microg
Sync contacts and calendar with microG
Hi
Are there any plans to create Google contacts and calendar sync analogs/providers in microg ? Or other ways to sync contacts and events directly with Google without third-party applications and services like webdav
Currently users are forced to use Google components (com.google.android.syncadapters.contacts and com.google.android.syncadapters.calendarfor) in order to have full synchronization capabilities.
This is inconvenient for several reasons: Lack of much-needed functionality by default You need to install proprietary components Most often, you can’t just install these apks; you need additional actions and the selection of a suitable version of sync provider for your Android.
I'm not sure about the plans, but about calendar there is an alternative: if you install Google Calendar (even without using it) then sync will start working even in other calendar apps.
For DAV: you do not need proprietary components. The FOSS DAVx5, which is available on F-Droid, seems to support Google accounts.
I know about different hacks and third-party apps, I wonder if this is planned in microG itself.
I know about different hacks and third-party apps, I wonder if this is planned in microG itself.
DAVx5 is working perfectly. Makes not sense to integrate this here.
DAVx5 is working perfectly. Makes not sense to integrate this here.
If I'm not wrong this need a separate log-in, it cannot reuse the Google account of the device. Some people want that.
I know its not what you're asking for exactly, but I sync my google contacts just fine.
You have to have google contacts sync adapter and Calendar sync adapters installed. I flash them as an addon from NikGapps but you can also install them as a Magisk module: Magisk module by Tomwigger and dreamwhite
You have to have google contacts sync adapter and Calendar sync adapters installed
Can they be installed as a regular app (for non-root devices)?
Can they be installed as a regular app (for non-root devices)?
Kind of, but works partially. As non-root, the sync adapters wont autostart, you have to manually launch one of the sync adapter services using a 3rd party app.
If you dont have root, you can flash them from recovery as part of Gapps, but then edit the zip config and set the flags to 0 for everything except for both sync adapters
For anyone interested. Currently there is a PR in progress #2733 to implement the Contacts Sync Service.
