@@ -438,6 +438,29 @@ configuration from another device.
438
438
is also generally considered dangerious and therefore not recommended when setting up a new
439
439
device.*
440
440
441
+ ### Caveats on Android
442
+ While Syncthing Tray basically works on Android, there are still some unresolved issues:
443
+
444
+ * A foreground service is used but Syncthing is nevertheless terminated when the activity is
445
+ destroyed. Decoupling the activity from the rest of the application requires changes in Qt. It
446
+ will probably become feasible as of Qt 6.9.
447
+ * All native libraries need to be extracted taking quite some space on the device. This will be
448
+ fixed with Qt 6.9.
449
+ * The performance can be problematic due to the use of FUSE as of Android 11. With
450
+ [ FUSE Passthrough] ( https://source.android.com/docs/core/storage/fuse-passthrough ) things have
451
+ improved but especially if one has many files in one directory the performance is still bad.
452
+ There is nothing one can do about it except storing the data in app's private directory. While
453
+ this is possible it of course doesn't cover all use cases.
454
+ * Opening a directory in the file browser still doesn't work.
455
+ * Media rescans need to be triggered manually.
456
+ * The way Syncthing itself is built does not seem to specify an API level. Therefore the app
457
+ crashes under older Android versions such as Android 10.
458
+ * The app doesn't use the configured system font. (It does use the configured font size and weight,
459
+ though.)
460
+ * There are probably still many small UI bugs in the Qt Quick based UI used on Android.
461
+ * Not all features the official web UI offers have been implemented in the Qt Quick based UI yet.
462
+ One can easily open the official web UI in a web browser, though.
463
+
441
464
## Download
442
465
Checkout the [ download section on the website] ( https://martchus.github.io/syncthingtray/#downloads-section ) for an overview.
443
466
Keep reading here for a more detailed list.
0 commit comments