I've just filed the corresponding bugs in Launchpad: * Auto background synchronization: https://bugs.launchpad.net/tomdroid/+bug/549646 * Two-way synchronization: https://bugs.launchpad.net/tomdroid/+bug/549647 * Interface: https://bugs.launchpad.net/tomdroid/+bug/549643
Cheers, Benoît On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 10:37 PM, Sandy Armstrong <sanfordarmstr...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 1:36 PM, Benoit Garret > <benoit.garret_launch...@gadz.org> wrote: >> Hi everyone, >> >> A few people have expressed a desire to contribute to the web-sync >> part of Tomdroid. I'm currently the only one, as far as I know, who >> did any work on that part. > > And many thanks for getting this work off the ground! :-) > >> To speed up the whole process, I'm listing the areas that can be >> improved with the hope that someone will be interested and help. I'm >> not saying that I will stop working on this, but it will be far more >> enjoyable and faster with some help. > > Great idea, I've tweeted a link to this mail to spread the word a bit. > >> * Background sync: Tomboy recently added the support for this, and >> I'm jealous. Background syncing in itself is not very difficult to >> implement but good integration with the global Android ecosystem >> requires some attention to detail (eg. detecting if the network is up >> or if the user has disabled the data synchronization settings). > > Somewhere in the Android Settings UI you can toggle per-provider > background sync preferences. I hope third-party apps can tie into > this, and also that in Tomdroid's preferences you could toggle > autosync on or off. My G1 has awful battery life so all of my apps > besides Gmail and Google Calendar are set for manual sync. > >> * The core synchronization code: the work I've done only works in the >> case of a one-way synchronization. Olivier is working on note editing, >> which will break the current synchronization code. I'd rather plan >> this ahead than have to remove the sync feature. The current Tomboy >> code can be used as an example, it shouldn't be difficult to implement >> but some changes to the database schema will be needed. > > The overall two-way sync algorithm is in this giant method: > > http://git.gnome.org/browse/tomboy/tree/Tomboy/Synchronization/SyncManager.cs#n362 > > The code that is specific to syncing with the Tomboy Web REST API is > in the WebSyncService add-in, and perhaps the best place to start > looking is here: > > http://git.gnome.org/browse/tomboy/tree/Tomboy/Addins/WebSyncService/WebSyncServer.cs > >> These descriptions are very rough, I don't expect anyone to know >> exactly what needs to be done and instantly jump in. If any brave soul >> wants to help and stake their claim to fame, they're welcome to reply >> on or off-list where I can explain more precisely what needs to be >> done and give a few pointers to get them started. I can also help with >> the setup of a development environment if you've never done any >> Android development or never used Launchpad and bazaar. > > Maybe you should make sure that Launchpad bugs are filed for each of > these issues, to make it easier for others to participate and track > the work. > > Sandy > > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~tomdroid-dev Post to : tomdroid-dev@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~tomdroid-dev More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
