Homogenise filenames of manual exports and automatic backups
Checklist
- [X] I made sure that there are no existing issues - open or closed - to which I could contribute my information.
- [X] I made sure that there are no existing discussions - open or closed - to which I could contribute my information.
- [X] I have read the FAQs inside the app (Menu -> About -> FAQs), in the README and my problem isn't listed.
- [X] I have taken the time to fill in all the required details. I understand that the bug report may get dismissed otherwise.
- [X] This issue contains only one feature request.
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Which apps should have this feature?
No response
Feature description
Preamble
Originally, the context of this feature request was for the Contact app: https://github.com/FossifyOrg/Contacts/issues/89
I do not use all the Fossify applications, but the context of this request can/should be applied to all Fossify applications.
Currently
The filenames of automatic backup use the following format:
Contacts_YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS.vcf
and the filenames of manual export use the following format:
contacts_YYYY_MM_DD_HH_MM_SS.vcf
Feature request
Could you please update both format so only one is used? This one is compact and fine:
Contacts_YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS.vcf
Or, eventually, like other applications do, use one format but with one "marker" to differentiate them, for instance:
// From automatic backup
Auto_Contacts_YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS.vcf
// From manual exports
User_Contacts_YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS.vcf
Manual_Contacts_YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS.vcf
Thank you.
Why do you want this feature?
It would improve readability when listing and sorting these files.
Additional information
I believe this situation also affects other (all?) Fossify applications.
Issue (re)created from https://github.com/FossifyOrg/Contacts/issues/89 .
This feature request partially relates to https://github.com/orgs/FossifyOrg/discussions/106 ,
but they don't exactly have the same goal (hence the no existing discussions checked in the checklist).
uhh, i know this might not be the right place to ask or the right time, since i'm a whole month late than when the issue was created, but are automatic backups supposed to be in every app? Because , like, i've never seen them. Are they only enabled on newer versions of android or something? cuz i'm on android 10 and never seen them
@onegladius Currently automatic backups are only in Contacts, Calendar and Notes (to be released soon), and they are available since Android 11.
Also, next time please use Discussions for questions about app features.