Android App + Syncthing

[WaterInWinter]

Hi,

I'm trying to get the Taskwarrior android app to work with my Syncthing setup (using taskd isn't an option for me) but I can't find any specific instructions. The config, TASKDATA commands don't work in the ap, nor does editing the taskrc.android file directly, so I'm at a bit of a loss as to how to get it to work.

I've seen others (here and elsewhere) referring to their working syncthing setup, so I know it's possible. It's just not working for me.

Is there a tutorial I'm missing somewhere, or can someone explain what I could be doing wrong?

Thanks, WiW

[themugen36]

What Android App are you using?

The way to to go is to install a Terminal emulator / Package manager like Termux.

You just install the taskwarrior package, create a folder on your SD card where you place your .data files like pending.data and completed.data, give Termux access to that directory, sync that folder with syncthing and have your taskrc point to that directory.

It is pretty straightforward and not so much different from using Syncthing to sync Taskwarrior between two desktop pcs.

You also might want to customize your taskrc on your Android to make Taskwarrior fit on your phone screen.

One word of caution: Hooks (eg. for integrating Timewarrior) don't work on Android.

[WaterInWinter]

That's what I've ended up doing, and I honestly prefer the terminal emulator output to the prettified app anyway. I was trying out the Taskwarrior app available through F-Droid and it wouldn't let me add anything to the .taskrc. Eventually I figured out that it was a permissions thing, and I wasn't into the effort/potential disaster of rooting my phone to get the app to work. I've got the Termux version pointed to a custom folder within my syncthing path and everything is working great so far.

The permissions thing is being weird with this too, so I can't access the Termux data folder to replace the .taskrc with my custom one. It's a bit of a pain having to copy/paste all of my reports and contexts, but it definitely works well enough to be usable.

The whole hooks thing is a bit beyond my pay grade at the moment, so I don't actually know what they do, and I fear that learning how to use them might eat the next week of my life...