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Syncthing Android app discontinued (forum.syncthing.net)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Announcement by the creator: https://forum.syncthing.net/t/discontinuing-syncthing-android/23002

Unfortunately I don’t have good news on the state of the android app: I am retiring it. The last release on Github and F-Droid will happen with the December 2024 Syncthing version.

Reason is a combination of Google making Play publishing something between hard and impossible and no active maintenance. The app saw no significant development for a long time and without Play releases I do no longer see enough benefit and/or have enough motivation to keep up the ongoing maintenance an app requires even without doing much, if any, changes.

Thanks a lot to everyone who ever contributed to this app!

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The way i understand it, this stops maintenance for Syncthing, but Syncthing-fork in fdroid will continue its development and support as usual. Both show if you do a Syncthing search in fdroid. The fork is more up to date with features.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

In all honesty, I had no idea about the fork. I really appreciate the information. Time to take it for a spin. Do you know if I can import the settings from the original one on the fork?

[–] el_abuelo 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yes you can. I just did it without any issues.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Sweet. Thanks.

Edit: It's not working for me on GrapheneOS Android 15 Beta. Can't start anything because of how it's displaying.

[–] el_abuelo 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Never used GrapheneOS. Did it export and import okay? Looks like not.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oh, that's the thing. Since the menu and settings are showing so high up, they are no accepting the touch commands. I exported from the original app, but the fork just won't work. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling to no avail. I'll stay in the original Syncthing for now and try again once it stops getting maintained. Thanks anyways for all the info.

[–] el_abuelo 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's a bugger! Maybe report it as an issue on their github so you can track when it's fixed?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Yeah, I'll take some time to do that over the weekend. Thanks. Love the handle by the way. Grandpa 😁