![]() Install the TBirdSync app on the Android device(s), enter the settings, and save them Get ICSx5 (see above) and install it on the Android device(s) If you only want to sync contacts, ICSx5 is not needed. Once it's there, I'll update the app to start the sync without user interaction. I've asked the developers if they would be willing to provide an Intent, and it's on their todo list. Among other, it syncs an iCalendar (.ics) file with a read-only calendar that it creates itself.Īt the moment, ICSx5's sync can't be started via an Intent: on the Android device, TBirdSync starts the app and then a 'pull to refresh' is needed to sync the calendar and tasks data (unless a scheduled sync is setup sync intervals as of 5 minutes can be selected). Calendars are complex beasts and ICSx5 ( ) is a low-cost app (1.99 EUR) that works perfectly it's even open source and can be found on GitLab ( ). moving to Linux) and not a goal by itself. I didn't want to write the calendar/tasks sync code as TBirdSync is a means to an end (i.e. If you can live with these limitations, read on. Changes made on the Android device are not detected. Perform a 2-way sync (so it's actually more mirroring than syncing): the synchronisation source is Thunderbird, and all changes to the data are expected to be applied there. ![]() Convert tasks data to calendar data, which means no separate tasks app is needed on the Android device: everything winds up in the calendar app, where tasks' titles are prefixed with '(T)' so that it's easy to distinguish them from appointments Prepare calendar and tasks data and send them to the Android device(s) where they can be processed with the ICSx5 app (see below) ![]() ![]() Synchronise Thunderbird contacts with one or more Android devices contact matching is based on the combination of first and last name (which means that these combinations must be unique) ![]()
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