create calendar for contact birthdays about android HOT 8 OPEN

I think I may have changed my mind on this one. Opening it again. :)

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Thanks for the suggestion, though unfortunately this is a bit of out scope for EteSync.
Luckily though, it doesn't need to be part of the package to get the functionality. You can just use https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.birthdayadapter/ (I use it too).
It does exactly what you want.

Hope this helps.

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You don't need to inspect that app because it doesn't have any network permissions (or any additional permissions at all). Though I agree, it would be great to have this in the app.

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Is this something that's still planned for the future?
It would be better to have just etesync instead of using a different app for that

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I think this would be a cool as a setting, not necessarily a journal. Just a slider option for "Birthday calendar" in the app. It could either just read the contacts from Android, or read the journals in the app.

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Yeah, it's just a setting. Similar to how it was done in etesync/etesync-web#159
It's just a setting that creates a fake calendar with all of the user birthdays.

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I agree, and it's definitely something I want to have too... Just need to find the time!

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I think having to install a separate app for that is not a great solution. The whole point of etesync is to use a fully encrypted service for handling contact and calendar data, but now I have to install a separate app (that I would need to inspect the source code just to make sure my contact information is not uploaded anywhere or used in a way I don't approve) just to get the birthdays into my calendar.

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