Sync devices using Syncthing

[yerc]

Describe the solution you'd like
I would like NotallyX to sync between my phone and tablet locally using Syncthing https://syncthing.net/

Additional context
For this to happen an app has to save its data files in a user-accessible folder. Syncthing will then synchronize the folder in one device (example phone) with the same app's data files in another device (example tablet).

Thanks for adding features I was hoping Notally had.

[ippocratis]

You can sync you backup folder with it.
You can even backup to a WebDAV mount.

Also have in mind that syncthing for android development is stale.

[Crustack]

As you proposed I would consider configuring whether the app uses the apps internal storage or some user-specified folder on the device. That would enable you as @ippocratis said to use syncthing, WebDAV or whatever to sync the files between devices.
What I dont want is to manually add service-specific integrations, since maintaining it would take a lot of effort

[yerc]

Thanks @PhilKes for considering to allow user the choice between app internal storage and user-specified folder for my proposal to happen. I know I can do backups which can be restored elsewhere, but that does not make the devices in sync. For what it's worth, Syncthing on Android lives on thanks to Syncthing-fork.

[Crustack]

@yerc As far as I can see its not directly possible to move the Database (RoomDatabase) out of the app-specific storage into any user-picked folder. Would it be sufficient if you can choose to either use the app's internal storage or the app's external storage (e.g. /storage/emulated/0/Android/media/com.philkes.notallyx) which the user can access directly?

[yerc]

Thanks @PhilKes. As the user can access /storage/emulated/0/Android/media/com.philkes.notallyx, moving the Database to this location should make it possible to sync NotallyX between devices through Syncthing.

[jawsh207]

Just opened a similar issue, except I am using Syncthing to sync between Android and Debian 12. No note app I've directed at the folder seems to be able to detect anything on the Linux side tho. Any solutions to this? What kind of database is being used by NotallyX to store the notes?

[ippocratis]

NotallyX is not a multiplatform note app

You cant use the exported database as is in another note app on a different platform

Database is an encrypted sqlite

[jawsh207]

NotallyX is not a multiplatform note app

You cant use the exported database as is in another note app on a different platform

Database is an encrypted sqlite

I'm aware it isn't multiplatform. That wasn't my question. But I've since learned that this isn't really an issue with NotallyX, it's an issue with note apps on Android general. Or not am issue, depending on how you look at it. In order to do what I need would take a note app that saves each note individually as as a txt file or markdown so I could sync and open under Linux as well. I'm not aware of anything that allows this.

[ippocratis]

In order to do what I need would take a note app that saves each note individually as as a txt file or markdown so I could sync and open under Linux as well. I'm not aware of anything that allows this.

You can export your notallyx notes as plain text,PDF,json,html