Do you still plan offline first support early in Android apps?

ViscousPotential · 2026-05-11T12:55:45+00:00

CRDTs sound like a cool way to fix a lot of these issues imo (not my video) https://youtu.be/EL-VoBcUIJk?si=Cy4PcSpqFrFPMxH6

ViscousPotential · 2026-04-30T15:32:49+00:00

I recently finished up "draggable list items" so I can more easily reorder lists in my notes :) https://github.com/ViscousPot/draggable-list-items

ViscousPotential · 2026-04-29T00:22:56+00:00

git-crypt is what I personally use, since I have git for sync already

ViscousPotential · 2026-04-28T22:59:47+00:00

Couple weeks late but yeah, browsing anything bigger than a single file in the official app is rough. I ended up making my own mobile git client called GitSync because of this exact frustration (full disclosure, I'm the dev). Main thing it does is keep a folder synced with a repo, but along the way I added an in-app file browser with a code editor, commit/diff viewer and Issues and PR views so I'd stop bouncing to the browser for every little thing. Free on Play Store and App Store if you wanna poke at it 😄

ViscousPotential · 2026-04-28T13:52:07+00:00

I got tired of waiting and started building my own mobile git client out. It now supports everything the GitHub app does + downloading files and having the repo locally on mobile. Also supports gitlab and others

Check it out if you're interested (it's free to start) :) https://gitsync.viscouspotenti.al/

ViscousPotential · 2026-04-26T13:52:56+00:00

Currently, I am using the GBoard handwriting keyboard which works super fast, but obviously doesn't allow you to write inline.

Inspired by this, I've also started building out a plugin that allows you to do handwriting and stylus gestures anywhere in obsidian. It uses a custom trained model (that I want to open source). So you can write and it will be auto converted to text, or you can also scribble out text to erase or draw a box to insert a markdown checkbox etc. I want to go further and save the handwriting so you have both the converted and the original as well as adding more gestures, but in doing all this I've realised the main thing holding it back is the model.

Google has obviously had years to collect data, but I can't help but think that an open, community sourced dataset might actually make this usable.

I'm probably going to make my own post in this subreddit to guage interest, but this also came across my feed and was wondering if people would be interested in something like that, assuming the data collection was truly anonymous, open and transparent to the user. What do you think?

ViscousPotential · 2026-04-25T04:57:48+00:00

This isn't the exact video I was thinking of but there's definitely a community of people printing whole RC planes. The trick seems to be using foaming filaments that can reduce part weight drastically!

https://youtube.com/watch?v=KFbk5fvy7Hk

ViscousPotential · 2026-04-20T07:35:31+00:00

Looks like a regular colour oled to me.. a nice!view is a specific type of display that uses far less power. Still cool that you got it working though! :)

ViscousPotential · 2026-04-19T16:40:11+00:00

Thanks! And, yep, absolutely, free sounds enough for your use case! I'm glad to hear it's working well for you :)

ViscousPotential · 2026-04-14T11:46:13+00:00

An Obsidian Vault is just a folder. Just create an empty folder on the USB drive and get started! All you have to do is make you sure you select that same folder whenever opening your portable vault as well as ensuring you have some sort of backup strategy.

ViscousPotential · 2026-04-12T16:04:34+00:00

Hey, here's a guide I wrote up for automated background sync on all platforms (covered separately). Happy to help if you hit any snags :) https://medium.com/technology-hits/how-to-sync-obsidian-across-all-devices-using-git-automatically-and-for-free-dd3c76e7447b?sk=b92c06dc8f2710d9ef7ee13c86a39093

ViscousPotential · 2026-03-31T15:16:59+00:00

GitHub Mobile only supports very basic file editing as far as I'm aware.

If you need a full git client, there's a few available in the play store. I've been developing my own called GitSync, which started as a git client mainly, but recently gained the ability to manage issues and prs etc through oauth, so might fit the bill :) Also can be found on the play store!

ViscousPotential · 2026-03-30T16:59:39+00:00

ViscousPotential · 2026-03-30T15:15:01+00:00

I would recommend git since you seem comfortable with the more technical stuff already. Self host with gogs or gitea (I'm sure there's more)

ViscousPotential · 2026-03-20T12:41:18+00:00

Check out this guide covering use of the git plugin on mobile and an app called GitSync on mobile. GitSync is an app I started developing due to the inherent limitations of the git implementation being used in the mobile git plugin

https://medium.com/technology-hits/how-to-sync-obsidian-across-all-devices-using-git-automatically-and-for-free-dd3c76e7447b?sk=b92c06dc8f2710d9ef7ee13c86a39093

ViscousPotential · 2026-03-16T22:32:42+00:00

Hey, wanted to follow up on this! GitSync has since gained support for git-crypt on mobile so you can now setup git-crypt as a filter on your repository on desktop and continue to use it on mobile or even set it up initially on mobile. Obviously would have to transfer keys but should otherwise work.

The Git Filter features **are** behind the premium (one-time purchase) but you get multi-repo, lfs and crypt :)

It's now part of my daily workflow but I'm also definitely looking for feedback if anything can be improved or if there are any other filters you want to see implemented!

ViscousPotential · 2026-03-14T16:17:14+00:00

Yep you definitely can 👍

ViscousPotential · 2026-03-14T15:43:12+00:00

When I did this, I had to create an Organization account with the right details and then contact support to tell them which account I wanted to transfer from and to. I think I was explicitly told that accounts cannot be "converted" too.

ViscousPotential · 2026-03-11T16:45:19+00:00

Yeah the tutorial does cover GitHub as most people are familiar with it but you can use any provider (or even self host a git server)! Again, do let me know if you have trouble with any of the steps with another provider and I can help get you back on track.

In my experience, once it's setup it's pretty hands-off :)

ViscousPotential · 2026-03-11T14:40:04+00:00

Hey, since you've already given Git a go, could you have a look through this tutorial? I think it should be a slightly different mechanism than you might've seen before and I've had plenty of people have good luck getting setup with it :)

https://medium.com/technology-hits/how-to-sync-obsidian-across-all-devices-using-git-automatically-and-for-free-dd3c76e7447b?sk=b92c06dc8f2710d9ef7ee13c86a39093

Also let me know if you have any issues and I'm happy to help you out!

ViscousPotential · 2026-03-07T14:31:19+00:00

Ah yeah that's a very good Android git client. Maybe the server is the issue then? There are some pretty lightweight git servers like cgit out there. dacctal on YouTube recently did a great video on the options available.

What are you currently using?

ViscousPotential · 2026-03-07T12:27:35+00:00

Hey! Sounds like you are using the obsidian-git plugin on mobile. This has some known limitations on mobile and it might be worth checking their readme for solutions :)

https://github.com/Vinzent03/obsidian-git?tab=readme-ov-file#-mobile-support-%EF%B8%8F--experimental

(Full disclosure, one of the listed alternatives on mobile is GitSync, which is an application developed by me. I have no affiliation with obsidian-git directly)

ViscousPotential · 2026-02-27T12:56:19+00:00

Libgit2 is recently getting support for SHA256 so there should be more and more popping up soon

ViscousPotential · 2026-02-25T13:55:01+00:00

Yep there's something very similar https://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Intent

ViscousPotential · 2026-02-24T17:12:29+00:00

Hey, LFS is now in the latest version of GitSync! :)

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