupWare which offers this functionality. (see: http://community.egroupware.org/index.php?wikipage=GroupDAV) [Fn 1] On IOS, the bidirectional communication with calendar, contact, note and todo information via groupdav was nearly automatic as far back as 4.2.x. I would like to see this capability in Android. > > This bidirectional ability should be provided at the Android OS level as opposed to at the application level. Calendar and contact management should also not be limited to google calendar and contact functionality as there are many professions governed by privacy and confidentiality laws that cannot be satisfied by net based storage where server location may lay outside the jurisdictional limits of the U.S. (attorney/client, physician/patient, HIPAA/medical, etc...) That is why the ability to securely interface with existing DAV installations is fundamental, and a necessary capability for Android on mobile devices. > > Currently from an application level, CardDAV-Sync free beta ( https://market.android.com/details?id=org.dmfs.carddav.sync) is the only open-source contact application I could find for android that provides a partial (read-only unidirectional) solution. It however doesn't seem to provide a tested mechanism for contact entry on Android and update/sync of the server backend of only contacts in the CardDav account created on the tablet. (that is also a critical capability) > > On the calendar side, I have found NO open-source calDAV implementation in any calendar app in the market. There seem to be a few paid apps that advertise CalDAV capability, but none that I have been able to test. > > Additionally, the note/to-do list/info-log capabilities, that are usually imap based, seem missing in Android 3.1. While this can be reached through a browser application, the functionality should be native in Android OS. That is what really adds a "polished" appearance to the mobile OS. > > Since all the information for CalDAV, CardDAV (groupdav) and notes/to-do/info-log is basic web-based communication, it seems that implementation wouldn't be an insurmountable task. > > Dont' get me wrong, I'm not complaining about Android, I think it is fantastic, I'm simply trying to figure out what the current state of implementing this functionality is, and what I may be able to do to help? > > What say the experts on this stuff? > > If needed, and if it will help, I have CalDAV and CardDAV backends I can make available for testing and don't mind doing so. Just let me know what is needed and I'll be glad to follow up. Great job with the OS so far! > > Footnotes: > > [Fn 1] See http://www.egroupware.org/forum#nabble-td3142052 for related discussion of IOS/egroupware integration configs and development issues solved. > > -- > David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en.
