Synchronising only contacts data via ActiveSync/z-push on Android (ActiveSync/Exchange/GMail app)

[Michael Biebl]

Hi,

I’d like to use ActiveSync/z-push to sync contact data from a CardDAV server to Android devices. The motivation for this is, that Android does not have native CardDAV support, bug ActiveSync support (via Exchange account) is builtin.

Im my case, I don’t provide a full-blown Exchange server. When setting up the Exchange account, I can only disable the automatic sync of emails and calendar data. In the GMail app, it does show me a (non-functional) email account though.

Is it somehow possible to use ActiveSync to only sync contact data and tell Android to not create an associated email account?

I asked the same question at https://forum.kopano.io/topic/873/synchronising-only-contacts-data-via-activesync-z-push-on-android and was told to ask this question in an android forum. I hope this is the right place. If not, I'd appreciate if you can tell me, where I can find the appropriate forum/bug tracker/etc. to raise this question.

Regards and thanks in advance,

Michael