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When I use Syncthing-Fork, it uses the Android storage system to request access to the specific folders it syncs too. Does the OG SyncThing not have this? Is th
by nixosbestos 2y ago
When I use Syncthing-Fork, it uses the Android storage system to request access to the specific folders it syncs too. Does the OG SyncThing not have this? Is that somehow still not sufficient?
- flanbiscuit 2y agoI've been using OG Syncthing from the Play Store for a long time but was just looking through F-Droid and noticed this Syncthing-Fork and then I see this comment about it. Looks interesting. You recommend it?
- iforgotpassword 2y agoI absolutely recommend it, at least if you're somewhat tech-savy you'll enjoy the more detailed status display, advanced options etc.
- proactivesvcs 2y agoI don't use the fork but I can see it has scope to request storage permissions: https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/reports/com.github.catfriend1.syncthingandroid/latest/ https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/reports/com.github.... Perhaps it only does this if the user wants to sync data outside the SAF?
- nixosbestos 2y agoFWIW, I just checked and the only permission I have granted to SyncThingFork is "notifications". I think it optimistically requests all, but I can testify that it works fine without granting it all storage access. I just had to create/select a subdir in my SyncThingFork directory. I don't really know how the restricted storage access works. Maybe it's that if /another/ app has already claimed a directory, that SyncThing needs more permissions to be able to sync it? But that seems unlikely, just speculating.