On Tue, 2016-02-02 at 11:03 +0000, Wayne Ward wrote: > Could you not use owncloud for the sync imalready using this fine > with ubuntu touch :)
Uhh, no... I use OwnCloud to sync contacts/calendars. How would OwnCloud file sync know how to sync settings and such from certain apps? That would require a moderately complex and hacky solution, which I believe would also require making the phone writeable (not recommended). > On 02/02/16 10:51, Sam Bull wrote: > > On Tue, 2016-02-02 at 10:55 +0100, Christian Dywan wrote: > > > I'd be very happy to see this work being picked up if there's > > > enough > > > interest, especially with concrete use cases to solve, as looking > > > back the original API was not written in the best possible way, > > > especially the Synchronizer. > > It sounds like a good idea for synchronising/backing up small bits > > of > > app data. As mentioned, syncing ebooks or locations in ebooks for > > an > > ebook reader. Other ideas: syncing a list of RSS feeds for the > > Shorts > > app, locations/settings for the Weather app, tasks/notes for the > > notes > > and tasks apps, playlists for the Music app, settings for any app, > > and > > so on. > > > > Ideally, I would expect the API to be simply storing data through > > U1db.Database or similar. I would expect the sync to be handled > > through > > online accounts, and can be enabled/disabled in the same way I can > > give/remove permissions to apps for the microphone and camera. > > > > This would mean that apps support syncing by default (by just > > storing > > data in a U1db.Database), and never need to add any code to > > explicitly > > support syncing, with all the UI work that would need to go with > > that. > > > > If there are concerns of storage limits for syncing, perhaps a > > single > > Document in the database can be the 'sync' document, and would have > > a > > predefined size limit (e.g. 100KB or 1MB), and that Document would > > be > > automatically synced with no extra effort from the app. > > > > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
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