Android integration
rienpas
I would like to know whether this is a way to integrate the lipsync
as part of Android, so that one can 'background sync' the Android
contacts and calendar (or even docs) back onto the server.
Why won't I use Google Apps or DropBox?
I have a perfectly good server running postfix/dovecot/apache that I
have used for years. It has plenty of free disc space and processor
cycles that could be better served running my own cloud services. The
other reason is that I won't trust a third party company with my data.
Especially when one of these is a marketing and advertising company ;)
I know very little about Android other than daily use. I imagine
that an account has to be defined and linked into the O/S with
permissions to modify the sqlite database in much the same way a
Facebook, myspace or Gmail account can modify the contacts and
calendar. Some how a way to check-in and check-out documents would be
useful in much the same way one does in CVS.
Has this been discussed? If so, then I would be grateful for a link
to the discussion.
Best regards, a.h.g.
phil cryer
> as part of Android, so that one can 'background sync' the Android
> contacts and calendar (or even docs) back onto the server.
To be honest, I don't know, and I don't have an Android (or iPhone!)
cellphone to test things out on. *IF* things like rsync and an ssh
client are available for it, then it could work, I'm just not sure how
much Linux it allows you to use as a normal user. Perhaps someone with
an Android could pipe up? I suspect there has to be a way. From a
cursory Google search I see rsync clients for Android:
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&client=ubuntu&channel=cs&ie=UTF-8&q=rsync+on+android
The first one even lists an rsync command, so it looks like it's a
wrapper similar to lipsync:
rsync -Pavz --no-g --no-p --no-numeric-ids \
xx.xx.xx.xx::sdcard/ --delete ~/htcmagic/backup/
It's writing to an sdcard, so if you could use SSH in the rsync
options '-e=ssh' or similar, I think it would work. Has anyone set
this up? Would love to have the install script auto detect if you were
on Linux on i386/x64, ARM or even OSX and react accordingly - would be
super slick if all the other files would 'just work' on any platform
too.
If you'd like to test it out, see if you have rsync client
(could/should just be part of Linux?) and an ssh client...then if you
are able to issue commands we can try a simple rsync line like above
and go from there. Thanks for writing in!
P
Sergio Kokouvi AFANOU
I developped some applications on android. I'm not an profesionnal but
a can work on android.
I did a quick check on android rsync. It's looks like a good project
and application.
Android has a linux lightweight kernel and the applications are
running in virtual marchines. I need to check whether the
communication from the application to the core system is the same on a
desktop, that the connectivity is not a big issue and try to flesh out
specifications for an lipsync application on android.
Before that, we need to finish some improvements on desktop/laptops.
Any help on this will be greatly appreciated (I mean, if there is
other android developpers ...)
@rienpas : Did you test the rsyncdroid application ?
Cheers,
On 19 avr, 17:09, phil cryer <p...@cryer.us> wrote:
> > I would like to know whether this is a way to integrate the lipsync
> > as part of Android, so that one can 'background sync' the Android
> > contacts and calendar (or even docs) back onto the server.
>
> To be honest, I don't know, and I don't have an Android (or iPhone!)
> cellphone to test things out on. *IF* things like rsync and an ssh
> client are available for it, then it could work, I'm just not sure how
> much Linux it allows you to use as a normal user. Perhaps someone with
> an Android could pipe up? I suspect there has to be a way. From a
phil cryer
<afanou...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I developped some applications on android. I'm not an profesionnal but
> a can work on android.
> I did a quick check on android rsync. It's looks like a good project
> and application.
sounds great Sergio, looking forward to what you can find out - let
me/us know if we can do anything to help. Since it can run in a VM, is
there a dev environment we could install in Virtualbox or something?
That might make it easier for others to try out/test.
P
Sergio AFANOU
Sergio
phil cryer
for someone to test if I could. Just let me know.
Thanks
P