switch for synchronisation of contacts or calendar only

[Merat]

I have an account were I just want to sync the calendar but not the contacts. However, I found no switch to withhold the app from syncing both after entering the data for the calendar synchronisation.

Reason is that the account is work related and I cannot have the work contacts on my private phone too (what’s app accesses the contacts).

Any chance to implement such an option?

[devvv4ever]

Hello, please post your debug info. It is found in the DAVx⁵ app settings on the very top.

[rfc2822]

Why don’t you just select the address book(s) or calendar(s) you want and leave the other ones unchecked?

[Merat]

@rfc2822 I would do that but there is no option to uncheck the addressbook

[rfc2822]

@Merat I guess we’re talking about different things. Can you post a screenshot of your DAVx⁵ account view (and your debug info)?

[Merat]

@rfc2822 I did not grant permissions since I did not want to sync the contacts :

— BEGIN DEBUG INFO —

SOFTWARE INFORMATION

• at.bitfire.davdroid 2.2.3.1-gplay (267) from com.android.vending
• org.dmfs.tasks 1.1.16 (7350) from com.android.vending
• com.android.providers.contacts 9.0.5.309 (90005309)
• com.android.providers.calendar 9.0.4.300 (90004300)
• com.android.contacts 9.0.7.301 (90007301)
• com.android.calendar 9.0.4.333 (90004333)
• me.bluemail.mail 1.9.5.25 (14344) from com.android.vending

CONNECTIVITY (at the moment)
Active connection: WiFi, CONNECTED

CONFIGURATION
Power saving disabled: yes
android.permission.READ_CONTACTS: denied
android.permission.WRITE_CONTACTS: denied
android.permission.READ_CALENDAR: granted
android.permission.WRITE_CALENDAR: granted
org.dmfs.permission.READ_TASKS: granted
org.dmfs.permission.WRITE_TASKS: granted
android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION: denied
System-wide synchronization: automatically
Account: plc@local.host
Address book sync. interval: manually
Calendar sync. interval: 240 min
OpenTasks sync. interval: 240 min
WiFi only: false
[CardDAV] Contact group method: GROUP_VCARDS
[CalDAV] Time range (past days): 90
Manage calendar colors: true
Use event colors: false
Address book sync. interval: manually
Calendar sync. interval: 240 min
OpenTasks sync. interval: 240 min
WiFi only: false
[CardDAV] Contact group method: GROUP_VCARDS
[CalDAV] Time range (past days): 90
Manage calendar colors: true
Use event colors: false

SQLITE DUMP
android_metadata
| locale |
| de_DE |

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SYSTEM INFORMATION
Android version: 9 (NEO-L29 9.0.0.190(C721E5R1P9))
Device:
— END DEBUG INFO —

[rfc2822]

Thanks for the debug info! There are no address book collections in your debug info, so DAVx⁵ won’t synchronize any contacts.

I’m sorry but I still don’t know what we’re talking about…

[Merat]

@rfc2822 here the (irritating) screenshot. Why did it show a carddav account?

[rfc2822]

@Merat Assuming you mean “CardDAV”: because your server said it offers CardDAV… but there are no collections, so it’s empty. You can try to create an address book with the action button next to “CardDAV” (☰) and see what happens

[Merat]

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[Merat]

@rfc2822 okay, after reading the debug info myself, it became clear that it won’t sync my contacts. I was just confused that a carddav account showed up after initiating a caldav account - I was unsure if it might auto detect the url since user name and password are identical…

[rfc2822]

@Merat I see… well as said above, your server tells DAVx⁵ that it’s CardDAV-capable, so DAVx⁵ shows the CardDAV card plus it’s options. For instance, this could be a server where no address book has been created yet, and now you can use ☰ to create one.

[Merat]

@rfc2822 I granted permissions to access contacts on my phone and the carddav option shows the url to the caldav server (without a possibility to change the url to my carddav server - which would be nice for my private account)

So thanks for the calming explanations