CardDav (contacts) support

kugiigi

I agree on this. We need good support for owncloud/nextcloud. Someone has to take a stand on this and accept the challenge
If I'm capable, I'd do it. Sadly I'm not

geekvine

I've been working with the Nextcloud API for Newsie this past week so i can take a look, but my time is very limited until the end of the year so no promises on anything any time soon

poVoq

So I had a closer look at the upstream situation as @mardy has pointed out. Sadly it seems that there is a bigger version incompatibility with the system SailfishOS is using and given the total lack of activity on that part since several months it doesn't look like waiting for upstream to catch up is going to work.

Any other suggestions given that forking upstream is probably not feasible right now? Is there maybe a way to utilize the already implemented google api in a creative way? Edit: or maybe easier: make a small app as a frontend for SyncEvolution similar to this one for Maemo: https://openrepos.net/content/holgern/syncevolution-gui
Edit: apparently are is a newer GUI for SailfishOS: https://openrepos.net/content/ovekaaven/syncevolution
See also: https://wied.it/blog/caldav-and-carddav-sync-with-jolla-phone-syncevolution-and-zimbra-zcs-owncloud-and-ssl.html

poVoq

Found the source code: https://github.com/accumulator/syncevolution-sailfish

tommiedom

@kalle-kruse said in CardDav (contacts) support:

@mardy Thanks for the reply. I am using an Owncloud server in my home network and got syncevolution on my ubuntuphone working as described in this blog post: http://notyetthere.org/syncing-ubuntu-touch-with-owncloud-or-any-carddav-server/

I also got syncevolution working, previously with Owncloud, currently with Synology's built-in carddav and caldav server.

This is not user-friendly, because i had to manually type all syncevolution configuration codes via Terminal on my ub phone :s

Adding generic caldav accounts is fixed in Calendar app now, but adding generic carddav accounts would be great

I can help with translations. Testing is possible, but it's also my daily driver, so it mustn't break anything serious..

Thatoo

Update on carddav subject makes me happy!
I keep hoping that feature to be added soon to UT OS to allow non dev users to switch to it.
Syncing contact [to nextcloud] as easily as syncing calendar is the missing feature for working environment.

poVoq

I just found this:
https://github.com/UT-ilities/UTouch_CalDAV_and_CardDAV_synchronization

Still a shell-script, but might make things a bit easier

Thatoo

Hopefully

obacht

I just returned after a few months pause to check out OTA 11:
without native carddav support implemented for contacts (google goes without words) or generic carddav in accounts (system settings) UT is no daily driver option for me. I´ll give it another try in six months or so ...

poVoq

@obacht said in CardDav (contacts) support:

I just returned after a few months pause to check out OTA 11:
without native carddav support implemented for contacts (google goes without words) or generic carddav in accounts (system settings) UT is no daily driver option for me. I´ll give it another try in six months or so ...

Try the script I linked above, with Nextcloud at least it should work fine. But I guess since Nextcloud uses a fairly standard CardDAV implementation, others might work as well.

Not ideal I agree, as it requires some text file editing... but not really difficult either.

obacht

@poVoq
from what I know you need to run your own server in order to use nextcloud, isn`t that the case?

elastic

@obacht said in CardDav (contacts) support:

@poVoq
from what I know you need to run your own server in order to use nextcloud, isn`t that the case?

It works with every carddav server - you just need to configure syncevolution via script or terminal - I wrote a howto for ownbay a long time ago which I could provide - you'll 'just' have to adapt the server an credentials to your needs... It's in German but according to your user name ;-)...

AppLee

@obacht No, you have online free (or paid) services based on Nextcloud.

Lakotaubp

@obacht I use a free service from the good cloud. Nextcloud will give you options when you are setting up.

obacht

@Lakotaubp @AppLee
that´s new to me, I´ll look into that, Thanks!
@elastic
you´re right, german is my mother tongue I am not into scripting and stuff but I might come back to you and ask for your howto if I change my mind

poVoq

So qtcontacts-sqlite seems to have landed in a branch:

https://github.com/ubports/address-book-app/commit/db8681e0e694a03d6c95632dabb4910719925c95

@mardy great to see some further progress on this. You think CardDAV might make it for OTA12?

Thatoo

it's a very old commit unfortunately, the 3 Nov 2018 ... but yeah, would be great.

poVoq

@Thatoo said in CardDav (contacts) support:

it's a very old commit unfortunately, the 3 Nov 2018 ... but yeah, would be great.

Old PR but only now merged, so there is definitly some recent movement:
https://github.com/ubports/address-book-app/commits/xenial_-_mercontacts

Thatoo

@poVoq you're right! So good to read that! Thanks for pointing it out (why didn't I get notification for your answer and I discover it now only? I have to check that out).

Thatoo

Would it be possible to have a following of this issue somewhere?
More and more people are syncing their contacts with clouds like nextcloud and they rely on such feature.
It is not possible to offer professional to switch to UT without this feature.

An issue is open here ; https://github.com/ubports/address-book-app/issues/3
and an other here : https://github.com/ubports/sync-monitor/issues/9
and commits have been made in here https://github.com/ubports/address-book-app/commits/xenial_-_mercontacts but none have been merged.

I feel like this feature isn't considered very important by devs (I guess they have no problem with the script) and I respect their work and choice between priorities. However today, I don't feel good. I follow UT project since it has started, I'm asking for this feature for long, long before Canonical gave up and I kept asking for it for the past three years.

I supported Firefox OS...
I supported UT...
I bought BraveHearyt Pinephone to do testing, and now a PineTab for my mum. Can I ask my mum to sync her contacts with our nextcloud using a script? Seriously?
I don't see why this very basic, important widely used feature is so considered as a leftover and in Q&A it is always question about MIR, Lomiri and other very very specific geeky things that not my mum, no other daily users need.