DAVx⁵ Manual

This is the manual for DAVx⁵, an CalDAV/CardDAV client and sync app for Android.

The source code of this manual is available. Please send pull requests to make it better!

See also

For more information about DAVx⁵, see the DAVx⁵ Web site. Especially have a look at the tested services and the respective subpages, the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ), and our community discussions.

Contents:

• 1. Introduction
  • 1.1. What is DAVx⁵?
  • 1.2. First steps
  • 1.3. Permissions and battery optimization
  • 1.4. Glossary
• 2. Accounts and Collections
  • 2.1. What is a DAVx⁵ account?
  • 2.2. How does service discovery work?
  • 2.3. What is the Base URL?
  • 2.4. Address book accounts
  • 2.5. Account names
  • 2.6. Service tabs
  • 2.7. Synchronization
  • 2.8. Refreshing the collection list
  • 2.9. Personal collections
  • 2.10. Read-only collections
  • 2.11. Creating/deleting collections on/from the server
  • 2.12. Webcal integration
  • 2.13. Android integration as a sync adapter
• 3. Tasks / Notes / Journals
  • 3.1. Introduction
  • 3.2. Setting up the integration
  • 3.3. Journals, Notes
  • 3.4. Tasks
  • 3.5. Combining Journals, Notes & Tasks
• 4. WebDAV Mounts
  • 4.1. What is a WebDAV mount?
  • 4.2. Server requirements
  • 4.3. Restrictions
  • 4.4. Managing WebDAV mounts
  • 4.5. How to access files with a file manager
  • 4.6. How to access files from DAVx⁵
  • 4.7. How to create backups with Seedvault
• 5. Settings
  • 5.1. System-wide settings
  • 5.2. App-wide settings
  • 5.3. Account settings
• 6. Technical information
  • 6.1. Synchronization
  • 6.2. Supported fields
  • 6.3. WebDAV mounts
  • 6.4. TLS stack (protocol versions, ciphers)
• 7. Integration / API
  • 7.1. Launching the DAVx⁵ login screen
  • 7.2. Open DAVx⁵ for a specific account
  • 7.3. Extended event properties
• 8. Managed DAVx⁵
  • 8.1. Managed configuration
  • 8.2. Configuration by Android Enterprise
  • 8.3. Network configuration
  • 8.4. Configuration variables
  • 8.5. Configuration file syntax

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