[Feature] Simplify synchronization of local clients about super-productivity HOT 10 CLOSED

Hello! That would be a cool feature. Personally I especially would like to sync my tasks to my phone. There are definitely plans to allow for synchronization of different sorts on of them being an optional cloud service. I've to admit though that the focus for now is to make the app a little bit more stable, before adding in major new features.

What you can do for now is to use the export functionality which is accessible through the settings. There you can make JSON exports of all your projects and reimport them in another instance.

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I agree, and you're right about the priorities. I'll use the current import/export until you'll find the time to streamline the feature. Many thanks!

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@maqp I added a new feature to include automatic backups. That gets you at least half the way there :)

I also though of a basic concept on how a generic sync interface could look like. Basically I would allow to specify a custom urls to post or get the complete application data. That's not an ideal solution, but at least a start.

I think that it would much better to use a real local and possibly database and maybe a socket interface to indicate data changes. Unfortunately all data logic is synchronous atm, so this would require a lot of adjustments.

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Is it possible to specify the location of the actual data files? Then we could keep these files in our Dropbox-like folders and have them synced across devices without superProductivity connecting directly.

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@jupitus For the backup file this is possible. But importing the data automatically from a file is a little bit more tricky. When syncing data there is always something that can go wrong and the app somehow needs to know that it changed. I'll try to think of a solution.

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I added very rudimentary syncing support. The application will reload itself completely when an outside change occurs. You can check it out in v1.6.3. Probably not exactly what you want, but it's a first step. You can enable this experimental feature via the settings.

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Many thanks for this. Unfortunately, I'm now getting the "Object has been destroyed" bug (issue 29), so I can't test it.
Version 1.6.5; Ubuntu 16.04; Gnome shell

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@jupitus #29 should be fixed now.

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I'm happy to announce that there is a new syncing feature coming. You can now use GoogleDrive to sync different instances of the app. Running multiple instances at the same time is still not recommended (for that we would need a real web server).

You can check it out in the develop branch. I will release it, once I tested it some more in my daily workflow.

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The feature os out now. Closing this.

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