DAVx⁵ 2.6 Release Notes

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Version 2.6

• Android 10-ready
  • WiFi SSID restriction: ask for background location permission
• implement Nextcloud login flow (supported by Nextcloud Android app 3.9.0+; see video below). The new API is documented in our manual.
• AccountList fragment: Show “Network unavailable” message if there is no Internet connection
• keep “force read only” flag when refreshing collections
• library updates

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Version 2.6.1

• tasks:
  • subtasks support¹
  • save/restore CATEGORIES, RELATED-TO, unknown properties
• events: better handling for EMAIL reminders
• login with URL: assume https:// URI scheme if none given

¹ At the moment, OpenTasks can only store task relations, but doesn’t visualize them. See https://www.davx5.com/faq/tasks/advanced-task-features for more information.

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Version 2.6.2

• add new sync extra: SYNC_EXTRAS_PRIORITY_COLLECTIONS, which can be used by calendar/task apps (see in-code documentation)
• improve vCard compatibility (non-standard TYPE=OTHER is now interpreted)
• use new Material theme
• other improvements and bug fixes

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Version 2.6.3

• account settings: new setting “default reminder”; improved re-loading of entries when settings which have impact on parsing/processing are changed
• improved resource detection: detect address books/calendars when they are identical with their home-set
• link to privacy policy added to navigation drawer
• vCard sync: improve compatibility (for instance with Samsung “Edge panel”)
• minor improvements and bug fixes

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Version 2.6.3.1

Updated libraries, including okhttp, to fix a crash when resource detection with HTTP/2 connections is cancelled by user

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Version 2.6.4

• calendar sync: delete exceptions from events when events are mass-deleted, too
• events/tasks: improve handling of VALARM (REL=END, VALUE=DATE-TIME)
• Webcal calendars: use UrlUtils.equals to find matching calendar
• new translation and libraries

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Version 2.6.5

• collection sync: don’t save new sync state before downloading is finished (thanks @wimex)
• always use multi-get, even for single vCards/iCalendars (why?)
• update dependencies (okhttp, Android framework)
• minor fixes and improvements, new translations (thanks to the translators)

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Version 2.6.6

• fixed a bug that caused notifications to be removed immediately after being created