cross-posted from: https://lemdro.id/post/14305957
Per the GitHub readme:
This app is discontinued. The last release on Github and F-Droid will happen with the December 2024 Syncthing version. Interactions (issues, PRs) are limited now, and the entire repo will be archived after the last release. Thus all contributions are preserved for any future (re)use. The forum is still open for discussions and questions. I would kindly ask you to refrain from trying to challenge the decision or asking “why-type” questions - I wont engage with them.
The 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!
This is extremely disappointing news. I have been using the Syncthing-Fork version, but since it is based on this app, this may be the end for that app as well.
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Unfortunate it to see it go down, but I prefer this one over the original:
https://github.com/Catfriend1/syncthing-android/releases
Check it out if you still need it on your android device.
The dev also dropped from the playstore over their practices, but builds are still up on their repo.
I’m surprised you’re the only person talking about syncthing-fork and that it’s not the top comment, it’s the only android client I’ve actually used
https://f-droid.org/packages/com.github.catfriend1.syncthingandroid/
Here’s the f-droid repo for folks who might prefer to get it that way
What specific practices?
No idea, dev didn’t go into detail, just that they closed Google play publishing account.
Thanks Google. No I will not use your Google drive. Fuck off.
Why would google be responsible for this?
They kept declining app updates and running the dev around in circles until they gave up.
You can provide the updates via f-froid and github. So that’s a non-issue.
Is buying Huawei an option?
Could’ve put the app into maintenance mode instead of archiving it.
Someone would have to maintain it. And someone would have to make sure it’s not Jia Tan.
According to the author, that has happened quite a while ago and we’re now at the next step.
Well that’s not good… I’ll have to find some other way to keep my phone in sync…
Maybe proton drive’s sync is finally good enough…
Just in case anyone thinks nextcloud is the solution, it isn’t. Can’t do two way sync at all on Android.
The proton drive app does not have a way to automatically sync a specific directory. It’s so infuriating, because they already have this implemented for the pictures.
The app in general is a long way off being a reliable every day use app. So many missing features.
Been working fine for me for a couple years now
Narrator: it is not.
Syncthing-fork still seems to be under active development, at least for the time being
https://f-droid.org/packages/com.github.catfriend1.syncthingandroid/
I wonder if you can set it up in termux?
pkg search syncthingshows that it’s packaged, version 1.28.0.Any experiences with running cron jobs in Termux? Is it reliable?
I’ve been using Autosync for years with good results first with Drive and Dropbox and now Pcloud. Supports a lot of different cloud services though not Proton which is why I haven’t started using that yet.
Interesting, I’ll have to check it out.
Yeah I’m in the he same boat has worked reliably for a long time for me. Backs up my folders when I get home.
Buy Huawei, no Google by design
If that’s your takeaway, you’re way off.
No, I don’t care. If Google android wants to be dicks to consumers. Fuck em - I’ll start buying Chinese os.
Vote with ur walletI’ll vote with my wallet by not buying from companies with ties to the Chinese government, thank you very much.
So I would rather Google own your data, so they can actually reach you and screw you?
China can’t do anything to you due to legal boundaries, - us gov which is in cahoots with big business can and will reach you and screw you
Dammit I actually use this
Fed up with companies making good open source projects hard to exist. Even if your shitty google cloud was the only option i still wouldn’t use it
Bad news! So what kind of timeline are we looking at before the final version becomes unusable do you think?
Syncthing-fork seems to still be under active development
https://f-droid.org/packages/com.github.catfriend1.syncthingandroid/
Is syncthing-fork going to get long term support, I wonder? I sure hope so. Syncthing is literally one of my favorite pieces of software in my life, and there’s a lot of software in my life.
I hope the desktop application also continues to receive full support forever? I love syncthing.
Definitely piqued my interest. Did some digging and the main Android app was more-or-less on maintenance mode over the last few years as is.
I use the fork on one of my three Android devices and will likely transition the rest for future updates.
Why let Google play be the reason to stop development? There are many people who use f-droid or download releases or apks from other sources.
Google is trying to force out indie developers, do we really want to listen to them and do as they want?
