Pause Button

Feature
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I use my phone for long periods of time unconnected to a power supply. I am not using syncthing contracted folders.

May I suggest a single pause button on the main screen that when tapped will pause syncthing thereby preserving power.

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For now, you can use the Web GUI to simply pause all remote devices. This is more efficient than pausing and restarting folders, and it also effectively blocks any synchronisation from happening.

On Android, the Web GUI is accessible from the left slide-out menu. There is also an option in the app settings to launch into the Web GUI by default.

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Ideally, this would be available from the persistent notification. Instead, I have to

  • swipe to the app
  • open the app
  • tap twice to get to the web UI
  • tap “Pause All”
  • repeat same steps to undo

I’m a SWE but not an Android dev, if anyone thinks this is a reasonable first task that the team might accept, feel free to let me know :slight_smile:

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Contributions are always welcome.

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I’m currently porting Syncthing Tray to Android. Mainly for fun but also to address some usability issues like that. I also have already had the idea of making the persistent notification actually useful by adding buttons for starting/stopping, pausing/resuming and rescanning and a better status summary - just like it is already provided by Syncthing Tray on the desktop.

So far I usually just start/stop the app as needed. This is faster than going though all these steps.

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