DAVx⁵ 4.x Release Notes

[devvv4ever]

DAVx⁵ 4.0 has been released!

New core feature: Live and remote access for your WebDAV files is now available. DAVx⁵ offers a seamless integration of your files in your Android! This feature is accessible via DAVx5 → Tools → WebDAV mounts.

• New UI for WebDAV files access
• WebDAV: New notifications when streaming files, or when making other operations like upload/download/copy.
• WebDAV: Now shows quotas for the directory (when provided by the server)
• CardDAV: fixed a few bugs when using contact groups

For the geeks: technical details about the implementation can be found in our manual

Current features:

• You can access all your remote files directly without downloading it to the device:
  • You can download, upload, rename, copy, move and delete any of your remote files and manage them as it would be a local storage or you can even copy files from one WebDAV storage to another.
  • DAVx⁵ offers you the possibility to directly stream files of any size (with random access on Android 8+). For example you can directly watch your 65GB 4K/8K video on the device (however for this a good network connection like LAN/WiFi recommended ;-) You can even jump to any position of that video! ). But you can also simply stream your music or do remote work.
• The WebDAV mount is fully integrated into Android, so you can send / attach files easily from within all apps that support the standard files browser. For example: send a friend a meme from your remotely stored memes collection in Threema, Signal or your Jabber client. Send a video or PDF as an attachment in your EMail app. And more.
• Live editing is also possible (only whole-file PUT, no random access at the moment). Open an existing text file to note some things and save it directly on the server.

Tested providers:

• Nextcloud, Synology, owncloud, KolabNow, eGroupware, fastmail, box.com, GMX, Yandex.

Set up WebDAV in DAVx⁵:

1. From the navigation drawer use Tools → WebDAV mounts.
2. Create a mount. Enter the webDAV URL (don't forget http:// or https://) with your username and password.
3. Click "Mount". An entry with your data will appear.
4. The mount is now available in the system.

To access the files, use a file manager:

• AOSP My Files (for example pre-installed on Lineage OS devices): you will see the mounts directly in the list and can start browsing and managing your files.
• Material Files [F-Droid / Google Play]: Click "Add storage" → "External storage" →Open the drawer in Material files →Choose a WebDAV mount** from the upcoming list → Click "Use this Folder". It will be added as a shortcut in Material files.
• It should work with any other file manager that supports Storage Access Framework. Unfortunately, it seems that most vendors don't implement that (yet).

You can also open files directly from apps which support the Storage Access Framework.

There's also a detailled changelog available.

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[devvv4ever]

Whats new in DAVx⁵ 4.1:

• improve WebDAV access and cache
• debug info: show available/total storage memory
• improve SRV record resolving (especially on Android ≥10)
• fixed a bug when the FN field was not present in a contacts vcard 4
• minor optimizations and bug fixes

There's also a detailled changelog available.

[devvv4ever]

DAVx⁵ 4.1.1:

• show a warning when disk space is low, which will stop synchronization
• delete dirty events without instances before syncing
• minor optimizations and bug fixes

♥️ And most importantly: we're super-happy to have a new core team member in the DAVx5 team now. Please welcome @sunkup ! His first contributions are contained in this version 😊 ♥️

There's also a detailled changelog available.

[devvv4ever]

DAVx⁵ 4.2: is here!

• New integration: jtx Board integration: Sync Journals, Notes (VJOURNAL) and Tasks (VTODO) with jtx Board¹ is now possible. jtx Board is using only open standards and open protocols! If you want to try it: choose jtx Board in the DAVx5 settings → Tasks integration
• New function: SOCKS proxy support for .onion URLs with Orbot/Tor
• allows saving high resolution contact photos

¹ jtx Board is a separately developed open-source app that has been in the works for almost a year in close collaboration with the team behind DAVx5. For the first time ever the VJournal component has been implemented in a mobile app and you'll be able to synchronize your protocols/journals/meeting minutes with your own server. Also VTodo has been implemented in jtx Board - it is used to sync your tasks. A great advantage of jtxBoard is, that you can link notes tasks and journals with each other, having a really flexible tool to store and track your data. For example you can track the outcome of a meeting, and different persons can then add notes and tasks to it, linking them to the meeting entry. A lot more is possible! Check it out!

DAVx⁵ 4.2 is a significant milestone for future releases of DAVx⁵ because jtx Board can serve us as platform to extend the basic possibilities of Android (for example fields of CardDAV and CalDAV that Android does not offer in it's contact and calendar storage, like attachments and professional event scheduling).

There's also a detailled changelog available.

[rfc2822]

Version 4.2.0.1

Hotfix: make sure contact photos are JPEG (only affects Samsung Android 12 devices)

[rfc2822]

Version 4.2.0.2

Ignore invalid contact photos like in previous versions; take first working contact photo

[rfc2822]

Version 4.2.0.3

• CalDAV: show exceptions of unknown recurring events (instead of ignoring them)
• jtx Board: propagate server-side read-only flag

[devvv4ever]

Version 4.2.1

• (Google Play only) you can now unlock feature-free badges to further support our project THANK YOU <3!
• improved handling of servers that don't support VJOURNAL (OX change, mailbox.org)
• improved compatibility with servers and services (Joomla extension DPcalendar for example)
• you can now pre-fill credentials in DAVx5 by simply clicking a link like caldavs:// carddav:// or davx5:// DAVx5 will pre-load data into the setup dialog
• fixed a crash when PERIOD and RDATE is used

There's also a detailled changelog available.

[devvv4ever]

Version 4.2.1.1

• fixing the earning badges activity

[sunkup]

Version 4.2.2

• improve compatibility with jtxBoard
• minor improvements and bugfixes

[rfc2822]

Version 4.2.3(.1)

• CalDAV: refactor and improve event validation and repairing (especially with recurring events)
• WebDAV: connections now have a delete symbol, so that people know that they would delete the connection
• minor bug fixes and improvements

[rfc2822]

Version 4.2.3.2

Fixes "NoSuchMethodError: No static method ofInstant" on invalid iCalendars

[rfc2822]

Version 4.2.3.3

• [CardDAV] roll back commons-io to 2.8.0 for API levels <26 (fixes contacts sync problem on Android <8)
• [CalDAV] EventValidator: fix problem where COUNT=-1 was mistakenly added when an invalid RRULE was repaired
• [CalDAV] EventValidator: always set UNTIL of repaired RRULEs in UTC (may fix missed occurrences)
• [CalDAV] generate random filename if UID can't be used as file name (fixes rare problem when .ics files are imported from Web site and then synced)
• gplay/icloud flavor: migrate to Google Play billing library v5

[rfc2822]

Version 4.2.3.4

• [CalDAV] fix issue that occured because of time zone renaming Europe/Kiev → Europe/Kyiv 🇺🇦✊
• [CalDAV] don't validate email addresses of attendees strictly
• [CalDAV] fix parsing of empty colors (Ignore empty X-APPLE-CALENDAR-COLOR ical4android#52)
• [jtx Board] increase compatibility and bug fixes

[devvv4ever]

Version 4.2.4

• [CardDAV] vCard LABELs are not generated anymore - now there's only the structured address
• [CardDAV] better support for read-only address books (even better support that won't Contacts apps allow to edit read-only contacts will come with next version; it's ready but didn't make it into 4.2.4)
• [CalDAV] handle a rare exception when a time zone is known to Android but not to ical4j
• [UI] use Material switches for preferences
• [UI] use switches instead of checkboxes in accounts so that it is more understandable what should be synchronized
• [UI] add monochrome/themed icon
• [UI] added some pre-set base URLs
• [UI] updated Manual URL (the manual is now automatically updated by Github Actions after editing it)
• [jtx Board] remove filesize restriction for attachments
• [Managed DAVx5] add restriction to force read-only address books
• [Google Play only] add new anniversary badge that can be acquired to support our ongoing development
• improved compatibility (especially HUAWEI to display DAVx5 calendars there again)
• fix a bug that caused the account view to be empty after renaming an account
• fix a crash when accounts vanish somehow
• new languages for Swedish, Croatian, Korean (thanks to our translators!)

Detailled changelog

[rfc2822]

Version 4.2.5

• marked as compatible with Android 13 (handle notification permission)
• better read-only address book support
• support for read-only task lists with tasks.org (should work with next tasks.org version)
• minor improvements and bug fixes

Detailled changelog

[rfc2822]

Version 4.2.6

• fix bug with Nextcloud app integration (LoginSetupActivity: allow http/https in intent filter #211)
• data saver changes:
  • don't force Sync only in WiFi anymore when data saver is enabled
  • show warning in main activity when data saver restricts DAVx⁵ background data usage
• internal improvements (refactoring, move things to WorkManager)

Detailled changelog

[devvv4ever]

Version 4.3

• WorkManager for manual sync
  • We're switching away from the Android sync framework. WorkManager offers a lot more control over the sync process and is no longer depending on the Android base system anymore. This has been very hard work below the surface for several months, since large parts of DAVx⁵ had to be refactored and rewritten for this. Currently the WorkManager is only being used when you click the sync button inside the app. The scheduled sync will still be triggered by the Android sync framework. We will unify this at a later time.
• refactored service detection
  • this has also happened below the surface and allows us to better extend DAVx⁵ abilites for various servers in the future
• improved compatibility with jtx Board
• [WebDAV] better handling of weak ETags (improves compatibility with SeedVault+Apache)
• [UI] added Mastodon link to navigation drawer
• [UI] support per-app language selection (Android 13)
• many minor improvements and bug fixes

There's also a detailled changelog available.

[devvv4ever]

Version 4.3.1

• Generate locales with Locator
• Fixed missing languages and wrong display
• Higher dependency for jtx board and make new recurrence handling possible
• show real name of davowner
• Provide owner url in jtx collection
• Check sync workers properly
• Fixed language selector icon for night mode

There's also a detailled changelog available.

[rfc2822]

Version 4.3.2

• service detection: don't show error when display names are not available
• [CalDAV] some invalid properties are now ignored
• improved logging
• minor improvements and bug fixes, new translations

There's also a detailled changelog available.

[rfc2822]

Version 4.3.3

• automatic sync over WorkManager (instead of sync framework)
  • sync now also works when Android thinks that "storage is low"
• [CalDAV] improve compatibility with time zones with negative DST (like for rare Europe/Dublin events)
• [WebDAV] fix time-zone issue with timestamps
• [UI] added "Last sync" time to collection properties
• improve mutual features with jtx Board
• various bug fixes and improvements

There's also a detailled changelog available.

[mbiebl]

the v4.3.3 git tag seems to be missing?

[devvv4ever]

we deleted it again, since we forgot that @patrickunterwegs 's jtxboard needs to be released at the ~same time and it is not ready for release yet. It will follow in a few days I think! (the tag is the trigger for f-droid, and we don't want it to be picked up yet)

[rfc2822]

Finally, with v4.3.3-ose tag

[rfc2822]

Version 4.3.4

• add support for Google Contacts / Calendars over OAuth
• minor changes

There's also a detailled changelog available.

[rfc2822]

Version 4.3.4.1

• Google OAuth: support custom client IDs

There's also a detailled changelog available.

[devvv4ever]

Version 4.3.5

• Google OAuth improvements
  • detect secondary calendars
  • add privacy policy to login dialog
• ensure internet connection before syncing (should fix error messages with VPN in offline mode)
• block sync adapter's onPerformSync until SyncWorker finishes
• configuration detection: allow null Credentials (anonymous login) again
• minor improvements and bug fixes

There's also a detailled changelog available.

[rfc2822]

Version 4.3.5.1

• [UI] Account view: add second floating action button for "refresh collection list"
• [UI] Google login: use proper "Sign in with Google" button to comply with Google OAuth policies
• minor improvements, mainly dependency updates

There's also a detailled changelog available.

[rfc2822]

Version 4.3.5.2

• [Google OAuth] fix redirect problem in davx5-ose
• fix background crash when sync framework tries to interrupt sync
• add native per-app language support again

There's also a detailled changelog available.

[rfc2822]

Version 4.3.6

• allow synchronization over VPN when the underlying Internet connection can't be validated by Android (→ new VPN setting in DAVx⁵ account settings)
• reduce problems with soft errors that caused synchronization to run very often (resulting in battery drain)
• hopefully fixes rare migration bug that caused the CalDAV and CardDAV services to vanish on a DAVx⁵ update
• [CalDAV] better ignoring of local empty or blank values in events (may cause problems when uploaded)
• [CardDAV] improved group support when KIND values are upper-case in vCards
• various minor improvements and bug fixes

There's also a detailled changelog available.

Version 4.3.6.1

• fix a bug where synchronization was not run when there's any inactive connection

There's also a detailled changelog available.

[rfc2822]

Version 4.3.7

• custom (self-signed) certificates: persist user trust across app restarts again
• clean up translations
• minor bug fixes and improvements (including documentation)

There's also a detailled changelog available.

[rfc2822]

Version 4.3.8

• [TLS] allow users to manually verify and accept valid certificates that are issued for a wrong host name again
• [CalDAV] fix double-quote escaping of event data
• [CardDAV] show sync status correctly also for address book synchronization
• minor bug fixes and improvements

There's also a detailled changelog available.

[rfc2822]

Version 4.3.9

• [Nextcloud] Nextcloud Login Flow now available even when Nextcloud app is not installed
• [Google] Service detection: shared calendars and Webcal subscriptions are now detected
• [WebDAV] Add timeout for RandomAccessCallback notification
• increase minimum required Android version to Android 7
• minor improvements and bug fixes

There's also a detailled changelog available.

[rfc2822]

Version 4.3.10

• Don't cancel service detection when DetectConfigurationFragment's ViewModel is cleared
• Swiping and status indication in accounts view improved
• various refactoring; AccountsActivity and AboutActivity rewritten to Compose
• various minor improvements and bug fixes

There's also a detailled changelog available.

[rfc2822]

Version 4.3.11

• davx5-gplay, davx5-standard, davx5-managed: upload as AAB instead of APK
• [Managed DAVx5] drop support for managed configuration over Unicast/Zeroconf DNS
• [Managed DAVx5] various bug fixes (including crashes on unexpected setting types)
• minor improvements and bug fixes

There's also a detailled changelog available.

[rfc2822]

Version 4.3.12

• [CalDAV] fix StackOverflowError when timezone definitions refer to time zones themselves
• [CalDAV] fix reminder type of default event reminders
• [WebDAV] less strict MIME type processing to increase compatibility
• [Nextcloud] always append /remote.php/dav so that it also works without well-known URLs
• [Managed DAVx5] better compatibility with various EMMs (less strict parsing of restrictions)
• other minor bug fixes and improvements (including further rewriting to Compose)

There's also a detailled changelog available.

Version 4.3.12.1

• fix exception during synchronization caused by AGP 8.2.0: Getting: EXCEPTION java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: at.bitfire.vcard4android.property.CustomScribes #511

[rfc2822]

Version 4.3.13

• marked as compatible with Android 14
• fixed bug where upload of dirty entries was delayed when there are deleted entries
• [CalDAV] improved compatibility with Google Calender app (take proprietary UID field into account)
• [CardDAV] don't write structured name when FN = ORG
• [WebDAV] refactored paging and caching, improved performance
• [Google Login] require email in UI
• [UI] DebugInfoActivity rewritten to Compose
• [UI] add battery saver warning
• minor improvements and bug fixes

There's also a detailled changelog available.

[devvv4ever]

Version 4.3.13.1

• Due to Google enforcing new restrictions we had to remove the "Show foreground notification" option. It will maybe come back in a different "form".

[devvv4ever]

We introduced this option quite some time ago for Android 12 and lower (primarily for Xiaomi and a few other manufacturers that use ridiculously aggressive power saving mechanics). We also especially needed this before we switched to the Android WorkManager Framework last summer/autumn which is now the intended way of handling background jobs. This was a huge re-work of the core of DAVx5 - almost invisible for everyone, but it is a very important thing for a more robust and controllable sync. So normally this option is not as useful nowadays anyway.

We would have keeped it, but Google wants to get rid of the FOREGROUND_SYNC permission in general, and we are not eligible to use it, so we had no other choice to skip it for now. We will make some kind of substitute - in form of a "long wanted feature" by other users. A DAVx5 widget. This has the bonus of bringing the app into foreground/activity too and will act mostly as the same as the permanent notification option (if it is really needed on some devices). If you want to discuss more please open an extra thread in the discussions. These are the release notes ;-)

[mbiebl]

Version 4.3.13.1

Looks like the git tag is missing

[rfc2822]

There's no advantage in 4.3.13.1 (compared to 4.3.13) for non-Google Play users, so I have have refrained from tagging it in davx5-ose.

[windmueller]

With 4.3.13.1 in the Google Play Store, the store shows a pending update for DAVx⁵ that can neither be installed nor ignored. Please also tag that version so that F-Droid is able to push an update.

[rfc2822]

https://github.com/bitfireAT/davx5-ose/releases/tag/v4.3.13.1-ose should work

[devvv4ever]

Version 4.3.14

Overview:
We continued to rewrite a lot of the old code to Compose.
Workers for background sync should now work more efficiently, without using too much background sync quota (limited by Android). Hopefully this will trigger syncs more accurately to the scheduled sync intervals.
Read-only Events will now be dismissed on upload (solves some errors with only locally set changes of the event, like Reminders/Alarms).
We improved our testing framework.

What's Changed

• Use gradle version catalog
• Rewrite OpenSourceFragment to Compose
• Migrate to Kotlin DS
• More correct usage of expedited workers
• Rewrite BatteryOptimizationsFragment to Compose
• Releases: generate release notes and discussion thread automatially
• Fixed span styles for URL annotations
• Don't upload event when calendar is read only
• Disable periodic sync workers that don't exist anymore
• Rewrite WelcomeFragment to Compose
• Adapt WelcomeFragment for smaller devices
• Use gradle-managed device for testing

[devvv4ever]

Starting with 4.3.14 our release notes are automatically generated as a seperate thread. Please view it in the GitHub Discussions.

[Catfriend1]

Link?

[devvv4ever]

4.4 release notes are here: #819