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Garth
2019-08-02
2019-08-21
  • Garth

    Garth - 2019-08-02

    I am fascinated by the work done on the SymmetricDS project, and have been tinkering with it for several weeks now.
    It works perfectly with various platforms and is a well-rounded product, but the gap I can't seem to fill is the Android to server synchronisation.
    From what I can tell as soon as file syncing was introduced it pushed the requirements into modern phone territory. I have a large base that I work with,
    mostly android handheld barcode scanners etc. I think my max version is 6. I have looked through everything I can find, but apart from one recent reply from Mark
    https://sourceforge.net/p/symmetricds/discussion/739236/thread/15f2d8dc53/#4939
    it is a bit tricky to understand what versions are compatible.

    So as I have it, current versions need API 26 (Android 8).

    Are any of the previous versions compatible with 6 or ever 4.4 (KitKat)?

    The thread above vaguely references stubbing out IStagingManager. Has anyone tried this, and does it need to be done in the source code and recompiled or is it something you can do from within android studio?
    Most of my requirement have no need for file synchronisation, so it is worth it to get backward compatibility.

    This has such potential if we could support older versions.

    Regards
    Garth

     
  • Mark Michalek

    Mark Michalek - 2019-08-21

    Garth, are you hitting the same problem with the StagingManager as mentioned in the other post? I think you could set the staging manager from code within Android Studio without having to recompile the libraries.

    Mark

     

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