Sync /seen flag from server to devices connected via ActiveSync possible?

[Konstantin Schorp]

Hi Troy,

please keep in mind that this is an undocumented „hack“ and that there might still be unresolved issues. I also had some issues when switching on multiple folder support. It took several reboots of the smartphone, and deleting and re-adding the account/device.

The Calendar label issue remains. I just checked with an ipad, same issue there. 


Am 28.05.2014 um 23:36 schrieb Troy Carpenter <troy at carpenter.cx>:

> I made the same changes to that file, adding "android40", "android", and
> "SAMSUNGSGHI747" as is in your array.  However, I didn't see multiple
> calendars.  I deleted my account on the phone and the device from Roundcube,
> but when I re-added my account and configured the shared folder to be
> sync'ed, I still only saw my Calendar and Tasks (that's what they were
> named), but not the shared calendar was still integrated with my calendar
> and not separate.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: users-bounces at lists.kolab.org [mailto:users-bounces at lists.kolab.org]
> On Behalf Of Konstantin Schorp
> Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2014 12:21 PM
> To: users at lists.kolab.org
> Subject: Re: Sync /seen flag from server to devices connected via ActiveSync
> possible?
> 
> See line 106 of /usr/share/kolab-syncroton/lib/kolab_sync_data.php :
> 
> /**
>     * List of device types with multiple folders support
>     *
>     * @var array
>     */
>    protected $ext_devices = array(
>        'iphone',
>        'ipad',
>        'thundertine',
>        'windowsphone',
>        'playbook',
>        'android40',
>        'android',
>        'SAMSUNGSMG900F',
>    );
> 
> 
> I added "android" and "SAMSUNGSMG900F" (device type of a Galaxy S 5). 
> 
> After that, multiple calendars and multiple mail folders were showing up on
> my phone. You have to explicitly enable the respective folders/calendars in
> the activesync tab in the roundcube settings though. 
> 
> Could you please give feedback if shared calendars are also labeled
> "calendar" on your phones?
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Konstantin
> 
> 
> 
> Am 28.05.2014 um 17:40 schrieb Troy Carpenter <troy at carpenter.cx>:
> 
>> So how would I enable this on my server?  All my Android devices now 
>> run
>> 4.4.2 and I would greatly like this "feature" to be enabled.  Is this 
>> a change and recompile, or is it a configuration variable?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Troy
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: users-bounces at lists.kolab.org 
>> [mailto:users-bounces at lists.kolab.org]
>> On Behalf Of Konstantin Schorp
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2014 4:58 AM
>> To: users at lists.kolab.org
>> Subject: Re: Sync /seen flag from server to devices connected via 
>> ActiveSync possible?
>> 
>> Unfortunately not. Android supports multiple calendars via Activesync 
>> since 4.4, and I explicitly enabled multiple calendar support by 
>> adding the device type to the $ext_devices list in the syncroton source
> code.
>> 
>> For pre-4.4 devices, additional calendars are just ignored. Now, I 
>> have two or more Calendars just called "Calendar". I suppose only the 
>> IMAP folder name is used. Instead, there should be a more meaningful 
>> label such as "Mike's Calendar" for shared calendars.
>> 
>> I suppose iOS devices also just show "Calendar" as label for each 
>> shared calendar?
>> 
>> Best,
>> 
>> Konstantin
>> 
>> Am 28.05.2014 um 10:50 schrieb Torsten Grote <torsten at kolab.org>:
>> 
>>> On Tuesday 27 May 2014 22:39:37 Konstantin Schorp wrote:
>>>> In general, Activesync support is still a little wonky (shared 
>>>> calendars from other users all showing up as "Calendar", rendering 
>>>> them undistinguishable and therefore unusable).
>>> 
>>> This is most likely a limitation of your Android device that only 
>>> supports one calender, therefore the Kolab ActiveSync Server merges 
>>> them together to show you all the events anyway.
>>> 
>>> Only most recent versions of Android support multiple calenders via 
>>> ActiveSync, but I think this is not yet enabled in our code.
>>> 
>>> Kind Regards,
>>> Torsten
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Torsten Grote
>>> Kolab.org Community Manager
>>> 
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