Sync desktop notes with mobile (not the other way around)

[fladd]

It appears that we can now sync special mobile notes with the Desktop.

However, I think most users want the other way around. Most of us already have notes on the desktop (already synced with Dropbox), and we want to be able to see (an edit) these notes on mobile.

[kohei-takata]

Hi @fladd , thanks for your opening issue!
I want to see other's opinion.

[jarhill0]

I agree. I was sorely disappointed when I tried out this new feature. My ideal use-case is that I can jot things down on my phone when I am on the go, and they will sync back to my computer for editing later. Being unable to create or even edit notes on mobile makes this feel like a half-baked feature.

That said, I appreciate the progress that the boostnote team is making, and I hope that it will continue so that notes can be synced both ways.

[sakaiyoshiki-dev]

I love boostnote, and agree the @jarhill0 's opinion;

My ideal use-case is that I can jot things down on my phone when I am on the go, and they will sync back to my computer for editing later.

[drmason13]

As a new user, I was going to assume that this was how mobile sync would work.

As others have said, creating and editing notes that sync back to the desktop is much more useful. I do think syncing needs to be bidirectional to allow this to work properly: view up to date notes on mobile, note an idea down and have it synced to desktop to edit and refine. The next day the refined notes are on your phone to review.

How do we make this happen?

[dgoosens]

as @jarhill0 said:

My ideal use-case is that I can jot things down on my phone when I am on the go, and they will sync back to my computer for editing later.

[kohei-takata]

Thanks @jarhill0 @skyshk @drmason13 @dgoosens !
We plan to develop a feature of create and edit notes in mobile and sync it by Dropbox API.
PRs are welcome!

[r0bbie]

@kohei-takata While it's great news a proper sync feature is planned, could I kindly request that this not be dependent on Dropbox as the only syncing option? Adopting an open standard such as WebDAV syncing would allow people to sync from Nextcloud/ownCloud installations (including their own self-hosted instances), and not tie them to using one particular proprietary service. I'd imagine Boostnote users, at least some of whom will have been attracted to the app due to being open source among other reasons - as I was, would find this feature particularly important.

[dgoosens]

hey @r0bbie checkout #63

[r0bbie]

@dgoosens Looks promising, thanks!

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[aroraayush]

Created from Boostnote Mac App:
createdAt: "2018-07-05T15:15:01.701Z" updatedAt: "2018-07-05T15:16:35.067Z" type: "SNIPPET_NOTE" folder: "b17645945be9a63b61f9" title: "test" description: "test" snippets: [ { name: "" mode: "text" content: "" } ] tags: [] isStarred: false isTrashed: true

Created from Boostnote Android App:
'type': 'MARKDOWN_NOTE' 'folder': 'b17645945be9a63b61f9' 'title': 'demoText' 'content': 'demoText' 'tags': [] 'isStarred': false 'isTrashed': false 'createdAt': '2018-07-05T15:08:49.003Z' 'updatedAt': '2018-07-05T15:09:27.915Z'

Why is the metadata of different type??
Boostnote android app cannot read notes created from that of macOS app and vice-a-versa

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